Des Dearlove (born 1963) is a British business journalist and management theorist, known for his work on the history and state-of-the-art of management theory.

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Dearlove is a former columnist to The (London) Times, and contributing editor to Strategy+Business.

[2] He was the co-editor (with Stuart Crainer) of the Financial Times Handbook of Management.

[3] In 2014, Archie Greene and the Magician’s Secret was shortlisted for the National Book Awards.