Simply Brilliant: The Competitive Advantage of Common Sense

The world is full of smart, experienced, skilled, brilliant people. However, many people - even smart ones - are lacking a set of essential skills that when pulled together can be termed "common sense." Simply Brilliant features a set of seven principles to make the bright better. Principles of common sense that can be adapted for attacking many of the problems that you encounter every day, be it in work or outside.

Even the smartest people need the simple to be truly brilliant.

Life is complicated enough. Yet we go out of our way creating hoops to jump through and tough problems to wrestle with. We’re so busy with the rush of everyday business that we often forget to use the most powerful weapon around - common sense.

Simply Brilliant makes common sense common practice, offering up a simple set of principles to attack problems you encounter every day, in and outside of work.

You’ll discover how to look for simple solutions and direct approaches.  Even the smartest people need the simple to be truly brilliant.

‘Just when we feel we can no longer cope with it all, someone writes a book that offers salvation ... Simply Brilliant is brilliantly simple - so much so that I may start coming to work again to get things done.’ Financial Times

‘For a change this guide tears down management as a complex science, reducing it to life saving basics. It may just help to simplify your working life.’ The Evening Standard

‘...a welcome relief for anyone who is struggling to come to terms with the latest fad from the Harvard Business School.’ The Sunday Times - Book of the Week