SHORT DESCRIPTION

A provocative exploration of why organizations built for success often collapse under the weight of their own rules—and how leaders can turn control into creativity and complexity into value.Why do organizations built on intelligence, discipline, and success suddenly lose direction? Why do systems built for control and efficiency end up killing the creative energy that drive success?

FULL DESCRIPTION

In Breaking the Corporate Paradigm, Andrea Boragno explores these questions through an original analytical framework—the Rules–Behavior Matrix—and the psychological concept of the Double Bind, revealing how well-intentioned structures often turn into traps of conformity and fear.

Drawing on decades of executive experience, Boragno uncovers the invisible tensions that govern every organization: innovation vs. control, freedom vs. compliance, short-term performance vs. long-term value.

Through this lens, he explains why iconic companies like Kodak, GE, and Yahoo! collapsed, while others—such as Apple or Google—managed to reinvent themselves by embracing paradox instead of denying it.

Combining management science, psychology, and strategic storytelling, Breaking the Corporate Paradigm connects timeless leadership dilemmas to today’s urgent challenges: AI-driven decision-making, sustainability, cultural transformation, and post-crisis complexity.

Provocative yet deeply practical, this book invites leaders, consultants, and educators to see organizations as living systems—where innovation is born not from control, but from the creative tension between rules and freedom.

It is a call to move beyond bureaucracy and rediscover the essence of leadership: the courage to think, to question, and to create enduring value.