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Defy, adapt, and rise again: the Flight Centre survival playbook.
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The Rebel Instinct

How Flight Centre's Daring, Defiance and Disruption Built a Global Empire

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    25 November 2026

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Summary

The Rebel Instinct

You can’t always avoid a crisis. The secret to a business that survives is the instinct to adapt, defy and rise again.

Play it safe, and you’re one industry shift away from being flattened. For more than 50 years, Flight Centre has done the opposite, leading to one record comeback after another. From a decrepit double-decker tour bus in 1973 to a multi-billion-dollar business operating in over 100 countries today, Flight Centre keeps winning. The Rebel…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781394456543
ISBN-10:1394456549
Author:Mandy Johnson
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd
Imprint:John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:25 November 2026
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Critics Review

‘Skroo is proof that you don’t have to follow the rules to build a successful empire — you have to know which ones to break. The Rebel Instinct is an often-outrageous look at a leader who dared to do business differently and built a globally admired brand by trusting his people, challenging pointless bureaucracy and never losing his appetite for the unconventional.’
—Brett Godfrey, founding CEO, Virgin Australia

About The Author

Mandy Johnson

MANDY JOHNSON is the author of Family, Village, Tribe and Winning the War for Talent. A sought-after keynote speaker and advisor, she has taught innovative strategies as an executive educator at UQ Business School and to many leading corporations.

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