The Book of Beautiful Business is here!
An anthology of more than 40 voices sharing theories, best practices, opinions, rants, essays, and stories about the why, what, how, and when of Beautiful Business.
Since the release of Tim’s first book, The Business Romantic (Harper Collins, 2015), and the launch of House of Beautiful Business in 2017, a global think tank and community with an annual gathering taking place in Lisbon, Portugal that Tim founded and curates, followed by Chambers of Beautiful Business in 17 cities around the world this year, the principles of Beautiful Business have found champions in companies, nonprofits, and the arts.
Capturing the spirit and momentum of this burgeoning movement, Tim now helped publish and curate
The Book of Beautiful Business
An anthology of more than 40 voices sharing theories, best practices, opinions, rants, essays, and stories about the why, what, how, and when of Beautiful Business.
As Tim argued in his TED Talk, in a world where everything can be done more efficiently by machines, being human will become the ultimate differentiator. Based on many conversations since then, The Book of Beautiful Business is an inspiring, entertaining, and (gently) instructing guide on how to act on that insight—with contributors from around the world, representing a wide range of disciplines and perspectives, including:
Maria Angerer on stakeholders – Esther Blázquez Blanco on feedback – Ghislaine Boddington on collaboration – Susan Cain on overcoming fear – Gianfranco Chicco on serendipity – Martin A. Ciesielski on nothing – Jerry Colonna on questions – Jonathan Cook on emotional granularity – Ethan Imboden on startup humanity – Marizanne Knoesen on recruitment – Twain Liu on AI – Christine Locher on values – Njeri Mwagiru on African futures – David Olsson on climate crisis – Adah Parris on cyborg shamanism – Tom Peters on little things – Christoph Quarch on getting philosophical – Cheraé Robinson on leveling up – Dorothy L. Sayers on inputs – Peter Senge on learning – Beowulf Sheehan on love – Greg Sherwin on efficiency – Sarah Souli on superpowers – Ralph Talmont on necessary dissidents – James O’Toole on enlightened capitalists – and many more.
Some contributors to The Book of Beautiful Business were inspired to participate after participating in the House of Beautiful Business or writing for the Journal of Beautiful Business. Others answered a call for contributions sent out via our newsletter, Beauty Shot, while a final few came to us through unexpected encounters.
What they all share is a quest to put emotions, ethics, and aesthetics at the heart of business, recognizing companies’ power and responsibility to serve as meaning-makers—because business is about so much more than the bottom line.