The human race, homo sapiens, is an interesting thing: we're the only species to have developed a level of sentience and cognition that allows us to reason about the abstract and deal with the theoretical. Sapiens is a gallop through human history, with some interesting deep-dives into religion, economics, community, and oddly a little futurism. … Continue reading Book Review: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
This one took a while. The first six weeks of the new job were super busy, so instead of a week, this one took me a month to read. I like to think I was living out the premise of this book, and doing the most important things, so reading this book fell down the … Continue reading Book Review: Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Nobody has a cast-iron definition of what it means to be an introvert, but a pretty common symptom seems to be that social interactions are draining. A symptom I would add is a sense of inertia when initiating social interactions with new people. Trouble is, people leadership is all about interacting with people. The Introverted … Continue reading Book Review: The Introverted Leader by Jennifer Kahnweiler
I started a new job here last week. Didn't have any time to read. Hopefully I'll get back on track this week. Exciting job though!
I start a new job on Monday, leading a tech team of around 20 people, so this week's book is some food for thought on how to give them my best. [Note, this review is being written in the air between London and LA, on an "overnight" flight where the sun seems to be staying … Continue reading Book Review: Peopleware (2nd edition) by Tom Demarco and Timothy R. Lister
This is the best book I've read in a while. It is very easy to walk around thinking the world is a terrible place, with insurmountable problems. In reality, most of the problems are not insurmountable, in fact we (the human species) have actually made a whopping dent in a great many of them! In … Continue reading Book Review: Factfulness by Hans Rosling
Around the world the benefit of holding a university degree is being called into question; in my industry (technology) we are currently bordering on an anti-degree backlash (not something I ascribe to). This book is a look at some of the problems with higher education in the USA, and is maybe a little obscure for … Continue reading Book Review: College Disrupted by Ryan Craig
I'm carrying around 20 - 30 extra kilograms of bodyweight, and my plan to get rid of it was a fairly standard one: starve myself as long as I can manage. Turns out the science says this is incredibly bad for you, and that it is unlikely to succeed in the long run. The premise … Continue reading Book Review: Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Who was Leonardo da Vinci? The guy who painted the Mona Lisa, right? Oh and he had some crazy ideas for some machines that never would have worked, right? If, like me, you never gave Leonardo da Vinci much more thought than that, Walter Isaacson's book "Leonardo da Vinci" will be an interesting read, and … Continue reading Book Review: Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
This was supposed to be posted last week, I actually read the book very early in the week (it is quite short) and decided to get a head-start on the next one (Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson, it is quite long, the review will be a bit late). I heard about Everything Happens for … Continue reading Book Review: Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler
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