Book review

Listen to Ron talk about the books that have interested him on Newstalk Radio over the years. Here Ron talks about “Little Bets” Newstalk Newstalk 106 – 108fm is Ireland’s national independent talk radio broadcaster Little Bets Expose yourself to failure. Hippo syndrome. MBA or entrepreneurs. Pixar. 98,000 storyboards. Seek the mavericks. Mountain bikes. R+D

More and more companies use science fiction writers to help develop scenarios and strategies for the future. Storytelling helps when you want to engage your staff with thinking about where to go as an organisation. I picked up “Stories from 2045: Artificial intelligence and the future of work – a collection of short stories by

Movements, ecosystems, platforms, networks, hypes are all indeed hypes at the moment. That changes leadership. A shift from hierarchies to networks. From rigid to loose. From command and control to self-organising. From cogs in a machine or outputs and inputs to relationships as part of a network. From moving pieces on the board to shaping

I am a huge fan of Brian Solis. His thinking on social media and customer experience is second to none. He recently published “Lifescale: How to Live a More Creative, Productive, and Happy Life”. A book that has nothing to do with social media. It is nearly an antidote to social media addiction. Zombie Apocalypse

Listen to Ron talk about the books that have interested him on Newstalk Radio over the years. The thank you economy Customer relationship is everything. Social media cannot be ignored. Word of mouth on steroids. You need to go online. Happy staff means happy clients. Culture is your new marketing. Authenticity is everything. Spend your

You are not in control I am working with a client company on writing a book. They have come up with a fascinating concept, combining system thinking, biology, AI, execution, silo busting, culture, collective leadership with a toolset to help CEOs manage their business much more effectively. The beast Managing the ghost in the machine,

You should combine reading “The Synthetic Age: Outdesigning Evolution, Resurrecting Species, and Reengineering Our World” with “Uninhabitable earth” and “Falter“. One is about the horrors of climate change, one is about combining that with other potential horrors, such as AI and genetics and “Synthetic” is a book to help you think about that further and

At Operation Breakthrough (Doorbraak) we have a manifesto: I take responsibility for everything that I think is important. I only think in possibilities. I take care of my shit. I do not get distracted by social media or my phone. I do a little bit every day, instead of a lot every now and then,

Innovation “Loonshots” is a very different book about innovation and organisational design. Closer to Taleb and “Antifragile”  than “Creative construction“. Also reminds me of “The day after tomorrow“. Solid, fluid and superfluid as key concepts to manage your innovation portfolio. Managing superfluid Particularly superfluid is difficult. Those are the loonshots you need, but loonshots by their

Karma management A good friend gave me “The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life”. It is one of the few books that combines mindfulness, spirituality and business together. “The Diamond Cutter” is a written record of a teaching given by the Buddha over 2,500 years ago. It is also the