The Infinite Ideas blog

We write on a variety of subjects and often post exclusive ideas by our bestselling authors. We publish a diverse list and our blog reflects this so if you don’t find a post that interests you today check back later in the week and you’ll probably find something that takes your fancy. Happy reading.


Making it in a man’s world. We talk to Susannah Clarke, co-author of Implementing ISO 9001:2015

6 January 2016 by in Business and finance, Implementing ISO 9001:2015

Engineering and process management are sectors that are dominated by a male workforce. While it may seem to be a ‘man’s world’, Susannah Clarke, co-author of Implementing ISO 9001:2015: Thrill your customers and transform your cost base with the new gold standard for business management has over 30 years’ experience in this industry.  As one of the Managing Partner’s …
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Collaborative leadership can boost the productivity of your company

4 January 2016 by in Business and finance

One usually thinks about leadership as an individual position, assigned to one person only. However, Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove, authors of What we mean when we talk about leadership, have discovered that in certain situations, teams that collaborate can be leaders in their fields and can be more powerful than one individual overseer. If your …
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Game of thrones on business is an excellent stocking filler

22 December 2015 by in Business and finance, Game of Thrones on Business

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock these past few months, there have been speculations running wild about the new series of Game of Thrones and, um, well…yeah, turns out that Jon Snow might still be alive. I mean, we certainly didn’t ever think this, we know nothing after all. We definitely didn’t believe it when …
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What do leaders really do?

17 December 2015 by in Business and finance

The C-Suite is the goal for many budding entrepreneurs who are rising through the ranks of businesses, leadership is a position that so many people aspire to. But what does leadership actually mean? And, more importantly, when you reach the position of leader, what do you really do? Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove, co-authors of What …
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Risk and opportunity go hand in hand when updating to the new ISO standard

4 December 2015 by in Business and finance, Implementing ISO 9001:2015

Paul Simpson, co-author of Implementing ISO 9001:2015 looks into how taking risks and opportunities is key when building a business but can the updated ISO standards help to deliver that elusive ‘pot of gold’? One of the big new ideas in the 2015 edition of ISO 9001 is ‘Risk Based Thinking’ and if you are to …
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Where can you get great Austrian wine?

30 November 2015 by in Classic Wine Library, Wine and spirits

No, this isn’t a joke, we’re not going to throw in a punch line that will undoubtedly fall flat. Austrian wine is relatively rare on the supermarket shelves and in the fridges of avid wine drinkers and yet it is experiencing something of a renaissance in quality and popularity. Of course, as a publisher, we …
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