Summary
The word ‘tickbox’ emerged recently as a cynical angle on official or corporate incompetence. They had ‘ticked the box’ - people said - but failed to act. It is increasingly used to describe this gap between official spin and reality.
Yet, says David Boyle in this powerful expose of tickbox culture, that is just the tip of a vast tickbox iceberg. The only people who remain blind to this gap are those rich or powerful enough to run the world, and behind Tickbox lies an insidious philos…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349143699 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349143692 |
| Author: | David Boyle |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 24mm |
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Feistily interesting … often very funny
Feistily interesting … often very funny * Guardian *
This powerful and timely book will strike an immediate chord with anyone who has had to submit to the fast-spreading “tickbox culture” * Financial Times *
About The Author
David Boyle
David Boyle is a fellow of NEF and the author of a series of books about history, social change and the future, including Authenticity: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life, The Tyranny of Numbers and The Sum of Our Discontent. Funny Money: In search of alternative cash launched the time banks movement in the UK.
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