Lao Tzu and Confucius Meet Heisenberg
Leadership Wisdom from Quantum Science and Chinese Philosophy
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:28th Aug '25
£28.99
This title is due to be published on 28th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This highly original book offers a new philosophy and vision of higher purpose for leaders facing the immense challenges of the 21st Century. By exploring Western quantum physics and traditional Chinese thought, leading management thinker Danah Zohar develops an emergent, new East/West vision that leads not just to global co-operation but to an exciting and revolutionary global-co-creativity.
Taking complex ideas and presenting these in a highly engaging and readable way, the book offers the most recent thinking of Danah Zohar's quantum management theory. It demonstrates how the roots of this new philosophy and sense of higher purpose are both ancient and modern, drawn from traditional Chinese thought that had its beginnings thousands of years ago and from quantum physics, first discovered at the beginning of the 20th Century. The new generation of quantum management is characterized by being more holistic, dynamic, and humanistic. Written in a very accessible way, Danah vividly demonstrates the advanced nature and scalability of quantum management by using real-world examples.
The book provides a foundation for a new leadership vision and style, based on moral renewal, greater cross-cultural understanding and global harmony, and is truly thought-provoking for business leaders and management researchers.
"I strongly recommend Danah Zohar’s fluent and engaging Lao Tzu and Confucius Meet Heisenberg. In this new work addressed to non-specialist readers seeking to improve the management of their own organisations, she applies her long-term project of replacing the rigid mechanical hierarchies of Newtonian science with the dynamic creative flexibility of Quantum science. Her aims are to reconfigure our grasp of individual and collective human agency and to liberate and transform the patterns of leadership in the management of complex organisations. In doing so, she digs deeper into features of ancient Confucian and Daoist thought in China of the sort that actually helped to frame the methods and insights of great figures in modern Quantum science. Her work is practical as well as theoretical in that it records benefits gained by organisations like the Haier Corporation that have adopted her quantum management method to their own local circumstances."
Professor Nicholas Bunnin, China Centre University of Oxford
“A brilliantly original fusion of ancient wisdom and modern science, Lao Tzu and Confucius Meet Heisenberg unpacks the paradoxes of leadership through the lens of quantum physics and Chinese philosophy. Thought-provoking, elegantly written, and deeply relevant to the complexities of modern leadership, and to navigating the uncertainties of today's world.”
Kate Byrne, Co-Founder CARE360 and Host of Women Advancing
"Danah Zohar has done something remarkable—she has merged ancient wisdom with modern science to create a revolutionary model for leadership. This book is a literal game-changer for anyone serious about the future of business, education, and the expansion of human creative potential. A quantum worldview is truly emerging!"
William Malek, Co-Author Executing Your Strategy; Principal, Strategy2Reality International
"Danah Zohar, the insightful founder of Quantum Management, blends Eastern and Western thought by elaborating on the essence of quantum philosophy through a cross-temporal dialogue between ancient Chinese philosophers such as Lao Tzu and Confucius and the eminent quantum physicist Werner Heisenberg. In setting side-by-side the philosophical and scientific ideas of quantum physics and ancient China, she adds a new dimension to her original theory, as well as contributing to the modernization of corporate management. I wholeheartedly recommend this masterpiece of management philosophy to readers."
Chen Jin, Professor of Innovation Management, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, Vice President, Chinese Society of Management Science
ISBN: 9781041033127
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148 pages