Creativity, Inc.
You don’t have to be an animation lover to enjoy this book. What I loved about it were the powerful insights about effective management – especially one that addresses cultivating a powerfully productive culture of creativity and innovation. Another wonderful aspect of this book is the exposure to the incredible emotional rollercoaster the founders went […]
The Innovator’s Dilemma
A must read for any “corporate citizen.” Large enterprises used to have the benefit of size. Now, in this rapidly changing world with disruptive innovation coming from every direction and originating from ultra small players who are nimble and fast, size has become a liability. If you wish to help your company find a way […]
Getting To Yes
This ground-breaking, short and easy to digest book introduces an interpersonal approach to negotiations in their broadest form. It is an important foundation at the base of a powerful and productive philosophy of Win-Win. We see the insights in this book as relevant not only to formal, economically driven negotiations, but also to daily interactions […]
Sapiens
Aside from being a remarkable macro historical book, what I find so interesting is what it can teach us about many of the interpersonal communication challenges we face today, in the 21st century. I was particulary interested in communication and interface management within and between large enterprises that: a) rely heavily on virtual teams and […]
Thinking, Fast And Slow
The theories of this remarkable psychologist (along with his lifelong research partner Amos Tversky) are the closest thing I have found to real-life “Jedi Mind Tricks” with regards to the fields of interpersonal communication, persuasion and influence without authority. Read this book to discover some of the automatic rules that guide our intuitive decision-making. I […]
The Lean Startup
I have been an entrepreneur since the age of 11. I started dedicating my life to entrepreneurship at the age of 22. If only I had had the methodological insights of this book at the start of my path as an entrepreneur! A MUST read if you see entrepreneurship as part of your future, but […]
The Undoing Project
If you don’t have the patience to read “Thinking: Fast and Slow” AND would love to get a glimpse of the lives and working evolution of the two remarkable psychologists behind this world changing research, this is the book for you. An easy read that blends academic learning with the pleasure of a well written […]
Exponential Organizations
Humanity has entered a new age. The exponential age. Linear progress will not suffice in this age of hyper-rapid change. We can no longer simply try to out work our targets. The world is moving too fast for that. We must outsmart our targets, by adopting exponential managerial and operational guidelines – such that are […]
Powerful: Building A Culture Of Freedom And Responsibility
If anything, this is a good book for testing your traditional paradigms on management and human resources. I confess that I found some of her insights and recommendations too definitive and binary, and yet, some key ideas in this book really grabbed my attention: (a) the radical operational freedom from the traditionally heavy authoritarianism of […]
The Brain’s Way Of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries And Recoveries From The Frontiers Of Neuroplasticity
This book did more than simply deepen my understanding of a topic of interest – it fully tapped my imagination and opened my mind to new possibilities that changed the way I see the world and try to live my life. Granted, there is yet much work to be done in this field and much […]
