Breaking Open The Boxes: 100 Quadrants for Wisdom and Success in Life

100 quadrants to make sense of the complexity of life. From decision making, project management, interpersonal skills and communication impact, leadership, change management, culture, strategic analysis, through to technology and the future of the workforce. Breaking Open The Boxes draws on left and right brain thinking. A field book to navigate through the wicked dilemmas we encounter in life.

This book should be read by those who want to live life the easier way. There is rarely an easy way, but sometimes we make life much more difficult than it should be. This collection of quadrants - which includes the quirky and idiosyncratic - has been consolidated to cut through the confusing complexity of information overload, extravagant hype and often absurd and wrong-headed advice. Specifically, the book is intended for:

Next generation business leaders who participate in a range of training and educational programmes at management colleges and business schools. This book provides a tool kit - not just intellectual but intuitive - for an informed view of the personal, professional and organisational challenges they have to overcome in their careers.
Facilitators of workshops and programmes who want fresh insights to share with their participants. Each grid provides the basis for a half-day event for discussion, debate and action planning. References with additional resource are included for each grid.
Management consultants applying frameworks and methodologies for their clients to open up new perspectives about the challenges they encounter. This is set of perspectives stimulates debate about the problems they are experiencing - or don’t even recognise those they are confronting - to work through the trade-offs of different solutions.

A lively and fascinating journey to understand the many challenges we all face - personally and in business - with invaluable insight into tactics and actions. An essential read to make sense of a messy world. David Bannister, Director, Scotwork International

Andrew Munro and Robert Bolton take a fresh approach to the 4-box grid. They combine theory and practicality in a highly readable format. The kind of book to keep at hand to help thinking through life’s challenges. Kate Holt, Partner, People Consulting, KPMG

Breaking Open the Boxes offers fresh insights into the value of the classic 2 x 2 matrix. This helicopter perspective and multiple lens is novel and well worth exploring. Dr Tom Kennie, Director, Ranmore Consulting

An essential book for anyone interested in organisational dynamics. The authors share their extensive experience and insights to explore critical scenarios. A book that practitioners will return to again and again. Dominic Ward, Senior Capability Consultant, Scottish Power