One week on, two weeks to go

One week on

It’s a week since the print edition of Wholehearted was released, and I’m finding time to blog again! I’m experimenting with releasing them first as LinkedIn articles, and here are the first two of several planned:

Where is the complexity in ‘Wholehearted’? (Thursday) Systems, purpose, and perspective: Pointers to Wholehearted’s philosophical influences (today)

In both cases, and before anyone gets the wrong impression, they expand on things alluded to mainly in the footnotes. Wholehearted is not a philosophy book and neither is it demanding in that way. But writing it, I found it helpful to be forced to think about things more carefully – not to add a ton more detail, but to make sure I wasn’t making any unwarranted assumptions. If that means fewer “huh?” moments for the reader, that’s all to the good!

A favour to ask

If you’re reading Wholehearted or have already finished it, can I ask that you rate it on Amazon (five stars would be lovely!) and perhaps leave a comment? Social proof is everything in this game! And it would make my day

The issue of ratings aside, few surprises. The print edition is outselling Kindle – quite comfortably in fact, explained perhaps by the e-book’s head start on LeanPub. The UK, US, and Germany are its biggest markets, in that order, the same order I had them on Wholehearted‘s landing page.

Two weeks to go

Wednesday 30th sees the beginning of the spring cohort for LIKE – Leading in the Knowledge Economy – Wholehearted as participatory training. Book here:

Leading in the Knowledge Economy (LIKE) – Spring 2025 cohort

Save 15% with coupon code BLOG15, and contact me for other codes (government, healthcare, education, non-profits, NGOs – that kind of thing, also bulk discounts). Don’t stress over your ability to make all 7 sessions – that affects one participant already, and there are ways to catch up.

Further ahead:

08 May, Online, Business Agility Meetup, Berlin, 18:00 BST, 19:00 CEST, 1pm EDT:
Meetup: Introducing the Deliberately Adaptive Organisation 27 May, 18:30 BST, 19:30 CEST, 1:30pm EDT | Blackmetric’s BA Community Webinar Series:
Webinar: Introducing the Deliberately Adaptive Organisation 16-19 June, four 4-hour sessions online, afternoons UK time:
Leading with Outcomes: Train-the-Trainer / Facilitator (TTT/F) 30 September to 11 November, online, cohort-based – 7 weekly sessions, 2 hours each:
Leading in the Knowledge Economy (LIKE) – Autumn 2025 cohort

The ACADEMY20 coupon code (etc) applies to TTT/F and the Autumn cohort also.

And every Thursday, at 14:00 BST, 15:00 CEST, 9am EDT it’s Office Hours, aka Ask Mike Anything (AMA), all welcome. Zoom details:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85069940421?pwd=7KSsYrub7wUx9EXe1JpGbeo6qyXDsY.1
Meeting ID: 850 6994 0421
Passcode: 864206

Watch LinkedIn for those next blog posts and also a couple more podcasts, but that’s it for now.