{"product_id":"zenobia-the-curious-book-of-business","title":"Zenobia: The Curious Book of Business by Beth kephart |Matthew Emmens","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"178\"\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"180\" data-end=\"256\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eIn this imaginative corporate fable, the fictional company Zenobia—a once-great but now fractured industrial giant—has become bogged down by rigid hierarchy, poor communication, and mistrust. Into this labyrinthine workplace arrives Moira, a new hire responding to a cryptic help-wanted ad that instructs her to report to \"Room 133A.\" With no directions and no one willing to guide her, Moira navigates a maze of drab-green cubicles and hidden corridors, symbolic of the organization’s dysfunction and inertia\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"372\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eMoira's journey—observed and subtly chronicled by long-time employee Gallagher—becomes a journey of discovery. She demonstrates how imagination, creative persistence, and a fearless vision can break through bureaucratic paralysis. Each chapter conveys a leadership lesson—such as celebrating diversity, imagining what could be, seeking unlikely alliances, and inventing a new future—framed as story beats rather than theory\u003c\/span\u003e . \u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eThrough this allegory, the book reminds leaders that true leadership isn't about title, but about catalyzing human potential and possibility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"402\"\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"818\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"422\"\u003eMatthew Emmens\u003c\/strong\u003e, co-author, is a seasoned pharmaceutical executive who helped transform companies through bold strategy and cultural change. Beginning his career at Merck in 1974, he later led Astra Merck and EMD Pharmaceuticals, and became CEO of Shire Pharmaceuticals—turning it into a specialty pharma powerhouse during his tenure as revealed in profiles and interviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"1240\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"836\"\u003eBeth Kephart\u003c\/strong\u003e, the co-author, is an award-winning author of memoirs, nonfiction, and young-adult fiction. A National Book Award finalist and Pew Fellowship winner, her literary career spans personal essays, creative nonfiction, and fiction, and her journalistic work has appeared in outlets including \u003cem data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1144\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1163\"\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1201\"\u003eThe Wall Street Journal Europe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clapping Pages","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":45201811308730,"sku":"2WG4D9I4H-Used","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/5576\/0826\/files\/ZENOBIA.webp?v=1768535576","url":"https:\/\/clappingpages.com\/products\/zenobia-the-curious-book-of-business","provider":"Clapping Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}