TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

An Introduction to the Impossible

Chapter 1: Explaining the Impossible - Positive Deviance and the Abundance Approach

Chapter 2: Impending Disaster - A Brief History of Rocky Flats

Chapter 3: The Role of Leaders

Chapter 4: Competing Values and Paradoxical Leadership

Chapter 5: Key Enablers - Vision, Innovation, and Symbolic Leadership

Chapter 6: Key Enablers - Stability, Discipline, and Process Control

Chapter 7: Key Enablers - Relationships, Human Capital, and Collaborative Culture

Chapter 8: Key Enablers - Politics, Incentives, and Rigorous Performance Standards

Chapter 9: Leadership Principles for Spectacular Performance

Appendix 1: Caveats and Alternative Views of Rocky Flats' Success

Appendix 2: Research Methods

References

Photo Credits

Index

About the Authors

About the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship