THE APE IN THE CORNER
OFFICE
UNDERSTANDING THE WORKPLACE BEAST
IN
ALL OF US
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Read comments in Elle's "Readers Corner" Elle, October 2005 "The Ape in the Corner Office is an entertaining safari through the commercial jungle, observing the habits of business apes as they swing from branch office to branch office."
Desmond Morris, author of
The Naked Ape "Chockablock with fascinating tales from the juxtaposition of natural history and work. If you're thoughtful about what you do (and you care about how we got here) this is a page-turner."
Seth Godin, author of
All Marketers
Are Liars Publishers Weekly's "Galley Talk" column for July 25, 2005, features this comment from Georgie Lewis, Marketing Specialist, at Powells.com: "I'm really enjoying The Ape in the Corner Office, coming from Crown in September. The subtitle, Understanding the Office Beast in All of Us, made me think it would be an intriguing read, and it was better than I expected. It's about animal behavior, primal instincts, reading body language--and the revelations in it are really fun. Part of what makes it so good is the writing. The author, Richard Conniff, is a correspondent for National Geographic and used to be a business journalist. He shows that the in a social environment, generosity, cooperation, and being kind work better for communities, in society and in the office. I think it could appeal to the Freakonomics crowd and to Malcom Gladwell's audience. It's marketed as a business book but could also be marketed as pop sociology -- it could be a real handseller."
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... A splendid writer -
fresh, clear, uncondescending, and
with never a false step .."
The
New York Times Book Review
In a review of Every Creeping Thing by Richard Conniff Richard Conniff puts the business suit back on Desmond Morris' Naked Ape. This book moves beyond the simplistic embrace of aggression by sociobiologists of the past and the management clichés of today. Conniff effortlessly draws upon updated insights from ethology, economics, psychology and the arts to apply factual insights to current headlines and everyday business life. The law of the jungle turns out to be a complex code of competition and cooperation which Conniff applies to entrepreneurial triumphs, to governance collapses, to the sharing spirit of inspired work teams, and to the sabotage of conspiring colleagues. While this lively research-anchored book rewards the reader with engaging insights into the lives of celebrities, our co-workers and our neighbors, it never feels like gossipy voyeurism, just vital clairvoyance. Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Associate Dean, Yale School of Management
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