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Innovation is the word on everyone's lips. Yet even organisations with great creative capacity often find it difficult to sustain new ventures in the face of traditional hierarchies that are resistant to change. And for many companies concerned about their future survival in a rapidly changing marketplace, innovation is a Holy Grail that cannot be found by mandate or implementation of controls. No Secrets! is Fairtlough's final work, presented as a dialogue with contributors who were his friends and colleagues in organisational thinking.Eminent cultural anthropologist Michael Thompson discusses the relationship between Triarchy Theory, Cultural Theory and his more recent concepts of clumsy institutions and clumsy solutions, while Wellford Wilms' story of stifled innovation in higher education illustrates the practical relevance of Fairtlough's principles. Edited and with a foreword by Gerard's eldest son Matthew, No Secrets! is a valuable title for organisations, entrepreneurs and individuals seeking to adapt and flourish in today's global climate.

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Gerard Fairtlough was trained as a biochemist, graduating from Cambridge University in 1953. He worked in the Royal Dutch/Shell Group for 25 years, the last 5 as CEO of Shell Chemicals UK. In 1980, he founded the leading biopharmaceuticals company Celltech and was its CEO until 1990. In the latter part of his career, he was involved in the start-up of several high-technology businesses, as a non-executive director or as a 'business angel'.He was advisor to various government and academic bodies, one of his roles being Specialist Advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee in Science and Technology.In 2005, he founded Triarchy Press to contribute to the emerging discourse on organisational theory in practice.Gerard's writing on the theory of organisations and of innovation is influential because he could demonstrate that his ideas work. His publications include Creative Compartments (1994, Adamantine Press), The Power of the Tale (co-authored with Julie Allan and Barbara Heinzen; 2001, Wiley) and The Three Ways of Getting Things Done (2007, Triarchy Press), in which he outlines his 'Triarchy Theory' of organisations.

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