Mr. Darcy Would Have Read This Book (And Then Reorganized Pemberley)

Mr. Darcy Would Have Read This Book (And Then Reorganized Pemberley)

I’ll be honest: when a business book lands on my desk, my first thought is usually “who is this for and how quickly can I pass it along?” But Roger Spitz’s Disrupt with Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World (Kogan Page) did something unexpected. It kept me reading.

Spitz is a futurist (the real kind, not the kind who just wears interesting glasses at conferences). He chairs the Disruptive Futures Institute, keynoted MIT Technology Review’s EmTech, and Global Gurus ranks him among the Top 15 Futurists Worldwide. The book introduces his Disruptive Thinking Canvas and the AAA framework (Antifragile, Anticipatory, Agility), which sounds like alphabet soup until you see how neatly the pieces fit together.

Here’s what won me over: the man can write. The San Francisco Book Review gave it 4.5 stars and called it “packed with practical and realistic advice that is presented in a conversational and approachable style.” Conversational! In a business book! I know. I was surprised too. The sections are short (a blessing for those of us who read with a cat on our lap and a cup of tea going cold), and each one carries its weight in real examples.

I kept thinking about how Darcy, with his meticulous management of Pemberley and his absolute horror at being caught unprepared, would have dog-eared every chapter on anticipatory thinking. (Wickham, naturally, would have skipped the book entirely and blamed the market.)

The book’s already won a Foreword Indies Book of the Year, a Chanticleer first place, and a Readers’ Favorite bronze. BookTrib called it “pure gold,” which is the kind of review that makes an author’s entire year.

If you run anything (a business, a household, a book club with increasingly complicated bylaws), Spitz has something useful to say to you. Recommended with enthusiasm and a fresh pot of tea.

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What reviewers are saying:

“A step-by-step approach to embracing and driving the kinds of changes that a business requires in order to thrive” — San Francisco Book Review (https://sanfranciscobookreview.com/product/disrupt-with-impact-achieve-business-success-in-an-unpredictable-world/)

“A well-illustrated and wide-ranging new approach” — Kirkus Reviews

About Roger Spitz

Roger Spitz is Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute and Founder & CEO of Techistential. One of the Top 15 Futurists Worldwide (Global Gurus, 2026), he delivered the headline keynote at MIT Technology Review EmTech (São Paulo, 2025). Visit thrivingondisruption.com (https://www.thrivingondisruption.com/disrupt-with-impact).