The Extraordinary Business Book Club - Episode 177 - Powered by Change with Jonathan MacDonald

Episode 177 - Powered by Change with Jonathan MacDonald

08/05/19 • 36 min

Jonathan MacDonald is extraordinary in many ways: a victim of bullying as a child who grew up to practise 'radical forgiveness', the youngest ever Chairman of the British Music Industries Association, the current British heavyweight jiu-jitsu champion.... Oh yes, and an advisor, award-winning, best-selling author and keynote speaker. How? Find out here.

We talk about diversity, change, structuring and writing a book, metaphor and coin-flipping - to name just a few - and he makes an incredibly generous offer to Extraordinary Business Book Club listeners which you'd be a fool to pass up. Get the kettle on and get ready for some top quality brainfood.

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Episode 176 - Future Fit with Andrea Clarke

'The discovery process is everything. It's the whole project.'

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