Excerpts from the three proposals
Ideas examine the ‘fuzzy’ and ‘techie’, blockchain and a millennial meltdown
FT announces Bracken Bower prize finalists
Three proposals for the £15,000 prize drawn from a shortlist of nine entries
Review — ‘Working the phones’, by Jamie Woodcock
A worthwhile investigation of an office job where staff can be fired at whim
Excerpts from the 2016 shortlist
Selected extracts from the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award shortlist
Review — ‘Payoff’ by Dan Ariely
Money is not the answer when trying to motivate people at work
Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 is the greatest of all business books
This is a brilliant insight into management, hierarchy and organisational life
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All corporate leaders should read ‘Catch-22’ – Michael Skapinker explains why
‘Earning It’, by Joann Lublin
Tales from senior women in the corporate world tell how they overcame discrimination
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Six classic books in 12 weeks. Sarah Gordon discusses ‘Barbarians at the Gate’
FT and McKinsey reveal Bracken Bower Prize shortlist
An award of £15,000 will go to the best business book proposal by an author under 35
2016 FT/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize
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‘The Innovation Illusion’, by Frederik Erixon and Björn Weigel
An economist and an entrepreneur claim capitalism has lost its disruptive spirit
Book review: Managing in the Gray by Joseph Badaracco
How to get to grips with difficult decisions in business and life
Review – ‘Business for Bohemians’, by Tom Hodgkinson
Business handbook and entrepreneur’s memoirs is for those looking to make a living from what they enjoy
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Six classic business books in 12 weeks. John Thornhill discusses ‘Andrew Carnegie’ by David Nasaw
‘From Bags to Blenders’, by Gordon Black
Story of how a Yorkshire businessman built up the family business offers lesson for entrepreneurs
My pen pals, the white-collar criminals in jail
What a Harvard Business School professor learnt corresponding with Allen Stanford and Bernard Madoff
Clayton Christensen moves on from the dissing of disruption
Promoting a new book about innovation, Harvard professor says he learnt from a colleague’s critique
Bell rings for feminist ‘fight clubs’ at work
Punchy manifesto for tackling under-the-radar sexism in offices
Ian Harebottle: what the Gemfields CEO reads on his way to work
The gem mining chief catches the early morning train every day
Review – ‘The Bestseller Code’ by Jodie Archer and Matthew Jockers
Can algorithms and big data help you write a best-selling book?
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Six classic business books in 12 weeks, chosen by FT columnists
Review — ‘The Wealth of Humans’, by Ryan Avent
Technology will change how we work and we must explore social welfare policy, says author
Will Butler-Adams, Brompton Bicycles
What the engineering chief is reading, watching and listening to on the way to work
Review — ‘Generation Chef’, by Karen Stabiner
Young restaurateur’s trials starting up in New York are a lesson for would-be entrepreneurs
