‘What you leave behind is what you write… no one talks about the article that changed their life, and they’re not read for decades after they’ve been written. [Books are] foundational.’ Working at the intersection of research and application, Professor Alex Hill has learned that it’s not enough to have…
‘A book is a job title that stays with you for life. I will forever be author of The Solutionists… This is your long tail. This is how you remain having influence in the world over time.’ If you ever feel like the problems of the world are overwhelming and…
‘I thought I was sitting down to write a book. I was not sitting down to write a book. I was sitting down to create idea stewardship. And that’s a much bigger exercise.’ Melissa Romo is passionate about the opportunity that remote working presents – inclusion, access to talent, quality…
‘I have worked with a coach in the past who used to tell me things that have been very helpful, like it is your responsibility to the book to try and communicate its concepts out there, if you believe it is that helpful, you need to be sharing it with…
‘A lot of writers tend to shy away from the gritty parts of [entrepreneurship], the pain parts, the price part. I thought, Why not, I’m going to go for it. So I did.’ If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ll know about the price that you pay each day to sustain your…
When you run a small business – especially a retail business – it can feel very much as if a tiger has not just come to tea, but moved in. It’s always hungry, often unpredictable, and it makes you feel a little, well, nervous. Luckily, Catherine Erdly is an expert…
‘You need a higher level of challenge and truth telling if you have set the bar high for yourself and your organization.’ Liam Black has become known as the ‘gloves-off mentor’ for his no-nonsense, straight-talking way of supporting social entrepreneurs and purpose-driven leaders. When the work you do matters so…
The Independent Publishers’ Guild annual Spring Conference is one of the highlights of the year for the book industry. I seized the opportunity to speak to six movers and shakers in the world of books to put to them the questions that you’d have asked if you’d only had the…
“People don’t just pick up a book once, read it, put it down, and then that’s the end of their relationship with that idea…. we can move in a person’s life in multiple ways.” Sarah Stein Lubrano describes The School of Life as ‘a modern press’: books are vitally important,…
‘When I went into [writing a book], people were telling me, oh, it’s going to be so lonely. you’re going to lock yourself in a room… nothing could be further from the truth. This was the most collaborative process from day one.’ If you want to do work that matters,…
