Andrew Hill

Optimising rule breaking, online communication, and secrets from Microsoft’s innovation trailblazers

Critics say fragmented ownership, weak culture and a fixation on financial results have harmed innovation

Putting algorithms to better use, exercising judgment, and rethinking diversity and inclusion

Writer provided prescient and provocative insights into the world of work

‘Supremacy’ charts the genesis of artificial intelligence trailblazers and rivalry between founders

Andrew Hill selects his must-read titles

As companies from Amazon to Citi overhaul management, experts warn of consequences beyond job cuts

Judges of the £30,000 annual prize select the year’s most compelling and enjoyable title

Tales of Trump’s finances, AI advances and Amazon’s dominance join the chosen titles

The Problem with Change: And the Essential Nature of Human Performance by Ashley Goodall (Ebury Edge/Little, Brown Spark) Goodall rails wittily against consultants, disrupters, merger advisers, micro-managers and other perpetrators of change for change’s sake. He urges bosses and human resources executives to refocus their attention on how humans flourish at work — and then to leave us alone to get on with it. The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Po…