Charles B. Handy

Charles Handy is, these days, a writer and broadcaster. He has been an oil executive, an economist, a professor at the London Business School and a consultant to a wide variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors. He has also been the Warden of St George's House in Windsor Castle, a private study centre concerned with ethical and social issues, and was for two years the Chairman of the Royal Society of Arts. He is known to many for his 'Thought for the Day' broadcasts on the BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Understanding Organisations was his first book, originally published in 1976 and now in its fourth edition. Since then he has published a further ten books, including Gods of Management, The Age of Unreason, The Empty Raincoat and The Hungry Spirit. A collection of his 'Thoughts for the Day' is published under the title Waiting for the Mountain to Move. His work has focused on the changing shape of work and organizations and what this might mean for our futures.