Mar 23 2016 47 mins
G'day this is Ken Simpson and welcome to episode 27 of Beyond the Black Stump.
This episode is being released on a Thursday because of the Easter weekend. Ordinarily the show would have been on the last Friday of the month - so it must be time for Book Club.
If you haven't caught up, Book Club is a monthly feature show we you are encouraged to read a book. My fear is we do not read enough, it this is an attempt to encourage wider reading. (And no, the latest article on Continuity Central, DRJ, Continuity Insights or Continuity magazine does not qualify as either a book, or reading widely).
Normally for book club I would encourage you to pour a glass of wine and settle back to listen. For my guest today I would suggest he might prefer to be offered a "nice cup of tea" instead.
Our author today has produced four books, which is a fairly major piece of work. In addition he has been an active blogger in the industry for many years - and he has a unique and entertaining style. With 20-odd years of experience in the BC and risk fields he is also very well qualified to write, advise and comment.
He is currently runs his own consulting practice, Acumen, servicing an international client base. So join me as I chat about books, blogs, bit buckets and Barney with Andy Osborne.
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I hope you found that useful, building on a theme that has featured through recent shows around exercising and building capability. A little more on that issue next week too.
All of Andy's books are available for online purchase and there are links in the show notes.
Andy has generously offered all listeners a free copy of his eBook "Ski Boots and Celery", to secure your copy all you have to do is send him an email at [email protected] - dot try to write that down while driving, the link is in the show notes. Don't forget to tell him you were listening to the show.
As always if you find the show valuable it would really be appreciated if you left a rating or comment on iTunes. You can also feel free to recommend all your friends and colleagues to subscribe and download the show.
I hope you get the chance for a break over the Easter weekend, and don't forget to use that extra free time to read more.
Until next week - stay safe on your journey.