“Very interesting book that challenges people’s preconceptions on general world trends”
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Brexit & Ireland – Tony Connelly
“The best business book I read this year”
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Finding Mastery – Dr Michael Gervais (Podcast)
“Still churning out the best podcasts relating to personal resilience, challenge and being the best you can be.”
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The New Silk Roads – Peter Frankopan
“It’s a fascinating book but is an easy read”
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We Need To Talk About Putin – Mark Galeotti
“Putin is a ‘gut-level patriot who believes that Russia should be considered a great power … because it’s Russia”
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Bad Blood – John Carreyrou
“A really great read about corporate fraud that tracks the rise and fall of Theranos”
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Extreme Ownership – Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
“2 Navy Seals relate each of their leadership lessons from combat to a tangible corporate situation”
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The Infinite Game – Simon Sinek
“A book that discusses the problems with short term focus in most companies based on market expectations”
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Time Talent Energy – Michael Mankins & Eric Garton
“A good book that talks about harnessing and managing your scarcest resources to improve a company’s productivity”
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Mythos – Stephen Fry
“A long but really enjoyable book that brings you through all of Greek mythology with great story telling”
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Thatcher’s Spy: My Life As An MI5 Agent Inside Sinn Féin -Willie Carlin
“I couldn’t put this book down”
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The Boy in the Bed The Man in the Boat – SeanMcGowan
” … Sean and ‘Tess’ (24 feet long and six feet at its widest point) somehow survived 118 days, one hour, and 14 minutes at sea, before finally reaching the finish line of English Harbour in Antigua”
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Eat Sleep Work Repeat: Inside the Liverpool culture of Jurgen Klopp (Podcast)
“I found this fascinating, not just because I am a fan but the strategy and employee engagement piece is brilliant”
https://eatsleepworkrepeat.com/inside-liverpool-fcs-team-culture-under-klopp/
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The Ride of a Lifetime – Bob Iger
” I would highly recommend. Bob is the CEO of Disney”
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“I’ve more or less completely lost the power of my legs,” he said. “I have multiple sclerosis, and it is disabling me bit by bit. And I wouldn’t swap with anyone here.”
https://www.ted.com/talks/pat_caslin_chroically_ill_very_healthy
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CyberSecurity Davos 2017 – Maersk – Business Impact (YouTube)
“I found it to be personally and professionally enlightening”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaqIYlYmDbA
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