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The Empty Raincoat
The Empty Raincoat
Oct 6, 2024 2:33 AM

Author:Charles Handy

The Empty Raincoat

*Can you find the way to Davy's bar? *Do you know the Doughnut principal? *How do you make a Chinese contract? The changes which Charles Handy foresaw in THE AGE OF UNREASON are happening. Endless growth can make a candyfloss economy, and capitalism must be its own sternest critic. Handy reaches here for a philosophy beyond the mechanics of business organisations, beyond material choices, to try and establish an alternative universe where the work ethics can contain a natural sense of continuity, connections and a sense of direction. We are now a world of shareholders, but everyone has a stake in the future. With warmth, wit and the most challenging insights, Charles Handy seeks to turn paradox into real progress.

Reviews

If you are part of, think about, care about or are in any way influenced by the world of work, and who is not, this powerful and moving book is for you

—— Sir Graham Day , Financial Times

A necessary and important contribution to our understanding of the way we live now

—— Hamish McRae , Director Magazine

This insightful book reinforces the need for old media ... brilliant

—— The Times

Compelling

—— The Economist

The story he is telling, and its ramifications, is a narrative which is shaping the era in which we live, and at a frightening pace

—— Telegraph

I cannot wait to read Ken's book. He is a rare business journalist and author who manages to combine extraordinary access to the kings and queens of industry without ever compromising his editorial integrity. If anyone can shed light on the Google monster, it is Ken.

—— Michael Grade

Richly reported ... Auletta has provided the fullest account yet of the rise of one of the most profitable, most powerful and oddest businesses the world has ever seen

—— San Francisco Chronicle

Ken Auletta has produced the seminal book about media in the digital age. It is a triumph of reporting and analysis, filled with revealing scenes, fascinating tales, and candid interviews. Google is both a driver and a symbol of a glorious disruption in the media world, and Auletta chronicles, in a balanced and thoughtful way, both that glory and that disruption.

—— Walter Isaacson, former managing editor of TIME, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, and author

A telling portrait of a paradigm-altering company, which in 11 years has utterly transformed the business and media landscape

—— Michiko Kakutani , New York Times

No other reporter has covered the new communications revolution as thoroughly as has Auletta.

—— Columbia Journalism Review

Googled functions as a fine primer for anyone looking to get to a grip on the company's history and its repercussions on the current media landscape

—— Los Angeles Times

A sharp and probing analysis of the apocalyptic upheavels in the media and entertainment industries

—— Publishers Weekly

Absorbing

—— Scotsman

Tim is the master! I should know. I followed his rags to riches path and watched him transform himself from competitive fighter to entrepreneur. He tears apart conventional assumptions until he finds a better way.

—— Dan Partland, Emmy Award-Winning Producer"; American High, Welcome to the Dollhouse

The 4-Hour Workweek" is an absolute necessity for those adventurous souls who want to live life to its fullest. Buy it and read it before you sacrifice any more!

—— John Lusk, Group Product Manager, Microsoft World Headquarters

If you want to live your dreams now, and not in 20 or 30 years, buy this book!

—— Laura Roden, Chairman of the Silicon Valley Association of Start-up Entrepreneurs, Lecturer in Corporate Finance, San Jose State University

With this kind of time management and focus on the important things in life, people should be able to get 15 times as much done in a normal work week.

—— Tim Draper, Founder, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Financiers to innovators including Hotmail, Skype, and Overture.com

Tim Ferriss's book is about gaining the courage to streamline your life
... But even more than that, it challenges the reader to seriously consider an essential-yet rarely asked-question: What do you really want from life?

—— Rolf Potts, Author of "Vagabonding" and Travel Columnist for Yahoo! News

Tim has done what most people only dream of doing. I can't believe he is going to let his secrets out of the bag. This book is a must read!

—— Stephen Key, Top Inventor and Team Designer of Teddy Ruxpin, Lazer Tag, Consultant to "American Inventor"
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