The Chaos Imperative
The Book Ori Brafman and Judah Pollack, The Chaos Imperative: How Chance and Disruption increase Innovation, Effectiveness and Success, Crown Business, New York, 2013. The Backstory This book is inspired by Ori Brafman’s experience as a consultant to the US Army. Traditionally, the military has been highly regimented and tightly controlled through the layers of […]
Dan Roam, Show and Tell
The Book Dan Roam, Show and Tell: How Everybody can make Extraordinary Presentations, Penguin, London, 2014 Why I Bought This Book Lately, I haven’t been buying as many books as I used to. The main reason is that I’m now working in the local libraries several times a week, Now, I’m pleased to say I […]
Read Me – Book Review
The Book Roger Horberry and Gyles Lingwood, Read Me – 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy My Website I’m currently updating my website – including both images and words. That’s what prompted me to write about how to be a better writer and to grab this book from the shelf. Essentially, I wanted to write […]
Alexandra Watkins, Hello My Name Is
The Book Alexandra Watkins, Hello My Name is Awesome: How to Create Brand Names That Stick, Berrett-Koehler, San Fransisco, 2014. Giving It All Away Alexandra Watkins is the founder of EatMyWords.com – a brand-naming agency. In writing her book, Alexandra has faced the same dilemma that confronts every thought leader and business expert when they […]
Shawn Achor, Before Happiness
The Book Shawn Achor, Beyond Happiness: The 5 hidden keys to achieving success, spreading happiness and sustaining positive change, Crown Business, New York, 2013. His Previous Book Shawn Achor’s first and previous best selling book, The Happiness Advantage, showed if you want to be successful it pays to be happy before you start. In this […]
Lori Deschene, Tiny Buddha
Lori Deschene, Tiny Buddha: Simple Wisdom for Life’s Hard Questions How to Write a Book from Twitter Lori Deschene is a master of Twitter engagement and this book is the proof of that. At the time her book was published, @tinybuddha had over 200,000 followers – impressive. And, today she has 449,000 followers. Very impressive! […]
Zach Friend – On Message
Zach Friend, On Message: How a Compelling Narrative Will Make Your Organization Succeed, Turner Publishing, Nashville, 2013. Walk Your Talk Given I’m a designer of messages and information products, I’m willing to admit I’m a hard marker when it comes to judging the design and layout of books. The old proverb ‘don’t judge a book […]
Best Books Infographic – 2014
What are the best business books of 2014? A best books infographic is my way of summarizing the best books I’ve read in 2014. What are the best business books you’ve read recently? Each year, I read a lot of books. In 2014, I read 49 books in total. They’re almost all non-fiction and relate […]
Ten Best Books of 2014
If you’d rather listen to this article you can grab our podcast episode here. Our infographic of these best books is here. The Best Books I’ve Read This Year Each year for the past 12 years I’ve aimed to read 50 books. And, every year except one I’ve read at least 40 books. So far […]
Best Books of 2014 – Podcast
Our Topic What are the best books you’ve read in 2014? Each year for the past 12 years I’ve read between 40-50 books a year (except one year when I only read 30+ books). So far this year I’ve read 49 books. And, this sparks the obvious question: which ones are the best books I’ve […]