The Age of Heretics

The Age of Heretics is the story of the sixties' revolution for freedom, self-expression, and high ideals — as it occurred not in the streets, but in business. While protesters stormed through Haight-Ashbury and Greenwich Village, an equally radical group of "corporate heretics" was fighting for change within major corporations such as Shell Oil, General Foods, and Procter & Gamble. These heretics recognized that, to truly change society, they would have to attack the dominant institutions of their time. In this magisterial cultural history that offers new insights into the recreation of institutions, journalist Art Kleiner shows how the heretics' struggle for truth paved the way for the ideals of democracy in key Fortune 100 companies.

• Executive Summary
• Timeline
• Monastics
• Pelagians
• Reformists
• Protesters
• Mystics
• Lovers of Faith and Reason
• Parzival's Dilemma
• Millenarians
• The Rapids

Interesting, but not for everyone

A very interesting history lesson for OD and HR people. I found it very refreshing, as it is very well written and has a clear viewpoint and gives a lot of "inside" information, you'll only get to know inside the consultant business.

Recommended for interested HR people, but mostly for OD people, that want to understand how OD became the field it is today and why some influential OD people disappeared from the limelight.