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Rewilding
What would it mean to “restore” Earth’s environment? Scientists are warning us that climate change, deforestation, mass extinctions and a host of other environmental problems are driving the biosphere to a tipping point. How do we pull back from the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged biodiversity, book review, cain blythe, ecology, non-fiction, paul jepson, rewilding
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20/20 Foresight
20/20 Foresight: Crafting Strategy in An Uncertain World By Hugh Courtney Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, 2001 What better way to start 2020 than a book called 20/20 Foresight? There’s an old Danish proverb that says, “It is difficult to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Management
Tagged 20/20 foresight, book reviews, business, hugh courtney, non-fiction, planning, strategy, uncertainty
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Range
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World By David Epstein Riverhead Books, New York, 2019 I didn’t finish Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World for the same reason I don’t eat chicken wings: too much effort for … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, david epstein, expertise, gereralists, learning, non-fiction, personal development, range, specialization
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High Output Management
High Output Management is one of the most disappointing books I’ve ever read, and in some places it flat out pissed me off. The focus is always on output. Everyone and every team produces output. A manager’s job is … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew grove, book reviews, high output management, intel, leadership, non-fiction, okr, technology
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More From Less
More From LessBy Andrew McAfeeScribner, New York, 2019 More From Less is a book about dematerialization Demawhat? No, it’s not some sort of Star Trek transporter technology. Dematerialization is the phenomenon of producing the same goods from less material and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Energy, Environment, Science and technology
Tagged andrew mcafee, book reviews, books, capitalism, climate change, dematerialization, more from less, non-fiction
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Talking to Strangers
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know By Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2019 I’ve read most of Malcolm Gladwell’s books and quite a few of his New Yorker articles. I … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, book reviews, books, malcolm gladwell, non-fiction, talking to strangers
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