The Game Changer, A.G. Lafley & R. Charan

This is how the book benefits you. Irrespective of what you manage, a multi-national construction company or a neighbourhood dry-cleaner, you can improve your business if you apply the lessons that fill the book. Success is very similar across a huge swathe of businesses - it involves creating new customers for your offering or increasing the spend of your current ones, and creating new offerings that will drive growth and profit. And the question still remains - how do you do it?

Hot, Flat and Crowded, Thomas Friedman

Friedman the three time Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times journalist has done it again! His book, The World is Flat was the number 1 international best seller and I think this one will do the same!

Cape Town Table Bay Hotel V+A Waterfront, THURSDAY 6th of November 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.  

Johannesburg Michelangelo Hotel, Sandton Square, WEDNESDAY 5 November 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

What Where They Thinking?, Jeffery Pfeffer Prof.

Pfeffer explains that the title "What were they thinking?!" comes from his response to what he reads almost daily about the actions of leaders and organization. They seem like "something drawn from a Dilbert cartoon".

The Dysfunctional Workplace, Peter Morris

Are you someone who does not look forward to going to work? Are there people in your office who backbite and gossip? Are there people who throw cold water on every new idea you have? Do they steal your ideas when they can? Are there people who get on your nerves or frighten you with their explosive tempers or sharp tongues?

Cape Town Table Bay Hotel V+A Waterfront, THURSDAY 2nd of October 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.  

Johannesburg Michelangelo Hotel, Sandton Square, WEDNESDAY 8 October 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

Superclass – The global power elite and the world they are making, David Rothkopf

Here is the reality: the combined net worth of the world’s richest 1000 or so people is almost twice that of the poorest 2.5 billion!! Read that again… You can only imagine what disproportionate influence they have in shaping the global agenda. Add to that the reality that most of these people are only 2 degrees of separation from each other and other power brokers. Small world – especially at the top.

Time to Think, Nancy Kline

Once a year I like to review an inspirational book, something that will make us better people to be with, better colleagues to work with, and our companies better places to work in. And, yes, more profitable.

Johannesburg Michelangelo Hotel, Sandton Square, WEDNESDAY 3rd September 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

Table Bay Hotel V+A Waterfront, THURSDAY 4th of September 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

No Substitute for Victory: Lessons in Strategy & Leadership from Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Kinni & Kinni

If you hold a leadership position, at any level, or aspire to one, you will find this book, quite probably, your most valuable source of insight and inspiration. It is the sort of text one keeps on one's desk, after reading through, and dips into it every now and then to keep you focused and your character intact.

Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely

Do you know why we make dumb decisions - every day - after all we are smart people?

PLEASE NOTE: THIS BBB DISCUSSION WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE IN CAPE TOWN - The Table Bay Hotel, V&A Waterfront Thursday 3nd July 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

McMafia – Crime without Frontiers, Misha Glenny

According to figures culled from the IMF, the World Bank and from research institutes in Europe and North America, the “shadow economy” accounts for between 15 and 20% of global turnover!!

Leaders at all Levels, Ram Charan

Leadership matters! It creates and harnesses the energy of people, gives them direction, and synchronises their efforts. Leadership is a lead indicator of a company’s prospects, unlike financial results which only tell you where the company has already been. “Crisis may be an overused word, but it is a fair description of the state of leadership in today’s corporations,” says Charan, and he should know being a consultant to many of the largest businesses around the world (literally!)