Attention Tim Wu is the author of “The Switch”, which is a book about the history of communication. His latest book is “Attention Merchants; how our time and attention are gathered and sold”. 1833 A similar book, but this time about the history of advertising. Starting with a man called Benjamin H. Day who invented
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Flow For one of our clients we are doing some consultancy on productivity, change management and innovation. Which brings you quickly to Steve Kotler, who has written two fascinating books on flow. One titled “Stealing Fire” and one titled “The Rise of Superman“. Innovation, what is your organisation’s flow score? Why is this relevant for innovation? Greylock
Purpose as your compass Over the last few years, I have been speaking to a lot of companies about the latest business thinking. Helping them to create a map for the future. Because without a map, you do not know where you are going. And the purpose of the company is the compass. VUCA gurus
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Group flow I am a huge fan of Steve Kotler. His book “The rise of superman” is a must-read for anyone interested in flow, productivity, performance and human resource management. It is the first time I heard about the pursuit of companies to achieve group flow. Boosting Conscious processing can only handle about 12033 bits
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If AI has taken over the world, would it let you know? That is the question I got from reading “The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks”. If you want history lessons about how power works this is a book to read. If you want to read a book of who
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I am over 50. I was alive before the internet. When I read “The Shallows”, I got concerned about what the internet does do to the brains of our children. I started to feel old. Thankfully I picked up “Originals”, where old people are more creative than the internet generation. From that perspective, “The end
Neuroscience is starting to appear in lots of books. In books about marketing, ICT, HRM, leadership, technology, etc. Surprisingly less so in sales. Even more surprising, if you know that one in nine is working in sales in the USA alone. Salespeople are ineffective The statistics are staggering. The majority of salespeople are hindering sales instead
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Tools of titans We are huge fans of Tim Ferris. He is one of our VUCA gurus. I was looking forward to his new book “Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers”. Listen to the podcasts instead Just finished the book and it has been a struggle. Not
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“Motivate Yourself” by Andro Donovan focusses on finding your purpose. As Mark Twain said, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you find out why.” Unless you are a lucky person, finding your purpose is not easy. Let alone living it. Tips to find your purpose
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Be sustainable “Climate change” by Joseph Romm is too important to ignore. If our planet heats up above 4 degrees, our children will not have children. At the Sustainability Gathering in November, it was referred to as a potential “Global Syria on steroids”. Sustainability will become the new black. Backed by heavy regulation, consumer demand and
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