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Des Dearlove (born 1963) is a British business journalist and management theorist, known for his work on the history and state-of-the-art of management theory.
Des Dearlove
Born
1963
Other names
Dearlove, Desmond
Occupation
Co-founder of Thinkers50
An internationally recognized expert and commentator on management thinking, for over two decades Dearlove has championed the leading management ideas through Thinkers50,[1] the first global ranking of management thinkers, which he co-founded in 2001 with Stuart Crainer.
Thinkers50 is a mission-drive organization which aims to be the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking, and sharing the leading management and business ideas of our age: ideas that can make a real difference in the world.
Dearlove is a former columnist to The (London) Times, and contributing editor to Strategy+Business.[2] He was the co-editor (with Stuart Crainer) of the Financial Times Handbook of Management.
Dearlove and Crainer are the authors of a number of books, including Generation Entrepreneur (FT.com); Gravy Training: Inside the Business of Business Schools (Jossey-Bass), and The Ultimate Book of Business Thinking (Capstone).
Under the pen name of D.D. Everest, Dearlove is also the author of the Archie Greene trilogy of children’s books (Faber & Faber).[3] In 2014, Archie Greene and the Magician’s Secret was shortlisted for the National Book Awards.