Simply Brilliant by Fergus O'connell
The world is full of smart, experienced, skilled, brilliant people. However, many people - even smart ones - are lacking a set of essential skills that when pulled together can be termed 'common sense'. This book provides a set of prinicples to make the bright better.
"This is simple stuff, simply writtenBut don't underestimate Simply Brilliant's value -much of this stuff is forgotten in the rush of everyday business" "Amazon.co.uk" "For a change this guide tears down management as a complex science, reducing it to life saving basics. This book does a good job - it may just help to simplify your working life." "The Evening Standard" "Just when we feel we can no longer cope with it all, someone writes a book that offers salvation ... Simply Brilliant is brilliantly simple - so much so that I may start coming to work again to get things done." " Financial Times " "Simply Brilliant could make a difference to huge numbers of managers who have lost touch with the small but important rules that make for harmonious business relationships... O'Connell's ideas for creating a better working environment are as simple as he claims and will provide welcome relief for anyone who is struggling to come to terms with the latest fad from the Harvard Business School... He extols the virtues of simplicity in thinking, warns what happens when people are not sure what they are supposed to do, shows that to do anything there needs to be a sequence of events, and explains that things won't be done if people don't do them (obvious, but an amazingly common problem)."The Sunday Times - Book of the Week
The Sunday Business Post has described Fergus O'Connell as having 'more strings to his bow than a Stradivarius'. He has a First in Mathematical Physics and has worked in information technology, software development and general management with companies such as CPT, ICL and Retix. In 1992, he founded ETP (www.etpint.com), which is now one of the world's leading programme and project management companies. His project management method 'Structured Project Management / The Ten Steps'; has influenced a generation of project managers and has been used on some of the world's most prestigious projects, most recently on the Special Olympics 2003. His experience covers projects around the world; he has taught project management in Europe, North America, South America and the Far East. Fergus is the author of five books, including the bestselling Simply Brilliant - The Competitive Advantage of Common Sense, now in its second edition and How To Run Successful Projects 'The Silver Bullet', now in its third edition. Fergus has also written a novel, Call The Swallow, published in 2002. Simply Brilliant was runner-up in the W H Smith Book Awards 2002. Call The Swallow was short listed for the 2002 Kerry Ingredients Irish Fiction Prize and nominated for the Hughes & Hughes / Sunday Independent Novel of the Year. His books have been translated into eight languages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780273654186 |
| ISBN 10 | 0273654187 |
| Title | Simply Brilliant |
| Author | Fergus O'connell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pearson Education Limited |
| Year published | 2001-06-14 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for WH Smith Book Awards (Business) 2002 |
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