Something's about to break, and if we don't change direction soon, it's going to be us.
It doesn't matter in which industry or where: too many of us are overworked, disengaged and apprehensive about the future of work. In his life-affirming new book, bestselling author and founder Tim Duggan argues that we approach work and life the wrong way around.
Fuelled by a powerful realignment that's questioning the way we traditionally think about and interact with our workplaces, in Work Backwards you'll discover:
Why reversing your thinking can have such an oversized impact
The four things you need to live a full life right now
How to easily reset your lifeâ'work balance
How to use tools like remote, hybrid and flexible work properly
Why this is the right moment to experiment with work
Expert guidance from the world's leading work and happiness researchers
A new army of people who are rethinking their relationship with work
Learn valuable, practical tools to work better and live a fulfilled and meaningful life that takes advantage of this once-in-a-generations opportunity to reverse your thinking and reclaim your life from work.
Want to be more creative and efficient in life and work? It's all about killer thinking.
Killer Thinking is the ultimate guide to creating, developing and recognising incredible ideas that will revolutionise the way you work, from the bestselling author of Cult Status.
We need better ideas right now. Everywhere you look, there are growing problems that require fresh, creative thinking to help us solve. The good news is that anyone can learn to master the art of creativity to turn good ideas into brilliant ones.
That's what this book is about: those killer ideas that have a positive impact on many people, with near-infinite winners. The type you hear about and think, ‘Damn, I wish I'd thought of that!'
Tim Duggan, the co-founder of Junkee Media, will show you how to identify and generate your own ideas with big potential, and then how to refine and bring them to life. Learn from the creative minds behind some of the most innovative ideas out there, like Canva, KeepCup, Movember, Linktree, B Corps, Zero Co and more.
You will discover:
- 8 steps to integrate killer thinking in your life and work
- Why boredom is the mother of creativity
- How to refine ideas and bring them to life
- The best filter to run your ideas through to ensure everyone wins
- 13 practical exercises you can apply to real-world problems today
- Why killer execution is just as important as killer ideas
And a whole lot more.
Enough has been written about huge cult brands founded last century - Nike, Apple, Red Bull. What will the cult companies of tomorrow look like? Who is amassing the kind of passionate community that makes a brand a massive, long-term, sustainable success?
Tim Duggan, co-founder of one of Australia's most innovative and awarded new media companies, has studied hundreds of successful entrepreneurs and change makers over the last decade to uncover what they all have in common.
Learn from the founders of modern brands like Blake Mycoskie (TOMS), Zoe Foster Blake (Go-To), Tim Brown (Allbirds), Daniel Flynn (Thankyou), Lucy Moss (SIX), Oscar McMahon (Young Henrys) and more. In this book you'll discover:
The 7 Steps to building a business with cult status; The one thing you should do before starting something new; Why every business of the future needs to balance profit and purpose together; How to have just as much impact working inside a company as you can from outside; The leadership trait every new leader needs; How to create a passionate community around you and your work; 14 practical exercise you can do today to set up for success tomorrow.
Armed with this book, anyone from anywhere can help create the next business with serious cult status.
'We're at a point in history where we can create what we want the future to look like. This book is a road map to that future.'
- Naomi Simson, Shark Tank & Founder of RedBalloon
'Tim has extraordinary insight into the evolving relationship between companies and the communities that they serve.'
- Osher Gunsberg, television & radio host & author
'Cult Status is like the love child of your savviest BFF and a business sage. This will be the manual for a generation of millennial entrepreneurs.'
- Lorraine Murphy, author and entrepreneur
'This book challenges you to question what impact you want to have, and provides a guide to help you rally people around you to achieve outcomes you are passionate about.'
- Alex Greenwich, Member for Sydney
