Business Book of the Week : The Khan Academy ‘flips’ education (12/03/2011)

“With so little effort on my own part, I can empower an unlimited amount of people for all time. I can’t imagine a better use of my time.” Salman Khan – founder of the Khan Academy The history In late… Continue reading

Business Book of the Week – Kanzi – The ape at the brink of the Human mind

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh – Kanzi: The ape at the brink of the Human mind I can hear my critics speaking right now… “What exactly has THIS got to do with Business, Graham?” Well, almost every month, I find myself in conversation… Continue reading

Business Book of the Week – Fried challenges the myths in Rework

Jason Fried is the co-founder and president of 37signals, a Chicago-based company that builds web-based productivity tools. This may not seem like the necessary credentials to write a business book per se. However, how about this as a review from… Continue reading

Business Book of the Week – Christakis – Connected = The science of social media networks

Our understanding of behaviour in groups has been evolving for many years. Much of the earliest scientific study was based on animal populations and formed a subset of the science of ethology. These studies usually revolved around small groups that… Continue reading

Business Book of the Week – Zimbardo on the nature of Evil

The other week, I found myself watching the film, “The Last King of Scotland” – an account based on events in Uganda under the Presidency of Idi Amin. We saw an individual who had been a model soldier, was liked… Continue reading

Business Book of the Week – Robinson – The element – How finding your passion changes everything

The 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… Continue reading

Business Book of the Week – Watson – Future Minds – How The Digital Age is Changing Our Minds

Future 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… Continue reading

Business Book of the Week – Drive – The surprising truth about what motivates us by Daniel Pink

Drive – 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… Continue reading

BBOTW – Mind Maps for Business by Tony Buzan

Business 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… Continue reading

Business Book of the Week – Them and Us – why we need a fair society by Will Hutton

Them 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… Continue reading