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Zoë Routh

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June 2016


Zoë Routh is a leadership futurist, podcaster, and multiple award-winning author. She works with leaders and teams to to explore what's coming and what it means for leadership of the future.

She has worked with individuals and teams internationally and in Australia since 1987. From wild Canadian rivers to the Australian Outback, and the Boardroom jungles, Zoë is an adventurist! She facilitates strategy and culture for the future with audacious teams.

Zoë's fourth leadership book, People Stuff - Beyond Personality Problems: An advanced handbook for leadership, won the Book of the Year at the Australian Business Book Awards in 2020. Her fifth book is a leadership futurist science fiction dystopian novel, The Olympus Project.

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Zoë Routh Olympus Bound, Book 2, and the third including the prequel Terra Blanca Insurrection only just came out this week! Phew!

Having said that, a writer wri…more
Olympus Bound, Book 2, and the third including the prequel Terra Blanca Insurrection only just came out this week! Phew!

Having said that, a writer writes. So in between reviewing the typesetting and production process for Olympus Bound I’ve been plugging away at Olympus Rising, Book 3.

My editor has a deadline for me of June 15 2024. I’ve found the prosecution process for these longer books takes up to six months, so it could be ready by the end of year, just in time to go under a Christmas tree!(less)
Zoë Routh Hmmmm….at the moment I am working on Olympus Rising - Book 3. In my brain I can anticipate Book 4 as the conclusion to the main series, and am toying …moreHmmmm….at the moment I am working on Olympus Rising - Book 3. In my brain I can anticipate Book 4 as the conclusion to the main series, and am toying with two side novels for Claire Edwards and Felix (new character in Olympus Rising.

So with the prequel and these two side novels, that would make seven in total.

But we’ll see! The story keeps evolving as I write it with new people and adventures emerging from each page.(less)
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Bonus Scene from Olympus Dawn

I’ve got the edit back from my editor and I am madly reviewing the manuscript for the last book in the series, Olympus Dawn.

I wrote up a bonus scene for an interview I did with Simon Waller on his Future with Friends Podcast. He asked me to write a scenario for the future, so I did this one.

Enjoy!

P.S. If you want to get first notification of the launch of the book, along with the exclusive specia

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