Unlocking Great Books

We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with The Big Con by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington

Following hot on the heels of last weeks episode, we stay in business consulting world and look at that outsourcing and embedding has had on the public and private sectors in many Western countries. How does it turn out? And what are the worrying long term trends? 

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More on Mariana and her work here: https://marianamazzucato.com/ 

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with The Management Myth by Matthew Stewart

Where philosophy meets business consulting! Matthew’s book is an epic story of personal experience, asking some serious questions of todays business consulting practice, business books and the high-profile business schools. Carl also wanted to apologise for calling him Thomas :-) Matthew calls himself an “independent scholar” and doesn’t hold back!

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or find out where to grab the book here: https://booko.nz/w/3337410/The-Management-Myth-Why-the-Experts-Keep-Getting-it-Wrong_by_Matthew-Stewart

His website is here: https://mwstewart.com/

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with Outlive by Peter Attia and Bill Gifford.

This bestselling book is focussed on living long and healthy lives, but does it really live up to its promise? There is a lot in here that walks on shaky ground and we dive into some of the concepts and ask some hard questions.

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with The Good Life by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz.

This book covers one of the worlds most amazing longitudinal studies of peoples’ lives, and what we have learned. It’s powerful stuff and of course, full of amazing wisdom that we can bring to our lives.

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First the omnibus, and today we have an interview show.

Following on from our foray into the importance of reading children’s books, we catch up with bestselling author Elissa Brent Weissman and dig into how she creates new books that capture both our younger and ‘slightly older’ audiences.

Find out more about Elissa here: https://www.ebweissman.com/ 

And her amazing books like Hannukah Upside Down, Nerd Camp and many more: https://www.ebweissman.com/all-books/ 

Another great interview with Elissa is here: https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-zealand-childrens-authors/interview-with-elissa-brent-weissman/ 

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with a handful from the amazing Katherine Rundell. A three-for!

The boys check out Rooftoppers, The Explorer and her little book that lives up to it’s title:

Why you should read children’s books….even though you are so old and wise.

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or find out where to grab all the Rundell books here: https://booko.info/search?query_type=1&q=katherine+rundell

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with Life’s a Pitch by Stephen Bayley and Roger Mavity.

We dig into art of a good pitch, and question whether life really is a pitch and debate whether this big-selling business book is worth your attention.

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. 

Is it a book about writing, or a book about life? How do we dig into our inner creativity? So many questions - so little recording time. And this book is celebrating it’s 30th birthday!

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We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with The Road to Character by David Brooks.

This is a deep deep book. We get all philosophical with Carl and explore character traits and what makes up a good human, while learning about some characters from history. 

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We’re back in the studio for Season 4 after a hiatus.

We took another dive into the large pile of books…and came up with Same as Ever by Morgan Housel.

A tasty morsel from 2023, there is a lot of fascinating stuff in this book about what our wee human brains get wrong.

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