P.I. Podcast: Interview with Umair Haque
February 7th, 2011
Quite some time has passed since my last podcast, so I really wanted to start off 2011 with a completely awesome guest. Fortunately, I was able to make it happen, and it certainly was a great thrill it was for me to interview blogger Umair Haque, author of The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business from Harvard Business Review Press. BIG WIN!
I’ve been wanting to interview Umair for years, but we were unable to connect before now. For me, the conversation was totally worth the wait, and I hope you’ll agree. This is one of my long-form podcasts (more than one hour running time), so it will be an investment on your part. But it’s a rich conversation and I’m confident that if you take the time to listen to it, you’ll take as much away from it as I did.
During the podcast, I mention author and blogger Stephen Denning’s review of Umair’s book. You should read the whole review, of course, but let me share Steve’s “bottom line” with you:
Overall, the book is courageous, thought-provoking, profound, incisive, daring, brilliant, trail-blazing, witty and ethical. In accordance with its own principles, it gives us value that matters, value that will last and value that will multiply. For anyone who cares about the future of the human race, a must read.
WOW! That is a remarkable endorsement, and in my view, completely deserved. The New Capitalist Manifesto is an extraordinary book filled with insight, foresight and powerful original thinking about what is possible (and necessary) if we’re going to build better organizations and a better world.
To bring the conversation I began with Umair into our community, I’m very pleased to announce that I’ll be guest blogging about The New Capitalist Manifesto on ASAE’s Acronym blog throughout the month of February. So go ahead and listen to the podcast today, and look for my first blog post tomorrow!
This podcast (61 MB download) is just over 60 minutes in length. Please e-mail me if you have any comments, questions and suggestions for future guests. Please don’t forget to follow me on Twitter, and be sure to join the Principled Innovation Facebook fan page.
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