Empty raincoat

Author: (English) Handy by Jiang Huiqin and Zhao Xiaozhao
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Publish Date: 2000-03-01
Features: This is not a novel; it is a classic of business philosophy. The title originates from a bronze sculpture in Minneapolis Park, symbolizing the dehumanization of organizations and individuals in times of change, and the decline of life's essence is like an empty raincoat. The book lists nine paradoxes, and the author attempts to understand and move beyond them to make life more fulfilling. The empty raincoat is a symbol. In this rapidly changing world, competition is becoming increasingly fierce. Organizations, primarily represented by businesses, are busy surviving in the intense competition, thus becoming more mechanical, less humane, and increasingly forcing employees to work long hours. On the other hand, individuals must strive to survive and thrive in the fierce competition, often running from one task to another. Many people have almost no other free time outside of work, even their weekends and holidays are spent at the company. For them, life is simply completing one endless task after another. The empty raincoat is a symbol of our era's urgent paradoxes. If economic progress means we become nameless gears on a huge machine, then progress will be an empty promise. The challenge we must face is to manage this paradox.