Connected by Design: Seven Principles for Business Transformation Through Functional Integration
by Chris Stutzman, Barry Wacksman
Introduction
They called it “The Day the World Stopped to Run.”
On August 31, 2008, more than 750,000 people participated in the world's largest one-day running event, a 10K run called “the Nike+ Human Race.” Ten thousand gathered to run the course on New York's tiny Randall's Island and then stayed on after for a rock concert. Tens of thousands more ran through the streets of Melbourne, Australia; along the Kallang River in Singapore; and out of Wembley Stadium in rainy London. Hundreds of other, smaller 10K events were organized that same day in cities and towns all around the globe. Runners logged more than four million miles in total and helped raise millions of dollars for cancer research, wildlife protection, and international refugee ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access