- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Capstone (3 Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841124621
- ISBN-13: 978-1841124629
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,419,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"…It is certainly wacky, irreverent and very funny…" (Professional Manager, May 2003)
"…very amusing and painfully honest look at the foibles and failures of business today…" (Business Executive, April 2003)
"…This is a really interesting and entertaining book…" (Marketing, 5 June 2003)
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"…It is certainly wacky, irreverent and very funny…" (Professional Manager, May 2003)
"…very amusing and painfully honest look at the foibles and failures of business today…" (Business Executive, April 2003)
"…This is a really interesting and entertaining book…" (Marketing, 5 June 2003)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Enjoyed 'Warning - May contain Nuts' - Look forward to many more wild, wonderful and witty insights into the world of 'management'. I liked especially the Irish references - so much so that I wrote a book on the subject entitled 'In Search Of Competence' - Now Barry, please return the compliment, read my book set in an Irish context and tell the world how wonderful, amazing and witty I am! Respect, Jack (Author) Feeney.
Format:Paperback
I have seen Barry Gibbons twice as a key-note speaker at corporate business events and on both occasions he has been brilliant. It is true that the lad from Blackburn knows his stuff, and makes it accesible to all. No corporate psychobabble here.
This book is just like the man in real life - a really funny but insightful message as to what has gone wrong and how to use that knowledge to benefit your own business. The main message I suppose is "don't be daft but take sensible, calculated risks. Never forget you are a customer so how do your customers feel about your business".
The Enron story was brilliantly told with some funny insights and additions. Trust, or delegation as Gibbons likes to call it (as opposed to empowerment, a new-age term he says) is a key thing that companies must have now in the age of the brand and frighteningly quick change.
This book is just like the man in real life - a really funny but insightful message as to what has gone wrong and how to use that knowledge to benefit your own business. The main message I suppose is "don't be daft but take sensible, calculated risks. Never forget you are a customer so how do your customers feel about your business".
The Enron story was brilliantly told with some funny insights and additions. Trust, or delegation as Gibbons likes to call it (as opposed to empowerment, a new-age term he says) is a key thing that companies must have now in the age of the brand and frighteningly quick change.
A great read that I actually read in one sitting as it was just too funny and interesting to put down. Go on, treat yourself and then buy his other books as well.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Funny
13 Nov 2003
Format:Paperback
His observations are funny. I totally agree with all of them.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
To the point, but somewhat heavy-handed
6 Aug 2003
Format:Paperback
A set of 48 essays loosely concerned with the rights and wrongs of big business. It is sometimes hilarious, deliberately vulgar and occasionally tedious. There are overtones of Bill Bryson and even of Douglas Adams, but Gibbons can not sustain their standard. The valid points that the author makes are, for my taste, rather heavy-handed. It is a reasonable example of business humor with an edge, by a former CEO of a large corporation.
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