451 ratings | 27 reviews | avg rating:3.65

more photos (1)

Colin’s Year In Books

Colin’s 2024 Year in Books

Take a look at Colin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Colin’s 2024 Year in Books

Colin D. Ellis’s Followers (16)

Colin’s Bookshelves

to-read (4)
currently-reading (1)
read (632)
1998 (9)
1999 (16)
2000 (24)
2001 (23)
2002 (12)
2003 (20)
2004 (23)
See all bookshelves »

Colin’s Friends (47)

Zoë Routh

1,378 books | 327 friends

Foo

2,140 books | 20 friends

Stephen Ellis

219 books | 3 friends

Rory

1,420 books | 160 friends

Alex Hagan

96 books | 11 friends

Neil Ball

321 books | 1,548 friends

Kenneth Mikkelsen

224 books | 1,479 friends

Jason

230 books | 125 friends

More friends…

Colin D. Ellis

Goodreads Author

Born

in Liverpool, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.colindellis.com

Twitter

colindellis

Genre

Business, Self Help

Member Since

December 2012

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/colindellis

edit data

'Colin is one of the world's foremost authorities on workplace culture.'

Colin D Ellis is a global workplace culture expert sought after by organisations around the world to help them build vibrant, high-performance cultures.

He acutely recognizes trends in working culture early to help others understand how to apply these in the work that they do - regardless of industry or country. Colin's approach is to provide his clients with the knowledge and skills that they need in order to be able to build and evolve vibrant cultures for themselves.

He has worked with almost 100 different cultures in almost 20 countries. His clients organisations such as Red Bull, Microsoft, Cisco, the US House of Representatives, Dutch Olympic Team, IAG Insurance, Am ...more

270 posts
Colin D. Ellis's Blog

When good enough isn’t good enough

Teams and organisations trapped in ‘good enough’ thinking create their own performance ceiling.

It starts innocently enough - missing project deadlines by a few days; accepting first-draft solutions instead of exploring better alternatives; celebrating completion over excellence; or (new for 2025!) using AI to complete work without peer reviewing the outputs.

The psychology behind the mindset is sed

Combine Editions
Colin D. Ellis’s books

Average rating: 4.23 · 145 ratings · 23 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Conscious Project Leader: How to Create a Culture of Success for your Projects, your People and Yourself 4.45 avg rating — 44 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Culture Fix: How to Create a Great Place to Work 4.28 avg rating — 39 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Project Book: The Complete Guide to Consistently Delivering Great Projects 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Project Rots From The Head: How Senior Managers Can Stop Projects Failing, Forever really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Culture Hacks: 26 Ideas to Transform The Way You Work 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Detox Your Culture: Deliver results, retain staff, and strengthen your organization's reputation 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hybrid Handbook: How to Set Yourself Up Fo The Future of Work it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Colin D. Ellis…

Colin is Currently Reading

Colin Ellis is currently reading

The Whitsun Weddings

by Philip Larkin

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2025

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Sep 17, 2025 01:15AM

rss
Colin’s Recent Updates

Colin D. Ellis wrote a new blog post When good enough isn’t good enough Teams and organisations trapped in ‘good enough’ thinking create their own performance ceiling.It starts innocently enough - missing project deadlines Read more of this blog post »
2 hours, 23 min ago · like

More of Colin's books…

Colin D. Ellis’s Followers (16)

Colin D. Ellis

Goodreads Author

rssColin’s Recent Updates

rss
Colin’s Recent Updates