The Elephant And The Flea

Jan 6, 2025 8:31 PM

Author:Charles Handy

Bookseller Charles Handy's best-selling new book looks at how individuals (the fleas in his analogy) relate to multi-national conglomerates (the elephants). In addition to addressing how and why we work today, he covers a wide range of preoccupations and issues including the increasing fear of big business: 'it is easy to see why many observers think that the big corporations are now both richer and more powerful than many nation states. They worry that these new corporate states are accountable to no-one - that their financial clout makes governments beholden to them ... The elephants, people feel, are out of control.'

Reviews

He makes difficult stuff seem easy

—— Management Today

'In this very readable book Handy makes you think more about the impact of these diverse changes on the whole world of human endeavour, not just the world of work.

—— Human Resources Magazine

You will find yourself constantly returning to the book and quoting extracts to collegues...This latest offering is a joy to read. It is one of those rare things, a book by a management author that you want to devour at one sitting.

—— Ambassdor

This is an ambitious treatment of the future of everything.

—— Canary

It is classic Handy...It is entertaining, thought provoking, humanistic and wise in equal measures.

—— FMX

This latest offering is a joy to read. It is one of those rare things, a book by a management author that you want to devour at one sitting.

—— Ambassador

Handy has that rare gift among business writers - able to talk sense and leave out the jargon - This title will appeal to a very wide audience, because it is everything a business book should be - very readable and thought provoking.

—— Business and Computer

This is great for anyone planning a speech or trying to get their message across at work

—— Psychologies

The Heaths push beyond what sounds like it should work and explain why it actually does

—— Time Magazine

... an entertaining, practical guide to effective communication.

—— Publishers Weekly

Smart, lively . . . such fun to read

—— Saturday Guardian

Anyone interested in influencing others ... can learn from this book

—— The Washington Post

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