Book review

We are working on developing an intrapreneurship toolbox. One of our team members, Aidan McCullen, had the pleasure of interviewing the author of “Pirates In The Navy: How Innovators Lead Transformation”. Another book about intrapreneurship. Innovation is hard Innovation is a problem. In an innovation benchmark report published in 2017 by PricewaterhouseCoopers, they found that […]

I have the impression that Amazon is on a public relation spree. I just finished reading “Working backwards”. A book about how Amazon operates. Deliberate leadership is two words. The four You cannot but admire Amazon, but also be very concerned. I always refer to “The four”. Amazon could become bigger than Google or Apple.

I am fascinated by Amazon. ”The four”  sets out how powerful Amazon is becoming. Whatever your opinion of Amazon, there are lessons to be learned from a management perspective. The key question; haphazard or deliberate leadership? Working backwards Hence “Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon”. Covering core themes customer obsession instead of

Struggling is no longer accepted. I also see a lot of learned helplessness lately. I think self-reliance and resilience are becoming a bit of a lost art. Everyone could use some stoicism. I am a fan of the stoics, ever since Barre Fitzpatrick introduced me to Marcus Aurelius.  The Little Book of Mental Toughness Through

Strategy is about getting from A to B. Strategy is about knowing the terrain. About knowing how the terrain changes or even shift over time. Two steps, three questions “Rethinking strategy” claims that strategy involves two significant creative steps Reperceiving the future business environment Reconceiving the organisation’s role within these different futures. And answering three

Ever since I met Edith van den Anker of High Vibrational People, I have an interest in frequencies, energy and vibration. I came across “Heart-Leadership: Become the wise leader you want to be”. Don’t die with your music locked in you. The book is a potpourri of wisdom. Listen to your heart, some business tips,

There is a lot of hype around entrepreneurship. A pet hate of mine is where the exception is made the rule. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs are the exceptions to the rule. Silicon Valley is an exception to the rule. Normally entrepreneurship is hard work, boring, tough and with a small chance of

We spend way too much time in stage one thinking. We are constantly on automatic pilot. We are always distracted. We are losing the ability to dream. We are losing the ability to be bored. We are losing the ability to think. To question. To wonder. That is one of the reasons I wrote “The

I think entrepreneurship and leadership are about predicting the future and the place of your business in that future. According to “Lead from the Future: How to Turn Visionary Thinking Into Breakthrough Growth” that 75% of the people they surveyed reported that their planning and forecasting horizons are never more than five years out. Only

We are researching intrapreneurs for the European Commission and Ireland South East, and I decided to pick up “Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs” by Kaihan Krippendorff. Today is the slowest day of your life The beginning is lovely.“Today is the slowest day of your life.” Combine that with the conclusions that