Books and Publications

I am pleased to invite you to read my book ‘BIG FIXES: Building Bridges to an Inclusive Future’. The book is available in paperback and ebook formats from Amazon bookstores.

Bowditch investigates why modern decision-making is failing to deliver for people and businesses a more confident and optimistic outlook for the future, especially when there is an abundance of money and capability. A key thread in the BIG FIXES conversation speaks to building the quality of leadership in institutions and the community sector. At the core of Bowditch’s book, is an urgency to commence rebuilding trust – especially between people and institutions – and the importance of having more accountability for the long-term consequences flowing from decisions.

When confidence and optimism to the future is missing, it directly impacts our ability to competently tackle the problems of today. BIG FIXES critiques governments and institutions that now have an oversized impact on long-term well-being. Bowditch pierces through the rhetoric of short-term pragmatism and empowers the individual – a customer, worker, manager and volunteer alike – to have the conviction to assert the case for longer term positive impacts, in every arena of life.  

Experts have acclaimed BIG FIXES as a clarion call to the deeper and more life-giving instincts of our humanity, says former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley.  

Infrastructure investors committed to self-improving should heed the call of BIG FIXES, says Ross Israel, Head of Global Infrastructure at QIC. Bowditch highlights the cross-over of infrastructure owners and the importance of stakeholder primacy and customer stewardship to strengthen ESG practices as fiduciaries of capital.

The time has come for all non-executive directors, politicians, officials, engineers, lawyers, architects and economists involved in infrastructure to fulfil their duties more consistently in orchestrating long-term change. BIG FIXES recognises the many challenges and clarifies what is vital to transforming businesses through collaborations with customers.

A selection of previous academic publications.

Collaborating with colleagues and challenging each other to better understand the consequences of our decisions on future generations is a key to unlocking a better future and leaving worthy legacies from our efforts today.