Book reviews

The Patterning Instinct
Book review by Jeremy Lent This is a superb easy-to-read history of human cultures around the globe from the earliest days until now with glimpses into possible future scenarios. It stimulates an off-world perspective that might help you … Continue reading

The Systems View of Life
Book Review By Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi This book argues convincingly for a change of thinking from the fragmentary reductionism of popular science (what we learned at school) to integrated thinking in terms of systems. We … Continue reading

Finding Earth, Finding Soul – The invisible path to authentic leadership
Book Review By Tim Macartney Tim Macartney’s book is one man’s testimony to the need for find one’s inner wisdom and to use that to shape your life circumstances to the service of the greater good of the … Continue reading

Leading Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise
Book Review By Peter Cook Peter Cook is a talented jazz musician who brings his love of improvisation into his observations of creativity applied in organisations to drive competitive innovation. This well-written and engaging book is full of … Continue reading

Reinventing Organisations
Book Review By Frederic Laloux Laloux spells out a whole system for understanding the evolution of organisations and describes actual case studies of those he sees as being at the leading edge. Although rather long the book has … Continue reading