Brook Manville
A narrative-based study of organizations that have successfully tapped their data assets, diverse perspectives, and deep knowledge to build a collective decision-making capability –so that the right decisions are made, and the entire organization profits.
A comprehensive, but practical and example-rich discussion of the six fundamental leadership practices that every aspiring leader must understand and master to create impact: creating a vision; making strategic choices; inspiring others to join and perform; leading innovation; leading yourself. The book distills proven ideas, drawing from interviews with successful executives, best thinking from the Harvard Business Review, and the authors’ own extensive experience working in and with multiple organizations over decades.
A powerful case for democracy and how it can survive, based on historical analysis of civilization’s best known, long-enduring democracies (ancient Athens & Rome, modern Britain & America). Democracy flourishes only if citizens are willing to adapt and keep relevant the agreement—“the civic bargain”–that they make with one another to govern themselves, free of a boss. It is a lesson modern democracies must confront to survive the continuing challenges of today’s world.
October 28, 2012
Brook interviewed, Bankinter Foundation for Innovation (Spain).
June 25, 2012
Brook speaking about his book Judgment Calls at Thornton May’s IT Leadership Academy.
May 12th, 2022
Brook explains the original meaning of the Greek word democracy. Video courtesy of Embassy of Greece in Washington DC (part of two-year campaign. It can also be watched on their Greece in Washington Facebook page (no login required).
July 11, 2022
Brook speaks with Johan Norberg, author of Open: The Story of Human Progress.
June 30, 2023
Brook Manville summarizes The Civic Bargain for the London Book Fair.
September 19, 2023
Brook Manville and co-author Josiah Ober converse about The Civic Bargain at the Hoover Institution Book Club.
September 18, 2023
Brook Manville and co-author Josiah Ober discuss The Civic Bargain with Al Zambone of Historically Thinking.