A little show to put a bow on Season 4 - our longest season yet!

We dive into the books of the season and share our favourite moments, totally off the cuff!

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with Working Backwards by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr

Business books; are they all they are hyped up to be? Meet the “insights, stories and secrets” of Amazon presented by a couple of senior ex-employees. We dive into the formulaic nature of business books and how the Amazon story has a lot more Jeff and a lot more luck than perhaps this book really acknowledges. We also reflect on whether the book really represents the Amazon of today, which is perhaps a different story.

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with Skunkworks by Ben R Rich and Leo Janos

Plane geek alert! This week we look at innovation, planes and whether the key lessons of one of the most infamous innovation labs can be translated into business, government and everywhere. A slight warning and apology - when Seán says “lets talk about the planes for 30seconds” it went a lot longer than that!! Strap in Maverick, its time to buzz the control tower.

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with The Big Con by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington

Following hot on the heels of last weeks episode, we stay in business consulting world and look at that outsourcing and embedding has had on the public and private sectors in many Western countries. How does it turn out? And what are the worrying long term trends?

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More on Mariana and her work here: https://marianamazzucato.com/

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with The Management Myth by Matthew Stewart

Where philosophy meets business consulting! Matthew’s book is an epic story of personal experience, asking some serious questions of todays business consulting practice, business books and the high-profile business schools. Carl also wanted to apologise for calling him Thomas :-) Matthew calls himself an “independent scholar” and doesn’t hold back!

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His website is here: https://mwstewart.com/

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with Outlive by Peter Attia and Bill Gifford.

This bestselling book is focussed on living long and healthy lives, but does it really live up to its promise? There is a lot in here that walks on shaky ground and we dive into some of the concepts and ask some hard questions.

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with The Good Life by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz.

This book covers one of the worlds most amazing longitudinal studies of peoples’ lives, and what we have learned. It’s powerful stuff and of course, full of amazing wisdom that we can bring to our lives.

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First the omnibus, and today we have an interview show.

Following on from our foray into the importance of reading children’s books, we catch up with bestselling author Elissa Brent Weissman and dig into how she creates new books that capture both our younger and ‘slightly older’ audiences.

Find out more about Elissa here: https://www.ebweissman.com/

And her amazing books like Hannukah Upside Down, Nerd Camp and many more: https://www.ebweissman.com/all-books/

Another great interview with Elissa is here: https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-zealand-childrens-authors/interview-with-elissa-brent-weissman/

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