The Elephant and the Flea: Looking Backwards to the Future

'We are faced with a tug-of-war between our desire for a separate identity and our need for combination. We want to be ourselves, but, to survive in a bigger world, we also need to be part of something bigger. Fleas need elephants, just as elephants need fleas to keep them alert and dancing. 'This applies to my own life story, as I found elephants too imprisoning to my eventual freedom as a flea. But the idea also applies to economies who need both, to business which has to structure itself to allow fleas to co-exist with the elephants, to society which needs to encourage individualism but needs the conformity of the elephant, to education, to religion, to marriage and other relationships, and to all people seeking to structure their lives.'

Title - The Elephant and the Flea: Looking Backwards to the Future

Edition -

Author - Charles Handy

ISBN 13 - 9780091793630

Imprint - Hutchinson

Publisher - Cornerstone

Date Published - 06/09/2001

Prize -

No. of pages - 240

Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - x x mm

Weight - 459 g

Languages - English