The Bastard's a Genius: Robert Clifford - from schoolboy dunce to shipbuilding entrepreneur

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Alistair Mant

The Bastard's a Genius

Robert Clifford - from schoolboy dunce to shipbuilding entrepreneur

Alistair Mant

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English

Allen & Unwin
01 August 2010

Biography; Biography: business & industry; Business studies: general; Entrepreneurship; Shipping industries

'Bob Clifford is a hero of mine. I actually sought him out because I wanted to find out how on earth he had learned to do what he has done . How did he do it? I believe he is a genius.' - Dick Smith

The story of how Robert Clifford went from being a poor student to a global shipping entrepreneur reads more like adventure fiction than cold hard fact. But it is all true. The tale contains the usual quota of disaster and triumph, spiced with a fascinating account of ingenuity and invention at work. After all, if you go into business, you might as well experience a financial meltdown and a bank receivership. If you take up yachting, you might as well win the Sydney-Hobart race in a near photo-finish. If you invent and then dominate a global fast-ferry market, you might as well win the Hales Trophy for the fastest Atlantic crossing, not once but three times.

But behind the swashbuckling adventure story lies a complex, affectionate and little-understood man of surprising sensitivity and creativity. He is an all-action hero consumed by the need to conceive, shape and bring to fruition objects of great utility and beauty. He is a man quite unlike the standard-issue 'businessman' and much more like those distinguished artists and scientists who are impelled by some inner voice to do the work they do.

By: Alistair Mant
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 446g
ISBN: 9781741143669
ISBN 10: 1741143667
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 August 2010
Recommended Age: From
Audience: General/trade , General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alistair Mant is Chairman of the Socio-Technical Strategy Group, which advises on the inherent capacity for change and responsibility within work systems, and specialises in leadership development, the assessment of talent, the de-bunking of fashionable dogma and the avoidance of crippling blunders. He is the author of the very successful Intelligent Leadership published by Allen + Unwin. He divides his time between Australia and the UK.