Book review

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

Scott Galloway is the author of “The four”. It is a book you should all read, particularly after Corona. Combine it with “Likewar”, which is about the weaponisation of social media. Also relevant to Corona. Scott recently wrote “Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity”. Existential shocks He starts with Aristotle. The smallest thing can create

 “The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality” is a  book about the mind. I found it as I meandered from book to book through other books about the mind. In fact, I have just finished my first draft of my book about books about the power of the mind. Let me know if you are

I picked up “Future-Proof Your Business” because I have an interest in strategy. I think strategy is about predicting the future and placing your business (and yourself) favourably in that future. My favourite book on future proving is “Future vision”. It is hard, if not impossible.  One wrong move now could be catastrophic Imagine you

Dying is part of living. Looking at COVID, I sometimes think we forget that. Dying a good death should also be part of how you approach life. Hence “Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day”. And a tip-off from a contact on LinkedIn. Thank you Mohan Magotra. Life is no brief candle This is

I am a huge fan of Gary Hamel. His new book is a follow-on from “What matters now”. “Humanocracy” is an indictment of how much businesses are still operating as bureaucracies and frankly are no longer fit for purpose. Command and control do not work as the pace of change has gone hypercritical. It is

It is known as the automation paradox: the skills you automate, you lose. Including managing and predicting your own future. AI AI at the core. Data-driven enterprises. Autonomous business. It sounds incredibly interesting and terrifying at the same. Particularly once you read up on AI.  https://www.ronimmink.com/beware-of-ai/ https://www.ronimmink.com/if-ai-has-taken-over-the-world-would-it-let-you-know/ https://www.ronimmink.com/ai-and-the-next-step-in-evolution/ We are messy The idea that AI

Eelco Smith recommended Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork. Eelco is the author of “The not so secret rules to the game of life”. Focus on who The message of the book is very straightforward. Do not focus on how you get things done. Focus on whom you want