Book review

You need an excellent CEO. According to “CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest”, CEOs who rank in the top 20% of financial performance generate, on average, 2.8 times more total return to shareholders during each year of their tenure than do average performers. Moreover, the extent to which […]

The book everyone should read is “The experience economy”. Experience is everything. Is your business designed for customer and employee delight? That is why I picked up “The Experience Maker: How to Create Remarkable Experiences That Your Customers Can’t Wait to Share”. Customers Today’s consumers are not the consumers of yesterday. They are more resourceful, selective,

Three Magic Words was recommended to me by Aidan McCullen, the author of “Undisruptable“. What can I say about the book? I loved it. But then I would. One of my old-time favourite books of all time is “Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East” by Spalding, and “Three magic words” comes

I had never heard of Naval Ravikant. Suddenly “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness” kept popping up on my radar. When the universe calls, you listen. Read the book An excellent book that is full of wisdom. In this blog, I will cover topics at random (from my own filter

I have had my fingers crossed for a while now. There seems to be a complete disconnect between policy, governance and the speed of change. Tools and weapons “Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age” needs a high abstraction level. Brad Smith was Microsoft’s general counsel, and he shares some

Salutogenic as a term is used a lot by Healthy Place to Work. I decided to read “The Handbook of Salutogenesis”. It proved to be very interesting (and long). Salutogenic can best be described as a stoic approach to health. Entrepreneurs will like it. Su¡alutogensis explained Salutogenesis is the origins of health and focuses on factors

“Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference” is book about compassion. A book about the business case for compassion. Recommended by Tom Peter in “Excellence Now”. A healthy place to work I blame John Ryan, the CEO of Healthy Place to Work, for all of this. Ever since he mentioned “Dying for

Executives often ask, “When, exactly, will synthetic biology disrupt our business and our industry?” The answer: “when” is inconsequential. Companies need to identify inflection points before they happen, and they should position themselves accordingly. Every business Synthetic biology will eventually intersect with every industry sector and, therefore, every business. The advancements will change industrial materials,

Are you happy at work? Most of us are not. Why are most companies so bad at looking after their own people? Why are so many companies full of stress, politics, gossip, fear, insecurity, distrust, paranoia, cynicism, and self-interest? How many companies say they put their people first and then do not put that into