Book review

I am a big fan of Brett King. He writes about shifting paradigms. He wrote “Bank 3.0″, Breaking banks and “Augmented”.  They are all must-read, particularly if you are in financial service.  The Rise of Technosocialism I was looking forward to his new book “The Rise of Technosocialism: How Inequality, AI and Climate will Usher in […]

In the field of leadership, we can learn a lot from the military. I wrote about it before. I have the pleasure of working with two people that are military trained, and there is something special about them. Self-reliant, structured, disciplined, and always fit. They are part of the leadership qualities needed in the future.

Weird isn’t bad. Weird is humanising. It is time for an anti sameness movement. Don’t give in to the trendy thing, the best. Weird is a discussion point. Weird wins the marketing milliseconds. Weird is different. Different is better. That is what marketing should be about. That is why I am a fan of “Different“. Weird

I am working with a client on a book about feng shui. The working title is ”The mind of a house, how to take an honest look at yourself through the feng shui pyramid”. So decided to pick up “Feng Shui for Healing: A Step-by-Step Guide to Improving Wellness in Your Home Sanctuary”. Your home

I have been a follower of Azeem Azhar. I love his weekly newsletter which describes a wide range of exponential trends. Hence picking up “Exponential: How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It.” Lots of books about exponential  The expectations were high. However, the book competes with a lot of

Mo Gawdat has form. He is awesome. His book “Solve for happy” is superb. He just published “Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World”. I usually read about six business books simultaneously, but I finished this book in one fell swoop. The book is a fantastic journey through the

Michu Kaku wrote about it in “The future of the mind”. Your mind is a quantum machine, stepping into the multiverses it wants to be in. Multiverses or parallel realities. When people get feelings or hunches or instincts about the future, we are actually locked into an awareness of all of these life tracks—the waves—in

Cybernetics and marketing? Yup. I am a fan of Mark W. Schaefer. He wrote “Return on influence“. A book that was ahead of its time.  Hence “Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for Your Ideas, Business and Life Against All Odds”. With an interesting take on personal branding and marketing.  Cumulative advantage The principle of

Leadership is getting harder as the speed of disruption across all industries accelerates. I picked up “The CEO Test: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders”. A book with lessons based on six hundred CEOs and other leaders, starting with the weekly Corner Office interview series he created for the New York Times. The

It remains difficult to find good books about marketing and sales. I decided to give “Quantum Marketing: Mastering the New Marketing Mindset for Tomorrow’s Consumers”. The world that got me was quantum. As was I writing this blog and reviewing my notes, it made me make links to 17 other books. Not bad. The book