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John Sykes

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The United Kingdom

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British-Australian minerals economist, strategist, and futurist. Lapsed geologist.

Teaching and consulting across mining, minerals, energy, geology, exploration, strategy, management, business, economics, history, foresight, geopolitics, ethics, and sustainability.

Wider interests in science, history, classics, politics, culture, philosophy, writing, storytelling, futurism, travel, cooking, rugby, sport, punk, parenting, and the outdoors.

Oh, and murder mysteries...

I’ve been involved in a few vanity publications, too. Obviously, I maintain greater, but continuously unfulfilled writing ambitions.

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	Strictly (Mining) Boardroom Volume II: A Practitioner's Guide For Next Generation Directors 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	The MBA Mindset: Insights from an intensive MBA Course by Miles Ashton (Editor), Jessica Currell (Editor), John Sykes (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 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
	The MBA Advantage: Next-generations answers to age-old management questions (The MBA, #2) by Geoff Batt (Editor), Nick Loke (Editor), Allan Trench (Series Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 MBA Impact: Innovative Strategies for the Future of Work (The MBA, #3) by Katie Bergs (Editor), Olivia Berry (Editor), Allan Trench (Series Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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

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Why Does Everybody Hate Me?: Living and Loving with Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria

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Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help

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Conspiracy: A History of B*llocks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them

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