Transforming businesses, changing lives. We wrote CHANGE THE GAME for those of you who continue to seek a brighter side of capitalism, one that truly transforms lives for the better. This book is about hope: no matter how grim things look, you can make them better. You don’t have to wait for someone to bail you out. You have the ability to attain peace, security, and happiness.
The goal of playing the Great Game of Business has always been to find a way to teach the have-nots how the haves make it. It’s about creating and distributing wealth equitably as a way to close those gaps in wealth that plague our society. It’s about changing the game.
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This book was a WOW factor for me. For outsiders it really shows that the Great Game of Business is so much more. This isn’t just business changing; it’s personal change which leads to economic change which leads to WORLD CHANGE. This is a movement of demanding more from ourselves, our leaders politically and professionally, and tributes so much for the next generation to demand happiness. Do people know they don’t have to hate going to work? Seriously. There are companies who get it, who get you, who get that you have a family. You might have bad days anywhere you go but why are we so convinced that we have to settle when it comes to a job? How do we get everyone to know Great Game exists?
Rinnie Reed
The Great Game of Business embodies such a fundamental philosophical approach that it should be taught in business schools across America. Its concepts of transparency, knowledge, and teamwork empower rather than take advantage of employees to create opportunity and allow them to share in a business’s success. From personal experience I can attest that the principles of the Game helped launch our community hospital from distress into a fifteen-year trajectory of growth and success. I believe that Great Game practices represent the greatest opportunity to continue to grow our economy and also to reform our nation’s too costly and often irrational healthcare system.
Alan Kent
At a time when it seems that we are the most divided we've been since the Civil War, The Great Game of Business®is providing a compelling, and unifying answer to a polarized America. Change the Game is an inspiration, brimming with case studies of enlightened capitalism and transformed lives, proving that business is truly the catalyst for lasting change in the world.
This powerful book explores the impact of business and financially literate population in every sector. It is about Saving the American Dream by Closing the Gap Between the Haves and the Have-Nots.
Businesses have the potential to make a positive difference in the world. They can empower people to pursue their dreams and benefit our society as a whole. The Great Game of Business, the leadership system we developed with the help of our associates more than forty years ago, is the result of seeking a better way to run a business than what we had learned on the gritty factory floors where we began our careers. The journey we’ve been on for more than four decades and counting has been driven by our desire to give people the opportunity to build better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. That’s how we want to Change the Game.
John P. (Jack) Stack is president and CEO of SRC Holdings Corporation. Stack, a graduate of Elmhurst College, came to SRC in 1979 as the plant manager of International Harvester (IH). In 1983, Stack and the SRC employees bought the company from IH and have turned it into what Inc. magazine has proclaimed “one of America’s most competitive small companies.” He is the author of the books, The Great Game of Business and A Stake in the Outcome. Jack has been called the “smartest strategist in America” by Inc. Magazine and one of the “top 10 minds in small business” by Fortune Magazine.
Jack has been married to his wife, Betsy, for forty-seven years and is the father of five children and grandfather of ten.
Darren Dahl is an experienced ghostwriter and business journalist, having written for publications like the New York Times, Inc., and Forbes, Darren has also ghostwritten multiple books, several of which have landed on multiple bestseller lists.
He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with his wife, Stephanie.
Playing the Great Game of Business has certainly improved the financial position of the County. It has increased the level of financial literacy each team member achieves. It is also exciting to see that knowledge reach an individual’s home finances, which directly affects the health of our community.
Cindy Stein
The Higher Laws of Business were introduced in the 1992 book The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack and Bo Burlingham. They explain how and why we teach employees to think and act like owners. You won’t find them taught in Harvard University’s MBA Program or the World Dictionary of Business Idioms. Rather, these common-sense laws exist in the minds and souls of people who are street smart and have real-life experience in the world of business. Mention any of these laws and they’ll likely grin and say, "By getting people to think at the highest level, you make it possible for them to perform up to the peak of their abilities."
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