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Profile Books 50 Ideas that Changed the World of Work The Essential Guide to the Best Business Thinking.
Profile Books 50 Ideas that Changed the World of Work The Essential Guide to the Best Business Thinking ABISBOOK Profile Books.
- GenresBusiness
304 pages, Paperback
Published April 24, 2025
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About the author
Jeremy Kourdi
62 books7 followersJeremy Kourdi is a freelance writer and business consultant, and has worked extensively in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He is the author of eight business books and many articles. Until August 2001 he was Senior Vice President with the Economist Group, and continues to do consultancy work with them. Other clients include Apter International, IMD in Lausanne and Strathclyde University Graduate Business School.
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December 3, 2025
If you’ve ever read books like The Art of War by Sun Tzu, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, and other nonfiction books about ideas, thinking, and self-development, 50 Ideas That Changed The World of Work by Jeremy Kourdi and Jonathan Besser feels like a summary of 50 selected books. It’s as if they read everything and turned it into simple & easy to digest notes so readers can grasp the main ideas faster.
The 3️⃣ Things:
📈𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉.🌱
The methods they explain are super easy to understand, even if you don’t come from a business background. I really enjoyed how the authors included ideas from books I’ve read, like Thinking, Fast and Slow, Mindset, Emotional Intelligence, and The 7 Habits. In life, growth is something we all need so we don’t stay stuck, and this book really delivers positive insights about that.
💡𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
Like I said, it feels like the authors summarized all these books and retold the key ideas in a way that’s clearer for readers. It’s a really good effort, in my opinion. And they also remind readers to go back to the original books in the “What’s Next” section at the end of each chapter, which makes it convenient to know the book titles and authors they’re referencing.
💭𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔.
I love this section so much because a good book doesn’t just answer your questions, it makes you question your answers, too. The questions in the Thought Starters section can even be used as daily journal prompts. I love that they encourage readers to reflect on their life and thoughts as well.
✍🏻: #jeremykourdi & #jonathanbesser
🖨️: @profile.books @theeconomist
📄: 296
⭐️: 4/5
It’s simple, clear, and straight to the point. The structure is clean, and the writing doesn’t feel draggy. I’m definitely going to reread this book whenever I want to revisit these ideas. Thank you @izahisreading and @definitelybooks for the gifted copy and the multi-tool pen. ♥️ #parareads #pansing #definitelybooks #50ideas #bookstagram
The 3️⃣ Things:
📈𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉.🌱
The methods they explain are super easy to understand, even if you don’t come from a business background. I really enjoyed how the authors included ideas from books I’ve read, like Thinking, Fast and Slow, Mindset, Emotional Intelligence, and The 7 Habits. In life, growth is something we all need so we don’t stay stuck, and this book really delivers positive insights about that.
💡𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
Like I said, it feels like the authors summarized all these books and retold the key ideas in a way that’s clearer for readers. It’s a really good effort, in my opinion. And they also remind readers to go back to the original books in the “What’s Next” section at the end of each chapter, which makes it convenient to know the book titles and authors they’re referencing.
💭𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔.
I love this section so much because a good book doesn’t just answer your questions, it makes you question your answers, too. The questions in the Thought Starters section can even be used as daily journal prompts. I love that they encourage readers to reflect on their life and thoughts as well.
✍🏻: #jeremykourdi & #jonathanbesser
🖨️: @profile.books @theeconomist
📄: 296
⭐️: 4/5
It’s simple, clear, and straight to the point. The structure is clean, and the writing doesn’t feel draggy. I’m definitely going to reread this book whenever I want to revisit these ideas. Thank you @izahisreading and @definitelybooks for the gifted copy and the multi-tool pen. ♥️ #parareads #pansing #definitelybooks #50ideas #bookstagram
September 30, 2025
I see that first author already had a book on 100 great business ideas, so this may have been a pretty easy one to generate. I guess it could function as a handy reference guide if you work in a corporation in which people toss around business jargon ("what does VUCA stand for again? Must look up in my 50 ideas book....."), but as something to read it wasn't my best impulse grab from new nonfiction shelf at the library.
A couple pages on each, giving the nutshell version along with some questions you might ask yourself re how it applies, occasionally a line or two of critique it has evoked, and then the key reference. Very heterogeneous category, some being essentially ways of organizing your own thoughts (ex. "SWOT" framework for pondering your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats), others a point of view (Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean in" for instance), and others fairly obvious descriptions of what actually happens (the "product life cycle model" for instance told me that products go from introduction to growth to maturity to decline -- products are just like me!).
A couple pages on each, giving the nutshell version along with some questions you might ask yourself re how it applies, occasionally a line or two of critique it has evoked, and then the key reference. Very heterogeneous category, some being essentially ways of organizing your own thoughts (ex. "SWOT" framework for pondering your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats), others a point of view (Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean in" for instance), and others fairly obvious descriptions of what actually happens (the "product life cycle model" for instance told me that products go from introduction to growth to maturity to decline -- products are just like me!).
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