What is the University Press’s role in the modern world? Traditionally it has fulfilled several functions: championing the highest standards of peer-reviewed schoarship globally, providing a platform for works that are of significant interest to scholars but not sufficiently profitable to be of interest to commercial publishers, increasing the prestige and reach of the university […]
Continue readingIn an ideal world, I’d curl up with one brilliant business book after another and read every one slowly, carefully and thoughtfully. Maybe that’s how I’ll spend my retirement. But for now, it’s only one book in a hundred or so that gets the full immersive treatment, I’m afraid. The rest get my best ‘speedy […]
Continue readingIf you’re writing a business book, I’m willing to bet at some point you’ve had this thought: ‘I need to provide a reference for this.’ Alternatively, you might have thought: ‘I wonder what the latest thinking is on this subject?’ Peer-reviewed scholarly research is the gold standard of referencing, but until recently it was impossible […]
Continue readingI recently gave a talk at a weminar with a ‘secrets and spies’ theme. My brief was to talk about ‘succes and agility’ – obvioulsy I tunred to 007 for inspiration. (The best-looking slide deck I’ve ever put together.) Here’s a sneak peek, from my BookMachine blog… What is James Bond’s most effective weapon? Could […]
Continue readingI recently created created a series of posts on LinkedIn about what expert authors can learn from academic authors. If you care about communicating your ideas, and the most brilliant minds in the world are focused on communicating their ideas in new and innovative ways, it’s probably worthwhile seeing what they are coming up with. Whether it’s business theory, […]
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