Book review

Breathing is the new black. I am a huge fan of Nassim Taleb. He introduced me to the Lindy effect. Something that was true 3000 years ago is probably still valid 3000 years from now. That is why you should trust Chinese medicine over modern medicine. Including their perspective on breathing. Breath: The New Science

I love strategy. I think everything is strategy. My favourite book is “33 strategies of war”, but I am also a big fan of Kenichi Ohmae (found a paperback “The Mind of the Strategist” in my office recently), and I loved “Thriving on chaos” by Tom Peters. Long term thinking is a lost art I

I am a fan of both Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler. They are both original thinkers with some exciting perspectives. I was eagerly anticipating “The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives”. And it did not disappoint. I think this book should be compulsory reading for

“The Future Starts Here: Adventures in the Twenty-First Century” is an unusual book about the future. As a result, it is refreshing. The book and reminds me of “The end of absence” by Bill Bryson. It is an unusual book about the future. As a result, it is refreshing. Our youth will set us free.

Call it a business card, a resume, a billboard, or whatever you choose, but the short of it is that books are no longer just books. They are branding devices and credibility signals. Publishing a book is less about sales and much more about creating a brand. The real customers of books are no longer

The Coronavirus shows that you cannot predict the future. That does not mean you cannot engineer your own destiny. Hence, “Engineering the future”. Unpredictable does not mean unprepared. Fitness It should come as no surprise that you are better capable of dealing with crises when you are physically and mentally fit. Anti-fragile If you have

Dave Hogan, the CEO and founder of Smartflow, recommended “Psycho-Cybernetics”. A book about how the outside can influence the inside. How to fake it till you make it. How to programme for success. The practice of calling up “pleasant ideas and memories” is one of the most important aspects of Psycho-Cybernetics. That and changing your

Writing a book is like writing anything else: You sit down and type. After exhaustively researching the work habits of successful writers, Ralph Keyes, a professional writer, noted that “the simple fact of sitting down to write day after day is what makes writers productive.” That is from “How to Write a Lot: A Practical

Quantum is the new black. The law of unlimited possibilities. Where everything is full of potential until it is fixed. In quantum physics itself, there is no limit to the different possibilities latent within any given situation, no limit to the number of possible perspectives on the quantum world. Hence “The Quantum Leader: A Revolution in

I had the pleasure of meeting Riel Miller recently. Riel is specialised in planning for the future and has developed a very interesting methodology. We crossed paths in Dublin at Climate Finance Week. He wrote “Transforming the Future, Anticipation in the 21st Century”. Predicting the future is hard Because by definition, the future cannot exist