Part One
The Subtraction Mindset
Bandwidth, noise, and subtracting from yourself before you ask others to change.
New leaders · Journal-born · Worldwide
Leading by Subtraction
The art of simplifying for clarity and impact
You are not failing from lack of effort. You are drowning in good ideas, meetings, and noise. This book is about daily subtractions — so you have the bandwidth to lead.
By Dick Olango · Founder, Olango Capital · English & Japanese · Amazon & Audible at launch
“There are so many books on focus. This is a book on your daily subtractions — so you have the bandwidth to lead.”
— Dick Olango, from the journal
The book
Seven chapters · Three parts · Subtraction Toolkit · Captured on an iPhone, 300 words a day.
Part Two
Subtract in Motion
Calendar, problems & solutions, people and systems — subtraction you can run tomorrow morning.
Part Three
Subtract Illusions
Numbers, boundaries, legacy — and the one thing you never subtract: love.
Formats at launch
- Hardcover & paperbackBookstores & Amazon
- Kindle & eBookGlobal
- AudibleAuthor-narrated (planned)
- Japanese edition書店・オンライン — 日本優先
日本語版
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新しいリーダーのためのガイド — 忙しさではなく、減算によってリーダーシップの余白をつくる。 日本の書店・オンラインで、英語版と並んで届けます。
- 紀伊國屋書店 · 丸善 · TSUTAYA 展開を目標
- 日英バイリンガル著者 — APAC リーダー向け
- 発売通知 · 翻訳版サンプル — 下記より登録
リーダーシップ
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New · Weekly
The Subtraction Podcast
Less noise. Better leadership. One cut at a time.
Solo lessons from the book, guest interviews with leaders who stopped doing one thing and changed everything, and practical tools — Focus Tree, A4 sheet, three-minute updates — you can use before your next meeting.
- Apple Podcasts · Spotify · Amazon Music · YouTube
- Season 1: 12 episodes aligned to the seven chapters
- Monthly bilingual mini-episodes for Japan
Events & speaking
Book signings, business schools, and leadership forums — Tokyo first, then worldwide.
Book signings
Tokyo · Kinokuniya · Maruzen · Tsutaya — 20-minute talk, Q&A, signed copies, toolkit worksheet.
Universities & business schools
INSEAD · LBS · GLOBIS · Hitotsubashi ICS · Keio · Waseda — first-year leadership modules and executive education.
Foreword & endorsements
We are inviting globally recognised leaders and authors to introduce the book. Endorsements and foreword will appear here as they are confirmed.
“Placeholder — influential voice on subtraction, bandwidth, and new leaders.”
— Name, Title
Author
Dick Olango
Kenya-born architect and executive, resident in Japan for 25+ years. Dick leads CBRE's workplace solutions business nationally — facilities management, building operations, and real assets at scale — while advising institutional investors through Olango Capital on the Kenya–Japan bridge.
Leading by Subtraction began as a journal — three hundred words a day on an iPhone, in shower thoughts and train walks — while the role was impossible and the calendar was full. The same capture discipline that documents cross-border investment insights now fuels a book for new leaders: subtract noise, meetings, and illusions until you have bandwidth to lead.
Long before this book, Dick built AOAD in Tokyo, co-founded OSA across Tokyo and Nairobi, and mentors Kenyan students connected to institutions at home and in Japan. He writes raw, edits later — and believes greatness hides in the cracks of ordinary executive life.
Press & media kit
Cover art · author bio (EN/JP) · sample chapter · high-res photo
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