September 3, 2024
An alternative technology for business
Techology isn’t just the hard stuff we see all around us – the telly, the washing machine, the mobile phone. … Read More “An alternative technology for business”
Category: Book Recommendations
August 28, 2024
Three books about the strategic use of process in business
While I wait for my consignment of management books by Mary Parker Follett, I’ve stumbled across another 3 I’d like … Read More “Three books about the strategic use of process in business”
June 7, 2024
Why it’s always worth going beyond the obvious
Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something deeply satisfying in digging past the familiar, the taken-for-granted, the no-longer-questioned ‘realities’. There’s … Read More “Why it’s always worth going beyond the obvious”
May 23, 2024
I read this book. Now I feel depressed. And hopeful.
Techno-prole, techno-serf or vassal capitalist. Which are you? Unless you’re Jeff Bezos, or Mark Zuckerberg, or a shareholder of Google, … Read More “I read this book. Now I feel depressed. And hopeful.”
April 17, 2024
Some books should have been a blog post
‘Slow Productivity’ by Cal Newport is one of them. I thoroughly applaud the concept – that you don’t have to … Read More “Some books should have been a blog post”
April 12, 2024
From delight to fury, via a little geometry
My reading is nothing if not eclectic. An old friend bought me ‘Ballet Shoes’ because we both remembered it as … Read More “From delight to fury, via a little geometry”
March 14, 2024
Bureaucracy
Every time you add a task that isn’t directly contributing to sharing your Promise or keeping your Promise, you’re adding … Read More “Bureaucracy”
January 12, 2024
Automating drudgery
John Simmons looked down at the room full of young women working away at their adding machines, each passing the … Read More “Automating drudgery”
January 8, 2024
New year, old book
I didn’t get much ‘serious’ reading done over the holidays. Mainly because I managed to catch shingles somewhere along the … Read More “New year, old book”
December 12, 2023
The papers
I don’t read the papers, so I don’t buy them. I don’t listen to news either. When LBC’s tagline is … Read More “The papers”