Published & in progress

Books. Articles. Art.
The same mind at work.

Books

Greensight — Profit and Planet: The Sustainability Guide for Company Directors by Joanne Flinn, 3D book cover

Greensight

Foreword by Professor Rafael Ramirez, Oxford. Endorsed by Singapore Institute of Directors. 2022.

Boards were drowning in sustainability and ESG reports they couldn't act on. Four strategic responses to governance and accountability. For many leaders, this is where the conversation starts.

Unicorning® — Joanne Flinn's philosophy of transformation, 3D book cover pre-release

Unicorning®

Test-printed February 2026. 15 original illustrations.

Over six years in the making. A story, illustrated. Progressing from greyscale to colour because transformation does too. The body of work Thinkers50 recognised.

ClearSight™ — Profit and Resilience: The Company Director's Guide to Long Term Value by Joanne Flinn, 3D book cover

ClearSight™

In development. Being written in public.

The director's guide to long-term value in a climate transition. Taking shape on Substack and LinkedIn, because the best way to write a book for your readers is to write it with them.

JoanneFlinn.substack.com →

The thinking right now

Thought leadership in progress: The thinking in progress

Boards Risk It All

Published

As fast as AI? But the question is deeper: when emerging risk outpaces governance, who sees it first, and where does the buck stop? (originally with Alexander Budzier, Oxford)

The Risk That Regulation Forgot

Published: Hinrich Foundation

Physics does not negotiate. Companies that treat sustainability as a risk-and-value discipline rather than a compliance burden will be ready when it matters. Published by Hinrich as 'It's not about regulation: Why sensible companies build for sustainability.'

Work to Rule

Pre-publication

Your technology investment is working. Your dashboards say so. So why has the momentum stopped?

Trillion

In review

A trillion is a floor. We found six. (with Julie Schiller, xGoogle Next Billion Users)

Also published

Enterprise Risk Management 4.0

Co-authored. 2025.

What enterprise risk management looks like when AI, climate, and human capital are in the frame.

New Eyes on Change Leadership

Edited. Edition 2, Q2 2026.

Eighteen change leaders from 3 continents. What they see now that could not be seen before.

The Success Healthcheck for IT Projects

Wiley, 2010.

Where large-scale technology investments go wrong, and the diagnostic that catches it early.

Booth Aster

Booth Aster: the wings

What do you keep, what do you shed, and what can fly? The art answers in materials. The strategy answers in organisations. Same discipline.

Booth Aster →

Metamorphosis by Booth Aster, 3m x 5m x 20 cm. Fabric, thread and structure.
Exhibited in true New York art style, in a working studio.

Thinking aloud.

The work continues on Substack. Fortnightly. Come follow along.

JoanneFlinn.substack.com →

Questions readers ask