by James Chaplin | Feb 23, 2021 | Book and Movie Club, Book Review
The Effective Executive By Peter Drucker As the economy shifts towards being knowledge-based, the challenge of being an effective executive becomes even greater. In his management classic, Peter Drucker argues that the sole responsibility of the executive is to be...
by James Chaplin | Feb 19, 2021 | Book and Movie Club, Book Review
Imagine being able to de-risk your start-up by accelerating the process from conceptual product design through to initial client feedback in one week, from start to finish. This is the concept that underpins “Sprint.” The origin of the “Sprint” can be found at Google...
by James Chaplin | Feb 18, 2021 | Book and Movie Club, Book Review
The Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a book that challenges traditional notions of risk management and prediction. Taleb argues that black swan events, which are rare, unexpected, and high-impact, fundamentally change the...
by James Chaplin | Feb 17, 2021 | Book and Movie Club, Book Review
The governing concept within this book is that businesses can operate either in a red ocean (competing in a commoditised zero-sum environment) or move to a blue ocean (so be unfettered by competition as their proposition is sufficiently unique for competitors not to...
by James Chaplin | Feb 16, 2021 | Book and Movie Club, Book Review
Book review If you’re in a leadership role, you’ll want to read this classic book. The author outlines 21 laws of leadership, dedicating a chapter to each law to explain what it takes to be a great leader and how to improve in that area. This book is more...
