James Lawther spent 33 years in corporate Britain. He has packed frozen peas, processed credit card applications, keyed in data, and paid insurance claims. He has stacked the nation’s shelves with ready-made curry, sent the bailiffs around to collect unpaid taxes and made hundreds of thousands of tons of sweets. During that time, he tried to make each of those organisations work better, riling against the stupidity of others and cursing his political naivety. He has been called a great boss twice (twice in 33 years) and was also described in a year-end appraisal as the management equivalent of Marmite. (If you are not from the UK, you will have to search for adverts on YouTube to understand). As you can see from his CV, he either has a wealth of experience or cannot hold down a job. If the latter is true, his book isn’t worth a minute of your time. Unfortunately, the only way to find out is to read it and decide for yourself.