This is a book that was offered at work, and so one of the things at my work that we were looking at was ways to transform our business. That's a euphemism for perhaps a reorganization, if you will. And so what we decided to do was, in order to get management behind it was to offer this book; and I was - that's Fish by Stephen Lundin and others, and it's a - it was a book that was a mandatory read, if you will.
The book takes place - it's a fictional account - it takes place in Seattle, and it is about a woman who has to make drastic changes in her organization. Seattle has this really well - world famous fish market, and so her transformation, this woman's transformation, takes place when she goes to the fish market, and she says, "They're doing this really dirty job of moving the fish all around - of cleaning and getting fish out to customers, but they're so energetic. It made her think about her own workplace and what she can do to give a different perspective to her employees.
The book is short, and so for a business read it's a good book because it's relatively easy to read. You should be able to read it within a couple hours at the most. I definitely recommend this book to any business professional, particularly if you're in the human resources field. I'm not in human resources, but if you're definitely in human resources and you're going through - any person who is in a leadership position where you have some sort of management responsibility and that you want to reinvigorate your organization. I would give this book a four-star rating out of five. It's a very good book; the reason why I don't necessarily give it a five-star rating is 'cause I don't think it's a very deep book.
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