Nakedize publishes books through two imprints.
Essential Education
Concise educational books sold directly to consumers.
Clear Concise Compelling: How to write less and achieve more by Simon Hertnon
2006 First edition spiral-bound full-colour textbook ISBN 978-0958278409
Strong Sustainability for New Zealand: Principles and scenarios by SANZ Inc
2009 First edition paperback ISBN 978-0958278416
What’s next in our publishing pipeline?
Marsilio Press
Fiction and general non-fiction (with ‘a philosophy bent’) books sold directly, via bookshops, and via online partners (such as Amazon).
Learn more about Marsilio Press…
Recommended books
Our online book shop also stocks a small selection of highly recommended books.
| Okw process step | Book (click to view in shop) | RRP (NZD) | Also avail. from | Essentials topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Illuminate Value | Essentialism The disciplined pursuit of less by Greg McKeown | $34.99 | Book Depository Amazon  | |
| 2. Design Solutions | The Fifth Discipline The art and practice of the learning organisation by Peter Senge | $59.99 | Book Depository | Systems |
| Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman | $29.95 | Book Depository | Thinking | |
| 3. Design Change | Leading from the Emerging Future From ego-system to eco-system by Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer | $46.00 | Book Depository | Transformation |
| Switch How to change things when change is hard by Chip and Dan Heath | $29.99 | Book Depository | Change | |
| 4. Design Information | Simple1 Conquering the crisis of complexity by Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn | $27.99 | Book Depository | Information |
| Clear, Concise, Compelling2 How to write less and achieve more by Simon Hertnon | $44.99 | n/a | Writing |
1. Simple is also highly recommended for participants of the Improving Document Production course.
2. Clear, Concise, Compelling is the course book for the full-day Writing Essentials course.
Forthcoming Nakedize Essential Education titles
After a long hiatus, Nakedize has a full publishing schedule.
First up is a short text introducing the concept of Optimal Knowledge Working.
Next is a second edition of our flagship title, Clear, Concise, Compelling, which will feature some updates as well as 16 pages of new material.
In 2019 we are hoping to publish all six of the super-concise ‘Essentials’ series of professional development texts. These will be published as digital editions to start with an later combined into two text books.
Strategy topics: Systems Essentials, Transformation Essentials, Information Essentials
Skills topics: Thinking Essentials, Change Essentials, Writing Essentials
The long-awaited business books Clarifying Transformation and The Price of Words are also being developed.