Joe Navarro – What every body is saying
The glossary of non-verbal signals and their meaning makes you aware of the limitations of Zoom, Teams, and Skype, espacially in COVID times.
Joe Navarro – What every body is saying
The glossary of non-verbal signals and their meaning makes you aware of the limitations of Zoom, Teams, and Skype, espacially in COVID times.
Timothy Snyder – the road to unfreedom
Elaborate and fascinating analysis of Putin’s Russia, which bears striking parallels to what happens in Western countries, more recently.
the set-up in which interesting historical facts serve to make a political argument makes the author prone to the narrative fallacy.
The book fits neatly in the trend to call out gender inequality, but unfortunately it has limited practical solutions to offer.
Frans de Waal – Mama’s last hug
Especially interesting are the behavioral experiments, reminiscent of the line of argument in Moral Tribes
David Wallace-Wells – The uninhabitable earth
The book clearly illustrates that climate change is the prisoner’s dilemma ‘par excellence’
Densely written ‘how-to guide’ for executives who want to build a sustainable growth company.
Despite the unavoidable buzzwords that come with the genre, Lean and Agile are actually sane and useful management principles.
Peter Thiel’s war on Gawker Media shows that money is a decisive factor in the US legal system.
By far the more readable book on org structure that I have come across.
Daniel Pink – To sell is human
A charming plea for a compassionate approach to influencing.
A surprisingly ‘zen’ view on creating a high performing team.
Extreme ownership – Leif Babin and Jocko Willink
A no-nonsense approach to leadership, accompanied by an overdose of war stories.
Convincing and elegantly developed argument, building on limited historical evidence and close reading of biblical texts in historical context.
Daniel Coyle – The culture code
Rich collection of cases that jointly convey an important message – even if the individual annecdotes may be somewhat over the top.
In order to be successful, ‘givers’ have to be smart about how they direct their giving.
Remarkable how social environment and incentives can shape giving/taking behavior of individuals.
Comfortingly desillusional perspective on entrepreneurship, with reassuring insights like: “No one cares.”
The ideas of Peter Drucker (“The Effective Executive”) explained in jargon-filled platitudes.
Go for servant leadership: it’s in line with the chemistry of our brain.
NIcely crafted narrative around Endorphins, Dopamine, Serotonin and Oxytocin to support a well established concept.