On a mission to make his name writing insightful fiction on working life, Playful Rebellion – A Fictional Guide to Better Insight gets Bob Hurling’s writing career off to an impressive and hilarious start.

Sharing a collection of stories that deliver real world awareness, this dry and sharply observed literary pot pourri lifts the lid on a global organisation workplace. This environment is one in which asking questions can get you into trouble, PowerPoint is more about putting on a show than sharing ideas, and real change doesn’t come from big plans, except for when people bend the rules a little.

Resonating with readers not just because they are entertained, but because they are finally being seen, the author’s characters reflect a working world that is both absurd and strangely hopeful.

Drawing on his real-life experiences as a long-time insight professional, Bob Hurling imparts the important message that work doesn’t have to be inhuman to be effective. And his book leaves readers laughing, wincing and oddly inspired as they recognise their own experiences being played out by his cast of quietly rebellious characters.

Synopsis:

What do you get when you mix a psychologist in shorts, a spreadsheet wizard, a pantomime genie, and a corporate system that’s protective?

A quietly subversive tale of insight, awkward meetings, and the strange rituals of work life.

Playful Rebellion is a scrapbook of stories from inside a global organisation, told through the eyes of a consumer insight research leader who never quite learned to behave. It’s part memoir, part satire, part blueprint for how to make work a little more human, and occasionally useful.

For anyone who’s sat in a meeting wondering what the point was, or tried to make clever people care about something true, this is for you.

In her five-star Amazon review, reader Julie Eaves says:

“I enjoyed this book, it made me smile and laugh, but there are some really key prompts in there to think about when facing the day in day out of working for a large corporation. To those in the know it is so true and just so funny.”

Independently published, Playful Rebellion – A Fictional Guide to Better Insight is available to purchase in paperback (ISBN No: 979-8292358190) priced £8.99 and Kindle format (£5.99) on Amazon at https://tinyurl.com/54z4h96w and https://tinyurl.com/yctp8b97