Holacracy is the opposite of the cliché way to run a startup. People romanticize startup cultures and their lack of structure, but it creates anxiety and inefficiency, whether we have to build consensus around every decision, or deal with land grabs for power. In contrast, Holacracy creates clarity: who is in charge of what, and who makes each kind of decision - and there is a system for changing that, so it's very flexible at the same time

This book reminds me of a book that I must have read 100 times during my quest to become a better poker player. The first reading will most likely result in a complete paradigm shift, and you'll gain new insight every single time you reread it, especially when interspersed with actual practice playing the game on a regular basis. I highly recommend this book as your 'Holacracy Bible' if you're looking to explore a new way of working

Holacracy is a difficult concept to understand, but its founder Brian Robertson breaks it down simply and thoroughly. Regardless of your conclusion about the system's potential, it is undoubtedly the alternative management approach that will be getting the most attention over the next few years as we see how it affects thousands of employees around the world.

engagingly straightforward

Diversity and inclusion are the gateways to stronger teams and better performance. Fact. But it takes a good deal of self-awareness and continuous learning to really ingrain the behavioural changes that are needed. This book holds up a mirror and then guides us - skilfully and persuasively - to the actions we all need to be taking.

Obligatory reading for anyone - straight, white and male or otherwise - who wants to do better but doesn't know where to start.

Hassan and Sandhu present a blueprint for positivity that shows how business interests and operations can dovetail neatly with social change and diversity goals...a study in business transformation, it only requires an open mind and heart from business leader readers who seek to make their workplace better than 'average'.

Fiercely generous ... invites us to exit the superhighways and explore the scenic detours, byways, rebel camps, the other visions of who we can be while reminding us that slowness can yield more than speed

Odell has gifted us a way to move through this intertidal moment by reclaiming our more intuitive, felt experience of the passage of time. ... A beautiful, clarifying, and surprisingly reassuring literary triumph

Saving Time is about what it means to be on the clock, personally, politically and existentially. The book's writing glows. Reading this book is like being in the company of a particularly thoughtful friend: Odell shows you the truths of the structures you inhabit and then, warmly, attempts to protect you from your own nihilism

From the vast sweep of geological time to incremental seasonal changes observed on a single branch in a local park, this potently mysterious book explores the ways in which we might begin to challenge the cramped temporal confines of our modern lives

By now a legend thanks to the simple but impactful wisdom of her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell furthers her argument for escaping the so-called attention economy. ... This follow-up promises to be as satisfying, optimistic, and enrapturing as Odell's original bestseller

An intriguing look into our attitudes to time ... striking

A scintillating and important meditation on the notion of time

A powerful critique of the way we conceive of time in the modern, industrial world ... striking ... Odell calls for a way of living that is less extractive, less dependent on domination, and less about the human self

The bestselling author of How to Do Nothing ... returns with another urgent examination of modern life

A moving and provocative game changer

In a work both magisterial and elliptical, Odell takes on the concept of 'time' from every conceivable angle ... This is both an irresistible big-idea book an a guide to rethinking a burning world

A penetrating, provocative investigation into the subject of time - how to understand and live with it - on both an individual and societal level ... impressive

Temporal structure has its comforts, particularly following a tumultuous three years ... That yo-you effect [of the last few years] drew me to Saving Time, Jenny Odell's sharp book tracing the cultural forces that shape our conception of time

Odell fights to provide us with an alternative way to experience the time we have

Ambitious ... a pleasure to read ... thought-provoking

A sweeping yet personal challenge to assumptions Western society makes about the relationships between individuals and the finite hours in a given day

Odell argues convincingly that our daily experience is dominated by the corporate clock that so many of us contort ourselves to fit inside

The best beach read of the year ... Read it, and then think deeply about how you are reading your own time

Odell's latest book, Saving Time, is great at analysing where a lot of our notions about how to use our time came from (hint: capitalism).

One of President Barack Obama's 'Favourite books of 2019'