Who Moved My Blackberry?
by Martin Lukes, Lucy Kellaway | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0141020547 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0141020547 Global Overview for this book
1 journaler for this copy...
Bought in a mad 3for2 buying frenzy at Heathrow airport last weekend !
Good, but not good as "E: The Novel" by Matt Beaumount
Having said that, funny emails and spot on corporate language!
Reviews
Synopsis
Hi! Let me introduce myself. I'm Martin Lukes, Special Projects Director at A-B Global (UK). In your hands is a highly unique book, which pushes the envelope literature-wise. As you will see, it is a 120 per cent honest account of a year of my life - a phenomenal year of personal progress, corporate scandal and marital drama. It not only chronicles my promotion to one of the foremost executive positions globally, but is also a profound journey of personal learning, aided and abetted by my coach, Pandora. I am often asked why I want to share my deeply private philosophies with such a wide audience. I always say, it is because I am passionate about learning. I have grown from my own mistakes, both in the professional space and the personal one, and I believe that there are many key takeaways for you here too. "Who Moved My BlackBerry[trademark]?" is a creovative[trademark] work - to use a phrase of mine that has now entered the business lingo. I anticipate it will be the must-read of 2005. All my very bestest, Martin.
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Depressingly Derivative, 22 Jul 2006
Reviewer: Lucy D (London) - See all my reviews
5 years ago I read the funniest book I have ever come across. It was called 'e' and it was written by Matt Beaumont. It was about life in the offices of a dysfunctional ad agency and it was WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN EMAILS. Sound at all familiar? I bought Who Moved My Blackberry?, curious as to how such a similar concept could make it into print and wondering if it would do anything to refresh the genre. I should have known better. Like the vast majority of rip-offs, it doesn't bear comparison to a brilliant original. Worse, whereas 'e' was a multi-character story, this novel is narrated almost exclusivley from the perspective of the protagonist, Martin Lukes. Thus it lacks all the colour and variety of 'e'. Martin Lukes is a man who speaks in the management babble of Alan Partridge. We've heard it all before and Lucy Kellaway has no fresh insights to offer. And for a book that claims to be 'the very best satire' on the cover, it barely raises a smile. I wish I hadn't wasted my money and I recommend that you don't make my mistake. Instead, buy the original. Get 'e'!
Having said that, funny emails and spot on corporate language!
Reviews
Synopsis
Hi! Let me introduce myself. I'm Martin Lukes, Special Projects Director at A-B Global (UK). In your hands is a highly unique book, which pushes the envelope literature-wise. As you will see, it is a 120 per cent honest account of a year of my life - a phenomenal year of personal progress, corporate scandal and marital drama. It not only chronicles my promotion to one of the foremost executive positions globally, but is also a profound journey of personal learning, aided and abetted by my coach, Pandora. I am often asked why I want to share my deeply private philosophies with such a wide audience. I always say, it is because I am passionate about learning. I have grown from my own mistakes, both in the professional space and the personal one, and I believe that there are many key takeaways for you here too. "Who Moved My BlackBerry[trademark]?" is a creovative[trademark] work - to use a phrase of mine that has now entered the business lingo. I anticipate it will be the must-read of 2005. All my very bestest, Martin.
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Depressingly Derivative, 22 Jul 2006
Reviewer: Lucy D (London) - See all my reviews
5 years ago I read the funniest book I have ever come across. It was called 'e' and it was written by Matt Beaumont. It was about life in the offices of a dysfunctional ad agency and it was WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN EMAILS. Sound at all familiar? I bought Who Moved My Blackberry?, curious as to how such a similar concept could make it into print and wondering if it would do anything to refresh the genre. I should have known better. Like the vast majority of rip-offs, it doesn't bear comparison to a brilliant original. Worse, whereas 'e' was a multi-character story, this novel is narrated almost exclusivley from the perspective of the protagonist, Martin Lukes. Thus it lacks all the colour and variety of 'e'. Martin Lukes is a man who speaks in the management babble of Alan Partridge. We've heard it all before and Lucy Kellaway has no fresh insights to offer. And for a book that claims to be 'the very best satire' on the cover, it barely raises a smile. I wish I hadn't wasted my money and I recommend that you don't make my mistake. Instead, buy the original. Get 'e'!
