Where Do All the Paperclips Go? ...and 127 other business and career conundrums

By Steve Coomber & Marc Woods
Published by Capstone, November 07

Ever wondered how easy it is to fiddle your expenses, why you feel curiously ill at ease without your Blackberry, or what the Japanese word ‘Karoshi’ means? Now you can find out. Forget endlessly surfing the web, wading through magazines or boring your colleagues with a string of questions they don’t know the answers to. A few minutes with this book will save you valuable time looking for clues to life’s curious work-related conundrums.

With the help of academic experts and business practitioners, Where Do All the Paperclips Go?  answers those all-important questions you always wanted the answer to, plus many more that never even occurred to you, including:
· What is the world’s most dangerous job?
· Are you addicted to your Blackberry?
· Will you get fired for photocopying your backside at work?...

and...
· How chic is your cubicle?
· What is the best way to fire someone?
· Is it OK to sleep on the job?
· Are you working with Edward Deadwood?
· Can you smooch in the storeroom?
· Can you have a better car than your boss?
· Which inventor has done the most damage to the world?
· Does money make you sad?
· What’s the best excuse for being late?
· Is too much information bad for your health?
· Is Chinese the business language of the future?
· Why should I care about Web 2.0? 

And if you’re too busy even to open the book, you’ll be happy to learn that ‘Karoshi’ means ‘death by overworking’!

About the authors
Marc Woods is a five time Paralympian. He has won 12 Paralympic medals as well as 21 other medals from world and European championships.  He was a member of the British Olympic Athletes Commission and a founding member of the British Athletes Council. He works extensively with individuals, teams and global businesses, encouraging them to develop best practise within their given areas of interest. Approximately 25,000 people each year watch him deliver his motivational presentations. Sarah Ferguson said of his first book, Personal Best - published by Capstone in January 2006 – "Personal Best" is not only the remarkable story of Marc Wood's extraordinary life, it is also a hugely motivational book which inspires the reader to fulfil their potential.
Steve Coomber writes for the Times, CEO Journal, The Edge, Finance Director Europe, European CEO, World Finance and a variety of other publications. He is author of Branding, and co-author of Bottled for Business The Less Gassy Guide To Entrepreneurship, Architects of the Business Revolution, The Career Adventurer's Fieldbook.

Paperback Original;  £9.99/€15;  ISBN 978-1-84112-801-6

To request a review copy, extract, competition copies, or an interview with the authors, please contact: Caroline Baines - E: cbaines@wiley.co.uk, T: 01243 770674