Charles Handy and his landmark books have changed the way we think about work and the world around us. In the first of four classics, he offers profound observations about the world that lies ahead and helps us search for meaning in our personal and professional lives. Handy shows how dramatic changes are transforming business, education and the nature of work and maintains that discontinuous change requires discontinuous, upside-down thinking. The book offers profound insights into the world we live in, and concludes that however uncomfortable, discontinuous change is the only way forward.