Although this book is not going to change the world – at least I do not think so – like its predecessor “Freakonomics”, “Superfreakonomics” is an entertaining read, full of good conversational materials. That is, if you can remember the numbers and details.
Backed by numerous reports (the note section alone takes up 36 pages) and [...]
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Superfreakonomics By Levitt And Dubner – Good Conversational Materials (And It Stops There)
December 27th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Stephen J. Dubner · Steven D. Levitt
Your Next Move by Michael Watkins – A Good Resource For Your Major Career Transitions
October 1st, 2009 14 Comments
I have read Michael Watkins’s “The First 90 Days” quite a number of years ago. Arguably one of the must-have books for the corporate executives. In fact, the initial reception was so successful that the author has released a similar book targeting at the public sector.
6 years have passed since the author talked about critical success [...]
Tags: Harvard Business Press · McGraw-Hill Book Review Blogger · Michael D. Watkins
The Case For God By Karen Armstrong – What Religion Really Means?
September 27th, 2009 4 Comments
Karen Armstrong is right. Any book about God is not going to be an easy read. At least she put it upfront via one of her readers’ feedback. Compare “The Case For God” to her shorter books I have read “Islam” and “The Bible”, this book is an intense read for two reasons. One, the variety [...]
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The Silver Lining by Scott D. Anthony – Now It’s the Time to Innovate
July 28th, 2009 No Comments
“The Silver Lining” is a timely read. Great Disruption is here, today. Just about half a year or so ago, companies were further revising down their targets, cutting cost, and have stayed cautious for the uncertain times. The economic downturn affects both the multinational corporations and the local companies. I have had a chat with [...]
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami – An Inspirational Read
May 20th, 2009 4 Comments
Recently, I have started reading the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami’s works and I love them immensely. The rather long short stories collection “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” and the rather short full length novel “After Dark”. When I saw his [rather short] memoir on the book shelf using running as a central theme, as someone who [...]
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Mission, Inc. by Kevin Lynch and Julius Walls, Jr. – Using Business for the Common Good, Yes We Can
May 9th, 2009 No Comments
By the authors’ definition, social enterprises are businesses whose purpose is to change the world for the common good. And “Mission, Inc.” is a practitioner’s guide of building and sustaining such businesses of unique nature.
Maybe you too share the same sentiment with me and wonder why our economy rewards businesses that do not bear the full cost [...]
Tags: Julius Walls Jr. · Kevin Lynch · McGraw-Hill Book Review Blogger
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby – Getting the Most from Your Software
March 1st, 2009 4 Comments
I own the full version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 and have bought and read this guidebook prior to trying out the software, when I was holidaying in Bandung. And it was not the first time I read a guidebook before even trying out a product. I read a book on Canon 40D and have decided to buy a [...]
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Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty by Ram Charan – Loud and Clear, Concise Yet Actionable
February 17th, 2009 3 Comments
The message is clear, the timing couldn’t be more appropriate, getting the right things done in difficult times calls for a different kind of leadership, a different set of strategy. It is because the rules have changed. Global economy no longer favors a revenue growth strategy; profitability and cash-efficiency are now the keys to survival. “Leadership in [...]
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LES50NS – Doing Business Globally – An Inspiring Read from the World’s Top Business Leaders
January 8th, 2009 4 Comments
For most of us, being able to listen to the wisdom of the world’s top business leaders – however concise it is – is a rare opportunity. While many business books today may quote and extract what some of these successful people have to say and expand the ideas within the scope of the titles, it [...]
Tags: Fifty Lessons · Harvard Business Press · McGraw-Hill Book Review Blogger
Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha by Jeff Matthews – A Highly Readable, Well Balanced Travelogue That Will Get You Thinking
December 28th, 2008 3 Comments
As someone who has close to zero prior knowledge on the phenomenon of Warren Buffett, hedge fund manager and financial blogger Jeff Matthews has done a marvelous job in painting a holistic picture of a world according to Warren Buffett. Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha is highly assessable. Supported by close to 90 quotations from various [...]
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