Tag Archives: Book

The Social Age Guidebook Series: Free Action Focussed Resources

Posted on June 16, 2020 by

Over the last two years i have published six Guidebooks in the Social Age series: they’ve formed a clear attempts to carry work forward from the blog into a more developed, and action focussed, format. Broadly speaking, each takes an … Continue reading →

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This Book is Imperfect: The Socially Dynamic Organisation

Posted on June 2, 2020 by

I’ve just submitted the final text and illustrations to the designer for my next Social Age Guidebook, which explores ‘The Socially Dynamic Organisation’ as a new model of Organisational Design. I first started to share work around this idea in … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Apollo

Posted on November 26, 2019 by

The Apollo book will launch this Thursday at an event in London, then through Amazon around the world: i’m very excited, because setting a book free marks a chapter point, closing off one voyage, and creating the space for the … Continue reading →

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Centrefold

Posted on October 29, 2019 by

Reviewing the final proofs for the Apollo book, i realised that i wanted to add in a double page spread, to break up two chapters. This image is of the flag being raised on the moon: a rather last minute … Continue reading →

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Blast Off

Posted on October 17, 2019 by

I’ve just hit ‘send’ on the final manuscript for my next book: the final title is “To the Moon and Back: Leadership Reflections from Apollo”, and it forms the next in my series of Social Age Guidebooks. This final illustration … Continue reading →

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Reflecting On Radical Complexity

Posted on July 6, 2017 by

Yesterday i published a major piece around ‘radical complexity’, and considering whether some organisations can become ‘too big to succeed’. Today, i’ve shared part of that work in a Masterclass, specifically the thoughts around scale: that the formal structure of … Continue reading →

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A Sketchbook Of Trust

Posted on April 26, 2017 by

I’ve been sketching up some pages for a book on Trust: not a book that i write, but rather a provocation, an incomplete book for people to fill in themselves, taking them through a reflective journey through the subject. This … Continue reading →

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Design Layout: Social Leadership – my 1st 100 Days

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

I just landed from the flight back from San Francisco, and what better treat to be waiting for me than the design layout for the new book. I hope you’ll forgive a brief post as I’m rather tired, but in … Continue reading →

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Developing Social Leadership: A Practical Guidebook

Posted on January 11, 2017 by

I have started work on the layout and design of a short new book called ‘Social Leadership: my first 100 days’. As the title suggests, it’s a practical guide that takes the ideas from the Social Leadership Handbook and build … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership: Consequence and Right

Posted on December 20, 2016 by

Continuing to #WorkOutLoud as i strive to finish the new book on ‘Social Leadership – my first 100 days‘ before Christmas. I’m 85% there… today, sharing two pieces from the section on Social Capital. The first is some pointers and … Continue reading →

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