Rutger Bregman’s Humankind was my favourite book of 2020 and it comes out in paperback next month. A brilliant read (that also works wonderfully as an audiobook) it will appeal to fans of Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens or anyone who wants a provocative, thoughtful summer read. To mark the paperback release I spoke to him about…
Today two discussions. Firstly I talk to Callum Williams, Senior Economics Writer at The Economist. Callum just had a major report published in the paper about the future of work and we talk about the implications of it. Then I have a discussion with CEO and podcaster Dan Murray-Serter. Dan runs his own start-up, Heights….
Sign up for the newsletter Kim Scott is the straight talking author of the phenomenal hit Radical Candour. Now she’s back with a huge new book that’s set to be equally as impactful. She joined me with business partner Trier Bryant to discuss diversity, workplace bias, bullying and harassment – and what any of…
Go deep with the whole playlist What a guest today. I’ve tried to speak to Professor Robin Dunbar for 4 or 5 years. Robin has a new book out called Friends which is the sort of book you can lose yourself in on a holiday (if anyone lets you have one). I enjoyed it for…
A recording of a Twitter Spaces discussion with Scott Galloway. We talk remote working, why cities will never die, why working hard is Scott’s top career advice. Along the way we talk about the power of touch, Goldman Sachs, missing humans and what will come next for work. The Twitter Spaces app also blings a…
Buy A World Without Email I’ve talked a lot about Cal Newport’s provocations about abolishing email (and Zoom calls) [find them here and here]. And in fact, I had someone last week astonished when I suggested we should try to limit video calls to eight hours a week. They thought I’d lost my mind. How…
Pre-order Conflicted now Ian’s post on Paul McCartney – follow him on Twitter here. What’s the route to better decision making at work? What can any of us do to ensure we resolve our disputes in a more productive way. A brilliant discussion with Ian Leslie about his forthcoming new book, Conflicted.
First published at HRD Connect During the summer of 2020, I found myself in Lebanon. My partner is from Beirut so we were delighted to escape from the COVID-stricken shores of Britain to make a trip back to the city for a week’s holiday. Little did I know, we’d be leaping out of the frying…
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