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Take Note: A Nimble History of Shorthand
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Expected 5 Nov 26Kindle Edition
Expected publication November 5, 2026
About the author
Andrew Hill
3 books6 followersI'm an award-winning journalist, writer and public speaker.
My next book is Take Note: A Nimble History of Shorthand (Profile, November 2026), which tells the 2,000 year story of the workplace technology used by spies, statesmen, suffragettes and secretaries. I still write shorthand - though not at the 130 words per minute speed I once boasted.
My book Ruskinland: How John Ruskin Shapes Our World (Pallas Athene, 2019) is a personal exploration of the life, work and influence of the Victorian polymath, which was awarded The Ruskin Society Book Prize in 2020.
I also take a deep interest in how organisations are run and led - and how they'll be run and led in the future. My book Leadership in the Headlines (2016) is a collection of some of my Financial Times columns on global business, strategy, leadership and management.
From 2011 to 2022, I was the FT's Management Editor, and I am now the FT's Senior Business Writer and Consulting Editor for FT Live. You'll find links to some of my FT book reviews here on Goodreads. I also launched and still help to run the FT's Business Book of the Year Award.
Beyond journalism, I have been a trustee of the Ruskin Foundation and served as chair of the Blueprint Trust, the charity behind Blueprint for Better Business, which supports and challenges business to be a force for good.
My next book is Take Note: A Nimble History of Shorthand (Profile, November 2026), which tells the 2,000 year story of the workplace technology used by spies, statesmen, suffragettes and secretaries. I still write shorthand - though not at the 130 words per minute speed I once boasted.
My book Ruskinland: How John Ruskin Shapes Our World (Pallas Athene, 2019) is a personal exploration of the life, work and influence of the Victorian polymath, which was awarded The Ruskin Society Book Prize in 2020.
I also take a deep interest in how organisations are run and led - and how they'll be run and led in the future. My book Leadership in the Headlines (2016) is a collection of some of my Financial Times columns on global business, strategy, leadership and management.
From 2011 to 2022, I was the FT's Management Editor, and I am now the FT's Senior Business Writer and Consulting Editor for FT Live. You'll find links to some of my FT book reviews here on Goodreads. I also launched and still help to run the FT's Business Book of the Year Award.
Beyond journalism, I have been a trustee of the Ruskin Foundation and served as chair of the Blueprint Trust, the charity behind Blueprint for Better Business, which supports and challenges business to be a force for good.
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