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Jim Ferrell

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Born
Seattle, The United States
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June 2025


Millions of people around the world have read his books, but most of them don't even know his name.

When Jim Ferrell co-founded his previous company, the Arbinger Institute, its work was still largely unknown to the world. The solution was apparent: They needed a book.

In 2000, having never written much beyond legal documents during his first career as a lawyer, Jim and a colleague took on the task out of a mix of curiosity and a commitment to the work of the company. What emerged from that first trial run as an author was one of the bestselling leadership books of all time: Leadership and Self-Deception, which he wrote under the name of his company.

Following the incredible success of that first book, Jim went on to write many additional book
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You and We by Jim Ferrell
"I read this because I've read several books by the author and I love how he will teach me things through the use of Story. This is a book that makes you rethink relationship and working together through the means of a story about a fictional CEO who " Read more of this review »
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"Highly Engaging, Insightful

I feel that now I have got a good explanation about “HOW” one can work on improving the relational aspects of their life and business."
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"You and We builds beautifully on the work of Leadership and Self Deception, developing a more complete picture of what it means to be a human living in the world with other humans. The writing style being fiction prose over traditional business book " Read more of this review »
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"Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall in a $100,000 business seminar that doesn't just make you feel good for a couple of days, but has the power to transform lives, families, businesses, communities, nations and the world? This book gave me t" Read more of this review »
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" I really love this review, Chanelle. I can feel how how deeply you read and considered the book. Thank you for taking the time to review it. "
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“Real people are over there," he said, pointing to the museum. "And they're messy, imperfect, odd, sometimes infuriating, and at other times completely brilliant. But you'll never find real people in that nice, tidy concept you've built for yourself in your mind. You have to get out and join them.”
Jim Ferrell, You and We: A Relational Rethinking of Work, Life, and Leadership

“Too many leaders assume that the role of leadership is to control.”
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“When I look at a person—at Zane in this case—I think I am seeing Zane. But what I am missing is the fact I am seeing Zane. And since I am the person who is seeing, I'm not seeing a world that is separate from me but am rather seeing my own interaction with the world. So, what I'm seeing is not Zane per se, but rather my relational intersection with him. In fact, relationality goes even further than that. It's not just that I am seeing Zane; it's also that I'm seeing a Zane who is in response to me.”
Jim Ferrell, You and We: A Relational Rethinking of Work, Life, and Leadership

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