February 2017 – dr.Pep

David Maister – The trusted advisor

Trust = (Credibility + Reliability + Intimacy) / (Self orientation)

Much needed message in this age of voxpop: you need to earn the right to share your opinion.

Mark Hatch – The maker manifesto

Access to means of production is no longer constraint by capital, which empowers a whole new army of innovators.

En contagiously enthusiastic account of all you can do with laser cutters,milling machines, 3D printers, AutoCAD software, and the like – and how cheap it is.

Martin Ford – Rise of the Robots

In just a few decades most jobs will be automated and only a basic income guarantee for everyone can prevent social unrest.

Interesting thought experiment by an author who underestimates human ingenuity (I sincerely hope).

Stanley McChrystal – Team of teams

Without mutual understanding of different perspectives teams cannot be effective, because people you don’t trust are never truly on your team.

Background: the US couldn’t win the war in Iraq in 2003 because the compartmentalized army organization could not react adequately to changing circumstances and an agile enemy.

Antonio Garcia Martinez – Chaos monkeys

Former Goldman Sachs quant, in continuous pursuit of adrenaline rushes, launches startup later bought by Twitter, and becomes Facebook product manager.

Written with the contagious swagger of a cocky analytical thinker convinced that he is ahead of the game.