Category: Book Reviews
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Books read in 2021
Currently Reading January 2022… Living in a Real Time world, Jim Selman. non-fiction. Loving this book that shares context and 6 tools for living and leading in times of rapid change… and how we will always now be in times of rapid change. Flowers For Algernon: A Modern Literary Classic (S.F. MASTERWORKS); By: Daniel Keyes…
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Books read in 2020
A list of the books I have read during 2020. Currently Reading January 2021… Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity, Scott Galloway. non-fiction. Prof Galloway is a provocative thinker. He is not always right, but he takes strong positions and makes good arguments. Even when I disagree, his arguments help me clarify my beliefs and…
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The History of the World
This summer I read “The Penguin History of the World”. “The entire story of human endeavour laid out in all its grandeur and folly, drama and pain in a single authoritative book”. Conor’s World History in 1 Paragraph World history 9000BC to Today: The life of the poor was shit under every civilisation. It was…
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Book Recommendation: The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer
This video is about a book that I read last week that has had a major impact on my approach to life (even if only over the last 7 days…). The Surrender Experiment Check out: The Surrender Experiment, by Michael Singer https://amzn.to/2I0C6DC Read More Great Books If you would like to see my full list…
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Finding Courage as a Leader
Today is Martin Luther King Day.  Martin Luther King had courage as a leader to stand up for what is right.  He was willing, and did finally, pay the full price as a leader. Update: I recorded a Facebook Live video session about this post and Bill Treasurer’s new book: Bill Treasurer’s latest book, “A Leadership…
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
This is a great summary video of a book that had a great impact on me back when I was 23 years old. Â I was working for Accenture (in those days, Andersen Consulting) and the organisation shared this book with all employees. Â There’s a photo there of me there on the right with my leather…
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The Simple Maths of Leadership
My friend Bill Treasurer’s fourth book “Leaders Open Doors” is now available. In 90 easy to read pages, Bill cuts layers of confusion out of the term “Leadership”. Bill had an “Aha!” moment about a year ago. Â (I mean Aha as in the story of Archimedes in the bath). Bill has been teaching, coaching and…
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7 Great Business Books
Who are your “Passive Mentors”? Mentors make a big difference in my life. There are 2 types of mentor: Active and Passive mentors. Active mentors are those that you meet in person, interact with and get to know. Passive mentors are those that you learn from without them knowing. Â Book authors are one of the…
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Interview: Manel Baucells, Author of Engineering Happiness
Manel Baucells was the favourite Professor amongst students when I did my MBA at IESE Business School. Â He taught Decision Analysis. Â There are certain types of situation under which humans will take poor (rational) decisions. Â We study this subject so that we can reduce the likelihood that we will take similar poor decisions under similar…
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Book Review: Double Double by Cameron Herold
I met Cameron Herold at an Entrepreneurs’ Organisation meeting in Vancouver, Canada two years ago. He gave a keynote session to the group. He was passionate… and he left me with practical tools that I took home and implemented. It is rare to find this combination. Cameron delivers. He clearly has a passion to see…