Book review

The beginning of “Change, How Organisations Achieve Hard-to-Imagine Results in Uncertain and Volatile Times” sets the scene.  Disruptive change Disruptive change is the central force shaping the challenges that organisations and people face nowadays. Neither human nature, nor the most common form of the modern organisation, are designed to handle anything close to this degree

“This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends” is a book about cyber security. Or more about the lack of cyber security. A long time ago, I read “Future crimes“. The dark side of technology Already painting a very dark picture of what is possible on the dark side of technology. Criminal AI (Don

I have the pleasure of working with Healthy Place to Work. Organisational health is a no-brainer. Moving from killing people at work to making people healthy at work. A fundamental shift in thinking about organisation design, organisation behaviour and the definition of what really matters. The advantage That is why I read “The Advantage: Why

“Everyday Chaos” by David Weinberger is a book about handling chaos. A version of “Sensemaking”, “Unchartered” and “Metaskills“. Sensemaking Making sense of model makers. Starting with computers and AI. As computation gets more advanced, it gets more mysterious. For example, if you subtract the number of possible chess moves from the number of possible moves in the

It is really hard to find a good sales book. “The Qualified Sales Leader: Proven Lessons from a Five Time CRO” ticks all the boxes. It describes the sales process in detail, hands you a structure and gives you all the questions you need to ask. The book takes you through the journey of a consultancy

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