October 31, 2006

Charles Handy: Myself and other more important matters By: Charles Handy Publisher: Random House Price: $37.99 Of all the personal accomplishments credited to Charles Handy, it is his impeccable sense

The World is Flat: Brief History of the Twenty-first Century By: Thomas L Friedman Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Price: $49.95 Analogies, no matter how conceptually clever, can become strained.

The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-In By: Bob Willard Publisher: New Society Publishers Price: $35 Human beings are strangely perverse species when it comes to postponing, ignoring or just

In Praise of Slow: How Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed By: Carl Honoré Publisher: Orion Books Price: $27.99 You could see Carl Honoré’s book as the antidote

The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World By: John Ralston Saul Publisher: Penguin Price: $35 Remember TINA? She sprang fully formed into New Zealand life in the

Hello Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn’t Pay By: Corinne Maier Publisher: Orion Books Price: $29.99 From the land of “liberté, egalité” and the 35-hour week comes best-selling attempt to foment

Top CEO skills are going begging in New Zealand. Why is the employment market for our top executives narrowing – and how does this impact local leadership and economic growth?

Big mistakes. The wages of sin. And the road to righteousness. We spell it all out.

Westpac is firming its family-friendly image with news it is setting up childcare facilities for staff in major centres. Why, given the tight labour market, are such moves so rare?