The Simplicity Principle

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ISBN: 9781789663556

Six Steps Towards Clarity in a Complex World

Julia Hobsbawm

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English

Kogan Page Ltd
03 April 2020

Management: leadership & motivation; Time management

WINNER: American Book Fest Best Book Award 2020 - Business: General

WINNER: NYC Big Book Award 2020 - Self-Help: General

SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2021 - Personal Development & Wellbeing

Modern life is complicated, much more so than it used to be. Acclaimed author and social entrepreneur, Julia Hobsbawm, shows you a simpler way.

The Simplicity Principle challenges the assumption that all things that are complex have to stay that way. It helps keep things as lean, simple and focused as possible.

Smartphone users experience concentration interruptions every 12 minutes of the day, there are over 250 billion emails sent every 24 hours and by 2021 the internet will have created more than 3.3 zettabytes of data. Yet complexity doesn't have to dominate, complicate or clutter our lives. Based on a hexagonal model, this book shows you that it's easy to streamline and simplify both your professional and personal lives with lessons based on the natural world.

For anyone who feels that life can be too much, The Simplicity Principle will help you break free of the endless choices and complexities that we face in the world today. It's time to gain control of your focus and productivity, and most importantly, KEEP IT SIMPLE.

By: Julia Hobsbawm
Imprint: Kogan Page Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 354g
ISBN: 9781789663556
ISBN 10: 1789663555
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 03 April 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Julia Hobsbawm is an entrepreneur and writer who address the problems and solutions of humans in the machine age. She was described by James Harding, former editor of The Times and of BBC News and founder of Tortoise Media, as 'one of the most important public intellectuals in the UK'. She is Honorary Visiting Professor of Workplace Social Health at London's Cass Business School.

Reviews for The Simplicity Principle: Six Steps Towards Clarity in a Complex World

An excellent book. Simplicity will be one of the key themes of the 2020s. Many aspire to it, but few achieve it. This book shows the way, simply. --Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor, University of Buckingham, historian and political commentator Overwhelmed magpie mind? Will-power in a tug-of-war with your smartphone? Struggle to say no then drown in commitments? This book is the entertaining and brilliantly researched help I didn't know I needed: until I read it. --Laline Paull, author The Bees Totally original, beautifully written --Matthew d'Ancona, Editor Partner, Tortoise Media Julia Hobsbawm's insightful and practical book gives us simple but highly effective tools to calmly navigate life and flourish in the age of complexity. --Louise Chester, Founder, Mindfulness at Work I devoured this terrific book. In a world jammed up with the hectic pace of life The Simplicity Principle shows an easy roadmap back to calm and control. --Bruce Daisley, former European Vice President, Twitter and author of The Joy of Work and host of the UK number 1 business podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat Julia Hobsbawm is a fascinating thinker and in this book she teaches us how to live a clearer, simpler life really thoughtfully. --Johann Hari, author of Lost Connection Julia Hobsbawm, that Queen Bee of public intellectual thought, shows us how move from the complex to the simple, improving our lives in the process. Read and reap the benefit! --Professor Heather McGregor, Heriot-Watt University, Executive Dean, Edinburgh Business School, aka Mrs Moneypenny the Sunday Times It's the question of our modern times: how to recapture simplicity in our lives so we can once again connect with ourselves. And in this book our Editor-at-Large Julia Hobsbawm has given us an answer: by using the shape and pattern of nature. Her six-word mantra - Keep it Simple, Learn From Nature - shows us how we can use the power of the world around us to change our lives for the better. --Arianna Huffington Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global