Review of Matthew Gilbert's Workplace Revolution
Kirkus Reports
March 3, 2005 Vol 2 / Issue 2
If this month’s titles are any indication, the workplace should be a moral, meaningful public space of free ideas and discourse. Gilbert, author of Communication Miracles at Work (2002), joins the crowd of encouragement to both do good and do well at the office. He couches the endeavor in the language of a quest, “The Hero’s Journey at Work.� Readers can’t change the system individually—it’s too big for any one person—but they can learn to live well within its confines, finally escaping from that trapped, desperate, hopeless feeling that often overwhelms. Gilbert explores the roots of the problem, including the escalating workweek and the economic system that divorces the worker from things such as compassion and global concerns. He also explains why principled business is good for the individual worker as well as the bottom line. With practices for businesses and advice for individuals, Gilbert addresses both management and workers in a voice that is direct, but not overly simplified. For the pencil pushers and the big thinkers, a smart, insightful book that could offer real hope for change.
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See also: Byron Belitsos' review
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