I was recently invited to be part of a panel discussion on the topics of crisis, change and communication with three other comms and coaching experts. The aim of this was to explore if the communication industry – and communicators – are really ready for what lies ahead. We had participants from across the globe for what felt like a really relevant and important chat for the unique time we find ourselves in now.
Read MoreBook review: Mindset – How you can fulfil your potential, Dr Carol S Dweck
During the summer, I was invited to speak to a group about mentoring and specifically around mentoring and lifelong learning. As part of my prep, I revisited this book and remembered why it had been so insightful the first time around.
Some of the approaches from this book I thought I knew – growth and fixed mindsets - but this gave me a greater understanding of what’s behind that.
Read MoreBook review: The Flipping Point: Deprogramming Management Leandro Herrero
Are you a fan of reading articles from business schools and big management consulting firms? Then this book might just be right up your street. The back cover gives a good hint of what you might expect:
“Business is working in tunnel vision… organisations are now fully prepared for the past... A flipping point in the trend for adopting absurd management ideas needs to be reached. Management needs to be deprogrammed.”
To understand the link between how big management consultants, business schools and CEOs are creating what he calls “colossal groupthink”, then you need to read this book.
Read MoreBook review – High Frequency Change – why we feel like change happens faster now and what to do about it, Tom Cheesewright
So, this book opens with a fantastic question, “Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized horses?”, a question apparently asked of President Obama. For me, this sets the tone for the rest of the book – drawing you in from the start with a different lens on change to the typical books I’ve read on this subject.
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