Essays exploring institutions, leadership, governance, and stewardship through the novels of Ian Fleming. The Fleming Project is a book in progress that reads Fleming's fiction for what it reveals about authority, judgment, organizational life, and the responsibilities of those entrusted with institutions.
The Fleming Project
Essays exploring institutions, leadership, governance, and stewardship through the novels of Ian Fleming. The Fleming Project is a book in progress that reads Fleming's fiction for what it reveals about authority, judgment, organizational life, and the responsibilities of those entrusted with institutions.
Chapter Four
Near the end of Casino Royale, after Le Chiffre is dead and Bond has survived his torture, James Bond and René Mathis begin an extraordinary conversation about the nature of evil. In the previous chapter, I followed that conversation outward through Fleming's later novels, asking how
Chapter Three
Among Ian Fleming’s fourteen James Bond books, only once does he appear to suspend the narrative long enough to ask directly what evil is. The conversation between James Bond and René Mathis near the end of Casino Royale is unlike anything else in the Bond canon.[1]
Chapter Five
Ian Fleming gives away the title of Live and Let Die surprisingly early. James Bond has arrived in New York to investigate Mr Big, a powerful criminal leader whom M identifies as a Soviet agent and a known member of SMERSH.[1] Bond wants to go into Harlem
Chapter Five
Ian Fleming gives away the title of Live and Let Die surprisingly early. James Bond has arrived in New York to investigate Mr Big, a powerful criminal leader whom M identifies as a Soviet agent and a known member of SMERSH.[1] Bond wants to go into Harlem
Chapter Four
Near the end of Casino Royale, after Le Chiffre is dead and Bond has survived his torture, James Bond and René Mathis begin an extraordinary conversation about the nature of evil. In the previous chapter, I followed that conversation outward through Fleming's later novels, asking how
Chapter Three
Among Ian Fleming’s fourteen James Bond books, only once does he appear to suspend the narrative long enough to ask directly what evil is. The conversation between James Bond and René Mathis near the end of Casino Royale is unlike anything else in the Bond canon.[1]
Chapter Two
James Bond's missions rarely begin with James Bond. They begin in the offices of the Secret Service. Before Bond ever enters M's office, someone has already identified a threat. Intelligence has been collected, reports assembled, priorities weighed, and decisions made. By the time Bond
Chapter One
Certain questions have followed me for much of my life. They have surfaced in different settings and through different people, yet they have always returned me to the same subject: institutions. I have wanted to understand why some endure while others slowly lose their way; why some remain
