David Rowan reports on his global quest to find truly bold visionary leaders who have recalibrated their businesses in radical ways so as to grow and succeed in the digital age. Rowan got to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Nest, Twitter. Since then he has travelled the world and met countless other ambitious startups. He’s heard talk of change agents and co-creation gurus, ideas portals and accelerators, make-a-thons and hackfests, paradigm shifts, pilgrimages to Silicon Valley and all sorts more corporate blather. But he’s also discovered some genuinely exciting and transformative innovations, often in places you might least expect. And he’s come away with practical takeaways for readers looking to apply these approaches immediately in their own businesses

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Overview: Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about bitcoin? In The Age of Cryptocurrency, Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey deliver the definitive answer to this question. Cybermoney is poised to launch a revolution, one that could reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the world’s billions of unbanked

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