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Monday, February 26, 2007
Rabbi’s Book Warns About the Dangers Of Treadmills, Denial & Gridlock
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Contact: Karolyn Kelly-O’Keefe, Seabury Books, an imprint of Church Publishing Inc.
717-541-8130 or kkokeefe07@comcast.net
NEW YORK (February 23, 2007) – The late Rabbi Edwin H. Friedman died before he could finish writing about his intriguing paradigm in Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix. The book was originally published in a limited edition. Now, ten years after his death, Friedman’s insights remain relevant as the world struggles to operate at Internet speed, where projects that once took years to complete are now done in a matter of months.
Seabury Books reintroduces Friedman’s seminal work in a new edition that is certain to inspire its next generation of readers. Failure of Nerve -- available direct from Seabury Books, online, and through local bookstores -- illustrates the difficulties involved in trying to adjust to “the new reality” under current conditions. It describes the kind of leadership that must arise before a regressed, “seatbelt society” can undergo a necessary reorientation.
“Society itself can be on a treadmill when it becomes caught up in accumulating unending masses of data because its models are inadequate to explain its processes,” foretold Friedman. “The treadmill of trying harder is driven by the assumption that failure is due to the fact that one did not try hard enough, use the right technique, or get enough information. This assumption overlooks the possibility that thinking processes themselves are stuck and imagination gridlocked – not because of cognitive strictures in the minds of those trying to solve a problem, but because of emotional process within the wider relationship system…this denial ultimately perpetuates the treadmill effect.”
Edwin H. Friedman was an ordained rabbi and practicing family therapist. His other groundbreaking volume, Generation to Generation, has become a modern classic.
Quotes from Edwin H. Friedman:
* “When things start going really well, watch out.”
* “If you are a leader, expect sabotage.”
* “Playfulness can get you out of a rut more successfully than seriousness.”
* “The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change.”
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, by Edwin H. Friedman
Published: February 2007, Paperback, 250 pages, 6 x 9, $28.00, 978-1-59627-042-8
Toll-free U.S. 800-242-1918, online at www.churchpublishing.org, or via email at churchpublishing@cpg.org.
Media and Book Review Editors May Contact: Karolyn Kelly-O’Keefe at kkokeefe07@comcast.net
* “Reading this book is like discovering an unpublished Beethoven sonata or a missing play of Shakespeare. Ed Friedman was one of our most brilliant, original, and provocative thinkers across the fields of therapy, ministry, and organizational leadership.” –Professor William J. Doherty, Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Program, University of Minnesota.
* “Ed Friedman is even more relevant today than at his death in 1996, and through these pages speaks again with his characteristically playful yet penetrating insight.” –Edward Bacon, Rector, All Saints Church, Pasadena
* “Friedman’s final book, still unfinished at his death, is full of fascinating insights that will be exciting to people in diverse leadership roles.” –Henry Simmons, MD, President National Coalition on Health Care
Church Publishing Incorporated (CPI) is the official publisher of worship materials for the Episcopal Church in the U.S. Founded in 1918 as the Church Hymnal Corporation, it publishes The Book of Common Prayer, The Hymnal 1982, and official publications of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, as well as liturgical planning software and online services through its Church Publishing imprint. The company also publishes books for the trade through its Seabury Books, Church Publishing, and Morehouse Publishing imprints. Church Publishing Incorporated is an affiliate of the Church Pension Fund. For more information on Church Publishing Incorporated or its subsidiaries, call toll-free at 800-242-1918.
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Contact: Karolyn Kelly-O’Keefe, Seabury Books, an imprint of Church Publishing Inc.
717-541-8130 or kkokeefe07@comcast.net
NEW YORK (February 23, 2007) – The late Rabbi Edwin H. Friedman died before he could finish writing about his intriguing paradigm in Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix. The book was originally published in a limited edition. Now, ten years after his death, Friedman’s insights remain relevant as the world struggles to operate at Internet speed, where projects that once took years to complete are now done in a matter of months.
Seabury Books reintroduces Friedman’s seminal work in a new edition that is certain to inspire its next generation of readers. Failure of Nerve -- available direct from Seabury Books, online, and through local bookstores -- illustrates the difficulties involved in trying to adjust to “the new reality” under current conditions. It describes the kind of leadership that must arise before a regressed, “seatbelt society” can undergo a necessary reorientation.
“Society itself can be on a treadmill when it becomes caught up in accumulating unending masses of data because its models are inadequate to explain its processes,” foretold Friedman. “The treadmill of trying harder is driven by the assumption that failure is due to the fact that one did not try hard enough, use the right technique, or get enough information. This assumption overlooks the possibility that thinking processes themselves are stuck and imagination gridlocked – not because of cognitive strictures in the minds of those trying to solve a problem, but because of emotional process within the wider relationship system…this denial ultimately perpetuates the treadmill effect.”
Edwin H. Friedman was an ordained rabbi and practicing family therapist. His other groundbreaking volume, Generation to Generation, has become a modern classic.
Quotes from Edwin H. Friedman:
* “When things start going really well, watch out.”
* “If you are a leader, expect sabotage.”
* “Playfulness can get you out of a rut more successfully than seriousness.”
* “The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change.”
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, by Edwin H. Friedman
Published: February 2007, Paperback, 250 pages, 6 x 9, $28.00, 978-1-59627-042-8
Toll-free U.S. 800-242-1918, online at www.churchpublishing.org, or via email at churchpublishing@cpg.org.
Media and Book Review Editors May Contact: Karolyn Kelly-O’Keefe at kkokeefe07@comcast.net
* “Reading this book is like discovering an unpublished Beethoven sonata or a missing play of Shakespeare. Ed Friedman was one of our most brilliant, original, and provocative thinkers across the fields of therapy, ministry, and organizational leadership.” –Professor William J. Doherty, Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Program, University of Minnesota.
* “Ed Friedman is even more relevant today than at his death in 1996, and through these pages speaks again with his characteristically playful yet penetrating insight.” –Edward Bacon, Rector, All Saints Church, Pasadena
* “Friedman’s final book, still unfinished at his death, is full of fascinating insights that will be exciting to people in diverse leadership roles.” –Henry Simmons, MD, President National Coalition on Health Care
Church Publishing Incorporated (CPI) is the official publisher of worship materials for the Episcopal Church in the U.S. Founded in 1918 as the Church Hymnal Corporation, it publishes The Book of Common Prayer, The Hymnal 1982, and official publications of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, as well as liturgical planning software and online services through its Church Publishing imprint. The company also publishes books for the trade through its Seabury Books, Church Publishing, and Morehouse Publishing imprints. Church Publishing Incorporated is an affiliate of the Church Pension Fund. For more information on Church Publishing Incorporated or its subsidiaries, call toll-free at 800-242-1918.
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Religion Press Release Services distributes press releases, press advisories, photos and other stories on behalf of religious organizations, denominational offices, think tanks, watchdog groups, advocacy groups, coalitions, foundations, colleges, universities, seminaries, publishers and others.
The organizations and/or individuals who submit materials for distribution by Religion Press Release Services are solely responsible for the facts in and accuracy of their materials. Religion Press Release Services will correct any errors brought to its attention.
Contact Us
To distribute press releases through Religion Press Release Services, contact Claudia Sans at csans@religionnews.com or 202-383-7870. For more information check out our PDF brochure.
Religion News Service, 1101 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036 (202) 463-8777
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