The New One Minute Manager – Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson (I read it so you don’t have to)
Sceptical doesn’t come close to how I felt when a colleague recommended this book. I mean how could a re-edited, first published in 1983 management pocket book that you can read in considerably less than 1 hour be of real value to managers dealing with the post-COVID cut-and-thrust of daily fire-fighting at work? As I […]
The CEO Whisperer: Vivid Vision – Cameron Herald
A genuinely remarkable tool to gather your aspirational business thoughts, unfettered by what might block or restrict your vision. Known as “The CEO Whisperer”, Cameron Herald’s simple process is astonishingly empowering. In short: get away from your home or workplace. Go somewhere inspirational (log cabin in a remote forest is a ‘yes’, the local coffeeshop […]
The Future Starts Here: An Optimistic Guide To What Comes Next – John Higgs
At what point did the future stop being shiny and bright – full of hoverboards and flying cars? When did it become the dark dysfunctional and dystopian future we now recognise from countless science fiction films and dramas like Charlie Brooker’s brilliant ‘Black Mirror’ series on Netflix? Author John Higgs feels passionately that our […]
“Never hate your enemies, it affects your judgment” Michael Corleone, The Godfather
This pearl of wisdom may well be from the mouth of Mario Puzo’s fictitious Mafia gangster – but viewed through a business development lens – it has real weight to it. We all have competitors in our respective industries. Most of us are time-poor and with our energy being in finite supply: one should never […]
Traction by Gino Wickman
Gino’s super-informative book is a mandatory read for any founder of a growing company: identify and attend to these core components and you should optimise operations and facilitate business success. The book comes accompanied by (free) online worksheets. The core components: Vision: Is everyone in your team rowing the same direction, different directions or are […]
Measure What Matters – OKRS – The Simple Idea That Drives 10 x Growth – John Doerr
