From 1993 to 1998, John focused mainly on the phenomenon of open-book management, writing extensively in Inc. and elsewhere, editing a newsletter, and publishing two books on the subject. His article “Opening the Books” appeared in the March/April 1997 issue of Harvard Business Review. From 1998 through 2000 John was executive editor at Harvard Business School Publishing and editor of Harvard Management Update, a subscription-only newsletter.
Since 2000, John has contributed occasionally to Inc. Harvard Business Review, and other magazines and has served as a consulting writer for a variety of clients, including Bain & Company, Southwest Airlines, Open-Book Coaching, the Business Literacy Institute, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City. He is currently collaborating on a new book about employee ownership, to be published in 2022 by Berrett-Koehler Publishers.