Analytical synthesist
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Game theory and business seem to be uncomfortable bedfellows … Sinek tries to show that there is a different and better mindset for running our companies. I've worked in businesses that are more than 170 years old … rather than looking for quick returns with short-term thinking, we should be making decisions that help the business survive for another 170 years.
As Michelle quipped, this is the second romance I've read this year (the first of course being Goodbye Newsroom).
Train Guy is a light enough read, but there are good characters well-drawn, a believable story and (for me) some very recognisable locales. Simple maybe, but its simplicity is charming.
For Whom the Bell Tolls (2020, Independently Published)
High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert …
In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to …
Kafka on the Shore (海辺のカフカ, Umibe no Kafuka) is a 2002 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Its 2005 English …
A Mick Jagger biography that explores the keen and calculating intelligence that has kept the Stones on their plinth as …
In a world where any act of magic could open a portal to hell, the Order insures that no wizard …
It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work is a direct successor to Rework, the instant bestseller that showed readers …
A deeply personal journey through an as-yet unfinished life set to a soundtrack as meaningful as it is important. Hope I’m still around in thirty years for the next instalment (and its playlist!)
It's not so much that these mental models are new, but this is the first time I've seen them put together in an easy-to-access collection that explains them simply and presents them as a toolbox for everyday use, rather than esoteric precepts that are beyond our ken … more power to our thinking!
Makes the excellent point that if we ignore what we think makes a great leader (narcissism, confidence, etc.) and use the data about what really makes a great leader (read the book!), then more women will make it into leadership positions …
