‘The empty raincoat is to me, the symbol of our most pressing paradox. If economic progress means that we become anonymous cogs in some great machine, then progress is an empty promise. The challenges must be to show how paradox can be managed.’ -from The Empty Raincoat In this extraordinary, life-affirming book, Charles Handy reaches for a philosophy beyond the impersonal mechanics of business organisations, and beyond material choices. He presents a powerful alternative vision, where life and work are re-grounded in a natural sense of continuity, connection and purposeful direction.