Book Review
The Tipping Point
What small factors separate an incident from an outbreak? Malcolm Gladwell’s book “The Tipping Point; How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” made it to my list after I found “Blink” such a nice read. Actually “Outliers” is on there as well, but I found this title on a library shelf first;-) In it, […]
Book Review: Free
The future of a radical price Chris Anderson’s book “Free, The future of a radical price” came recommended – and I enjoyed reading it. Free explores the concept of building a business around that one word – free. The poster-child for the concept is of course google, and I’m a google proponent. I’ve used my […]
Playing Fast with The Speed of Trust
Consider Stephen M.R. Covey’s work if you’re moving slowly Stephen M.R. Covey’s book “The Speed of Trust; The One Thing That Changes Everything” came to me through a recommendation by a new acquaintance. The individual was commenting on my statement that I get most of my IT consulting and LinkedIn training work through direct reference […]
Monkey Management
The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey I recall reading this book early in my corporate career – and a recent comment brought it to mind, so I had to check it out of the library and review it;-) What do you get when you take one writer whose philosophy is managing people well – […]
Blink
The moment when your unconscious comes to a decision Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking” came recommended by a good friend – and I was fortunate enough to find a copy in the books-on-CD section of the library – read by the author. Listening to a book in this way is […]