The author's 30-plus years in crisis management give this audiobook momentum and the unmistakable ring of truth. Narrator Kevin Stillwell magnifies listening satisfaction with an appealing everyman voice and sensitivity to the book's drama and nuance. With believable vocal emotions, he modulates his tone without calling attention to his skill in doing so. The stories of people and organizations who have lost their way are part of the book's voyeuristic appeal. It's enlightening to hear the author's takedown of myths and clichés about managing negative information. Preferring prevention to damage control, he says today's instant and anonymous communication makes the weak strong and the strong powerless once bad news becomes common knowledge. This is an audio everyone in public life should hear.
Pub Date: Oct. 7, 2014
Duration: 9 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781478983033
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
The readers can't compensate for the unbearably pompous prose style of this extended parable about corporate politics and strategy.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 3 hrs
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
An engaging experience.
This audiobook deals with everything from the historic investments that led to world-dominating companies, such as the Chinese technology company Tencent, to predicting the products and services of the future. An audiobook of such complexity requires a narrator who can handle the task, and David Thorpe manages it admirably. Thorpe uses his masterly voice, which sits somewhere between that of a BBC World Service presenter and an easy, relaxed Home Counties accent, to guide listeners through a sea of numbers, acronyms, and terms such as YP, RPS, and market cap. Rather than simply reading, Thorpe presents the work with excitement and enthusiasm, and this enjoyment transfers to the listener.
An engaging experience.Pub Date: Feb. 20, 2026
Duration: 13 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781668103425
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Review Posted Online: March 17, 2026
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