Citizens
Book description
MCKINSEY TOP 5 RECOMMENDED READ
'An underground hit' - Best Politics Books, Financial Times
'Jon has one of the few big ideas that's easily applied' - Sam Conniff, Be More Pirate
'A wonderful guide to how to be human in the 21st Century' - Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a…
Why read it?
1 author picked Citizens as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Fascinated as I am with definitions of success across society, from sport to business, education to politics, Jon Alexander’s book really fired my brain up with how we could reinvent our political systems in order to better address the challenges of our time.
Politics is the area where I have found that definitions of success – dominated by winning elections in the short-term – get in the way of effective performance, in this case, governing countries.
Jon Alexander uses practical examples from around the world to show how we could rethink our role as citizens and proactively create collaborative, caring,…
From Cath's list on reframing success to sustain high performance.
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