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 By Graham Wilson, on November 14th, 2010The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (Robinson) A few weeks ago, I chose one of Tony Buzan’s books as my Business Book of the Week. On Friday night, I went to hear Buzan speaking. He is a polished presenter, nay an entertainer, and he tends to stick to his stuff. He wouldn’t … / continued By Graham Wilson, on November 1st, 2010Future Minds: How The Digital Age is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters and What We Can Do About It by Richard Watson Our world has changed… dramatically. Children as young as five are spending up to eight hours a day in front of screens; the average teen sends as many as 2,000 texts … / continued  Comments are closed  business book of the week, emotional & spiritual intelligence, general, psychology / brain science By Graham Wilson, on October 23rd, 2010Drive – The surprising truth about what motivates us I had one of those surreal conversations with someone yesterday. They insisted that they got the best performance out of their salesforce by offering them a very high proportion of their salary in a performance related bonus. They are SO convinced that this is the … / continued By Graham Wilson, on October 17th, 2010Business Book of the Week – Mind Maps for Business – Buzan Back in the late 70s, the BBC began what was to become a long-term relationship with Tony Buzan, author of a series of popular psychology books on the theme of cognitive ability. Buzan had developed a form of concept mapping which used … / continued Comments are closed business book of the week, emotional & spiritual intelligence, psychology / brain science By Graham Wilson, on October 11th, 2010Them and Us: Changing Britain – Why We Need a Fair Society by Will Hutton In a small village in Oxfordshire, last Friday night, there was the latest in a series of public talks being given to raise funds to replace the Village Hall. The series has been going for a couple of years, … / continued By Graham Wilson, on September 27th, 2010Through his years of intensive work consulting to companies including Procter & Gamble, Sony, Toyota, Microsoft, Ford and Ernst & Young, with his firm The Energy Project, Schwartz has developed a powerful programme for changing the way we are working that greatly boosts our engagement and our satisfication with our work and increases our … / continued By Graham Wilson, on September 21st, 2010Business Book Of The Week – “Linked – How Everything is Connected to Everything Else and What it Means for Business and Everyday Life” by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi I was planning on reviewing Albert-Laszlo Barabasi’s latest book, “Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do“. However, I think it is probably better to begin with … / continued By Graham Wilson, on September 4th, 2010“What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How successful people become even more successful” Marshall Goldsmith (born March 20, 1949) is an American management author, academic, consultant and senior executive coach. In 1977, he met Paul Hersey, one of the most highly regarded organisation and leadership behaviour specialists, and it was this encounter … / continued By Graham Wilson, on August 27th, 2010“Screw Work, Let’s Play: How to Do What You Love and Get Paid for It“, by John Williams, has been all the buzz this summer – spotted on holidays everywhere from Devon to Deauville, from Prescelli to Prague. John Williams is a careers and business advisor for people who want something more interesting and … / continued By Graham Wilson, on August 20th, 2010Richard Wiseman’s book exposes self-help myths, and presents scientifically proven techniques that help you achieve your aims and ambitions in less than a minute. From mood to memory, persuasion to procrastination, and resilience to relationships, 59 Seconds presents the new science of rapid change. A few years ago I was having lunch with a … / continued Comments are closed business book of the week, executive / leadership behaviour, psychology / brain science 
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