David Bolchover is a British author and commentator. The focus of his writing has ranged from the modern workplace to football. His most recent book, a biography of the football coach and
Holocaust
The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...
survivor
Bela Guttmann
Bela may refer to:
Places Asia
*Bela Pratapgarh, a town in Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Bela, a small village near Bhandara, Maharashtra, India
*Bela, another name for the biblical city Zoara
* Bela, Dang, in Nepal
* Bela, Janakpur ...
, was shortlisted for the
William Hill Sports Book of the Year
The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an annual British sports writing award sponsored by bookmaker William Hill. It was first presented in 1989, and was conceived by Graham Sharpe of William Hill, and John Gaustad, founder of the Sport ...
award.
Theory
In his management writing capacity, he is known for his criticism of the abuse of the concept of “talent” in the workplace, which he believes has been designed to raise the pay of eminently replaceable but well-positioned employees. He has also set out the theory that artificially high
remuneration
Remuneration is the pay or other financial compensation provided in exchange for an employee's ''services performed'' (not to be confused with giving (away), or donating, or the act of providing to). Remuneration is one component of reward managem ...
in the finance sector and in the upper reaches of the corporate world is detrimental to
innovation
Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or service (economics), services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a n ...
, as the pursuit of risk-free wealth is seen by many employees to be preferable to the perils of
entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones.
An entrepreneu ...
. In his book, "Pay Check", he expounds and further develops these ideas, concluding that capitalism has been captured by a new “talent” class of employees, who extract the lion's share of the rewards within the system without contributing anything new or taking any risk.
Research and influence
In his biography of Bela Guttmann, Bolchover established previously unknown details about what happened to him during the Holocaust. He has also carried out research on the Jewish international footballers murdered in the Holocaust.
Much of Bolchover's research on management has focused on professional sports. He has written that the greater transparency and meritocracy of sport has created higher management standards than in the corporate world.
Bolchover also coined the term “The Living Dead” to describe demotivated, disengaged employees, a group he believes is much larger than generally recognised.
Books
* The Greatest Comeback (2017)
*Pay Check (2010)
* The Living Dead (2005)
* The 90-Minute Manager (2002)
References
External links
David Bolchover’s website
British writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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