
The Simplicity Principle
Six Steps Towards Clarity in a Complex World
Julia Hobsbawm(Author)
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-78966-352-5 (ISBN)
Description
WINNER: NYC Big Book Award 2020 - Self Help General
SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2021 - Personal Development & Wellbeing
Learn how to develop a clear and calm way to be more creative, gain greater focus and reclaim productivity
Modern life is complicated. Much more complicated than it used to be. Smartphone users experience concentration interruptions every 12 minutes of their waking day, by 2020 fifty percent of the workforce will be freelance, 250 billion emails are sent every 24 hours, supercomputing capacity is measured in quadrillions per second and each of us needs to plan for the 100 year lifespan.
The Simplicity Principle helps streamline complexities and cut through the layers to find a new way of how to work and live. Using the six hexagon principles of simplicity, individuality, knowledge, networks, time and rest, author and entrepreneur Julia Hobsbawm shows you how to be more creative, gain greater focus and reclaim productivity.
Whether you are managing multiple teams in a multinational business, getting your freelance career off the ground or trying to gain control of a life which has become overgrown and tangled, The Simplicity Principle provides smart solutions to help you cope with overload and inefficiency.
SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2021 - Personal Development & Wellbeing
Learn how to develop a clear and calm way to be more creative, gain greater focus and reclaim productivity
Modern life is complicated. Much more complicated than it used to be. Smartphone users experience concentration interruptions every 12 minutes of their waking day, by 2020 fifty percent of the workforce will be freelance, 250 billion emails are sent every 24 hours, supercomputing capacity is measured in quadrillions per second and each of us needs to plan for the 100 year lifespan.
The Simplicity Principle helps streamline complexities and cut through the layers to find a new way of how to work and live. Using the six hexagon principles of simplicity, individuality, knowledge, networks, time and rest, author and entrepreneur Julia Hobsbawm shows you how to be more creative, gain greater focus and reclaim productivity.
Whether you are managing multiple teams in a multinational business, getting your freelance career off the ground or trying to gain control of a life which has become overgrown and tangled, The Simplicity Principle provides smart solutions to help you cope with overload and inefficiency.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78966-352-5 (9781789663525)
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E-Book
04/2020
1st Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
€18.49
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Person
Julia Hobsbawm is Honorary Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London, Editor at Large of Arianna Huffington's portal Thrive Global and columnist for PWC's Strategy + Business magazine.
She is a go-to expert commentator on how we manage modern connections, from networks and networking to staying human in a machine age. In 2018 the London Evening Standard listed her as one of the '1,000 Most Influential Londoners'.
She is a go-to expert commentator on how we manage modern connections, from networks and networking to staying human in a machine age. In 2018 the London Evening Standard listed her as one of the '1,000 Most Influential Londoners'.
Content
Chapter - 00: Introduction;
Section - ONE: Hexagon thinking's six principles;
Chapter - 01: KISS - Keep it simple;
Chapter - 02: The individual snowflake;
Chapter - 03: Playing for time;
Chapter - 04: Networks - Build your hive;
Chapter - 05: Knowledge;
Chapter - 06: Saturn Saturdays - Rest;
Section - TWO: Hexagon doing;
Chapter - 07: Checklist chapter - From thinking to doing;
Chapter - 08: Time zones;
Chapter - 09: Be the bee - Individuality;
Chapter - 10: The network effect;
Chapter - 11: Knowledge dashboards;
Chapter - 12: On the sixth day - Rest
Section - ONE: Hexagon thinking's six principles;
Chapter - 01: KISS - Keep it simple;
Chapter - 02: The individual snowflake;
Chapter - 03: Playing for time;
Chapter - 04: Networks - Build your hive;
Chapter - 05: Knowledge;
Chapter - 06: Saturn Saturdays - Rest;
Section - TWO: Hexagon doing;
Chapter - 07: Checklist chapter - From thinking to doing;
Chapter - 08: Time zones;
Chapter - 09: Be the bee - Individuality;
Chapter - 10: The network effect;
Chapter - 11: Knowledge dashboards;
Chapter - 12: On the sixth day - Rest