Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surving with Grace: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace

The title and illustrations may give the impression to some the book is flippant but the ideas in it show a very intelligent man who has refined his ideas and how to communicate them over a long period. Everything in this book has been carefully considered and it puts the one-idea rambling business-y books to shame. Legitimately laugh out loud funny in places both in whit and the very bold moves by the author in his career in such a conservative organisation. Very engaging read.Who is it for? Well anyone who questions the madness they sometimes see around them and particularly those with a creative streak for which is certainly will do as the title suggests and help them survive with grace. Anyone with a high degree of openness will do well with it. Though centred on the author's experiences at Hallmark there are some very philosophical lessons for the wider sphere of life. The story he writes to close the book about God and the blank canvas we all have is particularly poignant and stays with me.

This book is priceless. The copy was a bit frayed around the edges but apart from that in reasonable condition. The read is exceptional I laughed out loud in places

Such a delightful, beautifully crafted book. Essential reading for people trying to improve and develop in an organisational environment.

This book was wonderful from start to finish. I can see me going back to read it again and again.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who may be trying to find the means to inject some realness back into their existence and transform the suffocating tedium of big corporate life into something a little more interestnig. Gordon MacKenzie's writing, while light and fluffy, is insirational and, through anecdote and analogies, he shares many important ideas on how to recapture your true self and let go of much of the "normalcy" we are taught to display from an early age. Thanks to Gordon for a great read. Everyone else, buy a copy today!

Some good tips in here but at times it is monumnettally patronising

Thought provoking, interesting, fun. This is a completely unexpected style of book. More like a personal doodle in some ways but a doodle in words and pictures.

This book gives you the foundational intuition for surviving and thriving in a corporate setting - without going mad or being frustrated by the quiet traditions of bureaucracies.