ABOUT THE BOOK

Lead organizations, solve problems, and sustain growth with effective practices for complex, uncertain, and unpredictable environments.

Renowned CEO and strategist Everett Harper explores practical techniques for making pivotal decisions through uncertainty in Move to the Edge, Declare it Center—a pragmatic playbook for leaders solving complex problems in high-pressure environments. You’ll discover a collection of practices, processes, and infrastructure that can be applied to your own circumstances and scaled throughout your organization.

The author’s framework—which is perfectly suited to an increasingly volatile, uncertain, and unpredictable business environment—offers effective ways to make decisions without complete information. It demonstrates how to sustain a team through uncertain and stressful periods while managing personal anxiety.

The book includes case studies from World Central Kitchen, policymakers responding to Covid-19, and California wildfire fighters, adaptable playbooks on salary transparency, remote work, and diversity and inclusion, and personal stories from the author that describe strategies for maintaining high performance and avoiding burnout.

An indispensable guide to modern business leadership, Move the the Edge, Declare it Center is a one-of-a-kind discussion of effective, modern strategies to deal with complex problems in the face of uncertain outcomes.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
 

At World Central Kitchen, navigating through and adapting to complex environments is part of our core practice when providing nourishing meals to people around the world in times of crisis. I was excited to share our story in Move to the Edge, Declare it Center because Everett’s book illustrates a new practice of leadership that will be crucial and necessary in the coming decades. I think his framework has the potential to be professionally and personally transformational, so get started!”

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Everett’s book Move to the Edge, Declare it Center captures both the spirit, practice, and aspiration of our work at CARE. We've evolved to be more agile, innovative and creative to respond to the challenge of reducing global poverty amidst the complexity and uncertainty of COVID and climate change. I’m excited to share his book with our global teams so we can continue to powerfully stand up for women and girls and families around the world.”

— Michelle Nunn, CEO and President, CARE USA