The Strand Review of Books

“Organizations, like people, need to be seen as living, evolving organisms.” We have ten minutes: what on earth does that mean? Paul is founding director of Living Work Consulting, is also a Programme Lead for the People and Organizational Change executive education masterclass at Henley Business School, and is a former Senior Partner at Korn Ferry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Welcome today to John Volanthen, cave-explorer and cave rescue diver, and author of the extraordinary record of the Thuam Luang rescue of the Wild Boars, titled Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives . Normally I am not a fan of ‘Look at my derring-do amazing heroics and translate them into management-speak,’ but I think this book might just be different. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Welcome to Sandy Carter, author of the intriguingly titled AI First, Human Always, embracing a new mindset for the era of superintelligence . Sandy is the founder of Unstoppable Women of AI and W3, and COO of Unstoppable Domains – and formerly was with AWS and IBM among others. Future Horizon – AI’s transformative path – is for me at least a bit of a mind-fry. If you have one message in a minute f...

Welcome to Paul J H Schoemaker PhD, author of Strategic Thinking and Decision Making . Here’s a clip from Paul’s web site: Much of Paul’s work reflects the cognitive, emotional, and social biases many of us prone to, from descriptive insights to prescriptive recommendations based on normative theories and time-tested heuristic approaches. In my own words, Paul knows what makes us tick or not! Publ...

Welcome to Areej AbuAli, author of Community Building for Marketers – how to connect, engage and foster growth . Areej is the founder of Women in Tech SEO, a global community in marketing and tech with more than 10,000 members and 50,000 followers, which gives some cred to the title and thinking, I guess! Published by Kogan Page, Community Building for Marketers is available of course from Amazon...

Welcome today to Janne Tienari, co-author with Paul Savage of Moomin Management – Redefining Generosity . Janne is Professor of Management and Organisation at the Hanken School of Economics, Finland. Published by Bristol University Press Moomin Management – Redefining Generosity is a compact 140 or so pages, available from Amazon and all good bookshops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Welcome to Cindy Anderson and Anthony Marshall, co-authors of The ROI of Thought Leadership subtitled Calculating the value that sets organizations apart. Cindy is the Chief Marketing Officer and Global Lead for Engagement & Eminence at the IBM Institute for Business Value, and Anthony is Senior Research Director of Thought Leadership also at the IBM Institute for Business Value. The book is b...

Welcome to Dr Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin, Head of the Department of Technology Enhanced Learning at Munster Technological University (MTU) and co-editor with Donna Lanclos and Tom Farrelly of How to Use Digital Learning with Confidence and Creativity . While this is fundamentally a book written for academics working in higher education, away from the ivory towers and in the brutalist landscape of comm...

Why we're all becoming entrepreneurs - and how to make it work for everyone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erik Korsvik Østergaard speaks about his book Anticipatory Leadership, and how leaders can use "Futures Thinking" inside their organizations to shared the structures, cultures and governance. This may be one of the most influential management books of 2025, and certainly one of the most intriguing I have read. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Aditya Simha, professor of management at the University of Wisconsin and most importantly author of Learning Leadership from Dogs subtitled What can Bulldogs, Dachshunds, Komondors, Pekingese and Otterhounds (among other dogs) teach us about effective leadership? Beyond being the first business book to use the word ‘triskaidekaphobia,’ as well as some truly gruesome doggie puns in the c...

Welcome to Chris Hatfield, author of Sales Psyche , A Guide to Mastering a Healthy and High-Performing Mind – in a nutshell this book is geared towards salespeople who not only want to work on their mind, to take care of their wellbeing, and also to benefit their sales performance. Chris is an engaging, thoughtful speaker, and simultaneously full of ideas and enthusiasm. Sales Psyche is somewhere...

Welcome to Ben Amos, author of Engage – the definitive guide to video strategy for business. We love a good business strategy book, particularly one subtitled Your seven-step roadmap to avoid wasting time and money on video that doesn’t work. Ben is a very clear, cogent and concise speaker, and brings refreshing honesty to the table. Engage – the definitive guide to video strategy for business , a...

Today I am delighted to be joined by Nitin Kartik, author of Product Marketing Wisdom and how about this for a sub-title: Real-World Lessons on Market Research, Competitive Analysis, Go-To-Market, Storytelling, Sales Enablement, KPIs, and more. Nitin Kartik, author of Product Marketing Wisdom , 298 pages, published by Karibu Press, available from Amazon and All Good Bookshops. Hosted on Acast. See...

Why do leaders fail and derail, and is Zoom Fatigue a thing? Welcome to Professor Adrian Furnham, speaker, commentator and prolific author on all things psychological. Adrian speaks about his book 'The New Psychology,' and remarks on motivation, problematic people, and much more. Spend ten minutes in his company, learn a little, and start thinking about how psychology applies to business. Hosted o...

Welcome today to Jordan Montgomery, author of The Art of Encouragement – How to lead teams, spread love, and serve from the heart . Jordan is a motivational speaker and specialist performance coach, working with sales staff, executives, professional athletes, youth groups and more. Here, Jordan tells us what’s different about The Art of Encouragement and whether it will it work for for the reader....

Welcome today to Jonathan Gabay, author of Practical Digital Marketing and AI Psychology – How to gain online consumer trust and sales using technologies and psychology. Jonathan is an author of fifteen books, a podcaster, and has been on the box – BBC, CNN, Sky News, Al Jazeera and more – plus Jonathan advises business and educational institutions on AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Welcome to Dan White, author of the intriguingly named The Smart Advertising Book – How to deliver advertising that grows your brand, a companion to The Smart Branding Book and The Smart Marketing Book . Packed with ideas and info in a beautifully compact 220 pages, very readable in snackable chunks, published by LILD Publising and of course available from Amazon and all good bookshops. Hoste...

Welcome today to Chris Baker, author of Obsolete – How ‘change brands’ are changing the world. Chris is founder and CEO of Serious Tissues, to paraphrase crazily as a toilet-roll brand that plants trees, and is also co-founder of Change Please, a coffee brand that helps homeless people by training them as baristas. Obsolete – How ‘change brands’ are changing the world is a call for change as well...

Welcome Johan Grönstedt, author of The Execution Revolution – why most strategies fail and the cure for slow execution . Johan was formerly a Chief Strategy Officer - been there, done that, and then wondered why it hasn’t happened. There are many, MANY books about strategy, tactics, and how to make progress; why is this book important right now? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

Today I am delighted to welcome Professor Stefano Puntoni, co-author with Professor Bart de Langhe of Decision-Driven Analytics . Listeners to the show will know that my introductions are brief because it’s all about the book! So, the subtitle of the book is, I guess, also the premise of the book: leveraging the power of human intelligence to unlock the power of data. Now, I really loved the openi...

Welcome to Professor Chris Hackley, author of But…How do you teach business? Chris is Professor of Marketing at the Department of Marketing, School of Business and Management, at Royal Holloway University of London. As an academic discipline, business management has seen a huge expansion over the last 40 or so years. What, in a nutshell is the direct benefit of attending a business management &amp...

A very warm welcome to Leila McKenzie-Delis, author of The CEO Activist , subtitled ‘Putting the S in ESG.’ Leila is the founder of DIAL Global, a global community of diverse, inclusive, and aspirational leaders. She also laucned the DIAL Global Diversity Review, studying how the largest employers in the UK and US are prioritizing ten areas of workplace, diversity and inclusion. Now Leila, you hav...

Gina Battye, CEO of the Psychological Safety Institute, offers a practical guide aimed at leaders, managers, HR and DEI professionals interested in cultivating an inclusive work environment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to Luan Wise, author of Smart Social Media - How to grow your business with social media marketing. Luan has been a lead trainer for Meta, and leads training on behalf of professional bodies, including the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the Federation of Small Businesses, and the Direct Marketing Association in northern California...