The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work by Mats Alvesson & André Spicer Profile Books, 2016, xii + 276pp, ISBN 978-1-78125-541-4, £9.99. Purchase here Reviewed by Vaughan S Roberts This volume had its genesis in a conversation between the two authors about a student who had done an internship with…

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Online Mission and Ministry: A theological and practical guide, by Pam Smith SPCK, 2015, ix + 130pp, ISBN 978-0-281-07151-7, £9.99. Purchase here Reviewed by Richard Steel A book such as this has been needed for some while, and Pam Smith is a good person to write it. She began going online in the 1990s when…

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Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, by Herminia Ibarra Harvard Business Review Press, 2015, 220pp, ISBN 978-1-4221-8412-7, £20 Purchase here Reviewed by David Sims This book immediately stimulated me in opposite directions. It is a general sounding book about leadership, and life is too short to read any more of those. It is…

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Multi-Congregation Ministry: Theology and Practice in a Changing Church, by Malcolm Grundy Canterbury Press, 2015, x + 164pp, ISBN 978-1-84825-791-7, £18.99 Purchase here Reviewed by Paul Burden Malcolm Grundy is well-known to Modem, as a writer and trainer in leadership. This helpful book comes from his observation that, for local congregations, ‘the ways in which…

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