‘Today is day one of whatever streak you choose to commit to.’ Something a little bit different this week, as I celebrate an unusual milestone: eight years of running every single day. But this isn’t really about running, it’s about streaking (no, not that kind of streaking, do grow up)…
’The more successful an organization is, the more valuable it is as a target. So the more golden the goose, the more the temptation to butcher it. We actually create the conditions for our own failure by blindly pursuing success.’ Eric Ries wrote the bible for many entrepreneurs: The Lean…
‘Really paying attention to nature seems to shift something more fundamental… writing can begin to feel a little less effortful and a little more joyful.’ You might think that being in nature and writing business books are two entirely unconnected activities. But the annual Write it Wild retreat keeps showing…
‘Unlike the washing up, which I’m perfectly happy to delegate to a machine… I don’t WANT to delegate my writing, because that’s how I think.’ Technology is great at making life easier. But sometimes, easy isn’t what we really need. It’s hard to resist the siren call of AI as…
‘ Being creative means having a deep knowledge about anything that you do, because this helps you then to connect those things into new things.’ Innovation. You can’t sit through a corporate meeting without hearing the word. Everyone thinks they know what they mean by it, and most people are confident…
‘…The very human tendency to focus on the thing that we think is the problem but isn’t actually the thing that needs our attention.’ In writing, as in life and work, we often focus on the question that looks obvious: How do I write this quickly? How do I find…
‘Readers don’t finish books that make them feel impressed by someone with a lot of experience or success. They finish books that make them feel capable.’ Does the book still have a place in next-generation corporate learning platforms? You bet. Amy Cantin of Skillsoft talks me through the evolution of…
‘If there’s one thing that this podcast has reinforced for me over the last 10 years, it is that books and the people who write them matter.’ It’s almost a decade to the day since I first pressed ‘record’ and launched this podcast into the world (and you might be…
‘Inclusion is what you do and diversity is what you get.’ Paolo Gaudiano’s expertise ranges from rocket science through computational neuroscience to the really tough work: diversity, equity and inclusion in organizations. It’s not got any easier over the last couple of years, but it’s not got any less important,…
‘If you’re into it, read into it.’ Fresh (sic) from the London Book Fair, this week’s episode brings together perspectives from across the industry on the National Year of Reading campaign. Does reading even still matter? [Spoiler alert: it matters more than ever!] And how can we – as an…
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