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Strategic Thinking

Feb 20
1 min

Best book on economics

Are you interested in fact-based economics? Do you want to understand why what you are being told by politicians and journalists is often...

Brief Answers to the Big Questions - A great read

Peter Franklin

May 20, 2019
1 min

Brief Answers to the Big Questions - A great read

If you are not a theoretical physicist – fear not. This book is written in accessible English and is a true page turner. Whether you are...

Peter Franklin

Jan 17, 2019
2 min

So What Strategy

"The So What Strategy" by Davina Stanley and Gerard Castles. Last year I was contacted by another Pyramid Thinking evangelist – Davina...

Antifragile - Systems that get stronger when stressed

Peter Franklin

Jan 4, 2017
3 min

Antifragile - Systems that get stronger when stressed

Nassim Taleb is one of the mathematical statistician philosophers who has made a name for himself as a true “thought leader”. He is - the...

Peter Franklin

May 3, 2016
2 min

The Rise of the Robots

"The Rise of the Robots - Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment” was Business book of the year in 2015 in the FT and McKinsey...

Peter Franklin

May 2, 2016
1 min

The Second Curve

This is a collection of 16 essays on the challenges facing society today and tomorrow. The topics covered are varied starting off with...

Peter Franklin

May 1, 2016
2 min

The Storytelling Book

Anthony Tasgal comes from the world of advertising and market research – in which he is a consultant, trainer, and raconteur. Having...

Peter Franklin

Dec 22, 2015
2 min

The Second Machine Age

Internet 1.0 and 2.0 The internet has changed our world. Industry after industry has been transformed – the list is endless with travel,...

Peter Franklin

Dec 21, 2015
2 min

Profit from Science

I have worked with the author of Profit from Science, George Danner, for many years now on issues impacting the energy world. These have...

Peter Franklin

Sep 22, 2015
2 min

My Steam Engine is Broken

Have you ever been told that the raison d’être for an enterprise is to make money – to deliver a return to its owners. Did that inspire...

Peter Franklin

Sep 21, 2015
2 min

Capital in the Twenty First Century

This book was unfairly criticised when it first came out – don’t let rumours regarding the data being unreliable stop you reading this...

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