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Will it make the boat go faster?

By Ian Pettigrew on July 24, 2013   /   True Strength, Intent, Action, Book reviews  
Tags: book review, focus, inspiration, leadership

“Will it make the boat go faster?” proved to be a powerful guiding question that guided the men’s coxed eight rowing team to an Olympic Gold Medal. This post looks at just how powerful that question can be to help us focus.

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Freewriting – Accidental Genius

By Ian Pettigrew on July 10, 2013   /   Book reviews  
Tags: book review, inspiration, reflection
Accidental Genius

The art of creating something new can be difficult. Mark Levy’s ‘Accidental Genius’ looks at the process of freewriting for overcoming this blockage and then looks at how freewriting can be a useful tool for many other applications.

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The power of introverts

By Ian Pettigrew on March 22, 2012   /   Book reviews  
Tags: strengths, book review, leadership

On Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

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The Lean Startup

By Ian Pettigrew on June 27, 2011   /   Book reviews  
Tags: entrepreneurship, book review, innovation, leadership

Eric Ries gave an excellent Authors@Google presentation on his forthcoming book, The Lean Startup.

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Leading Change (Kotter) – Part 2

By Ian Pettigrew on March 30, 2011   /   Book reviews  
Tags: change, leadership, book review, reorganisation
Change Programme Success

The ability to lead change is crucial, and this post looks at how to drive successful change according to Kotter’s ‘Leading Change’

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Leading Change (Kotter) – Part 1

By Ian Pettigrew on March 29, 2011   /   Book reviews  
Tags: change, book review, reorganisation, leadership
Change Programme Failure

The ability to lead change is crucial, and this post looks at why projects fail according to Kotter’s ‘Leading Change’

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Poke the Box

By Ian Pettigrew on March 25, 2011   /   Book reviews  
Tags: curiosity, change, book review, innovation, entrepreneurship

You can’t optimise your way to surprising growth and many industries face extinction as a consequence of stifling innovation; Poke the Box is a manifesto from Seth Godin which examines what we need to do.

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Getting Things Done

By Ian Pettigrew on March 2, 2011   /   True Strength, Intent, Action, Book reviews  
Tags: book review, GTD, procrastination, productivity

The multitude of simple decisions each day (what to do with that email, what do do next, what to say yes to and what to say no to) are what makes our visions and goals happen. This article looks at some of the basics of David Allen’s ‘Getting Things Done’ (GTD) approach.

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How to change things when change is hard

By Ian Pettigrew on October 29, 2010   /   Book reviews  
Tags: change, book review, leadership

Not all that many change initiatives seems to succeed. “Switch: How to change things when change is hard” by Chip and Dan Heath looks at what is required to drive real change.

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