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 [...]
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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
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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 [...]
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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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The Digital Photography Book (Vol 2) by Scott Kelby – A Good Companion to the First Volume
November 1st, 2008 5 Comments
If you are a beginner in dSLR, the first volume is a must-have. After I published the review for that book, I have got a couple of questions coming in asking which one to get and is volume 2 an update to the previous one. A quick answer is: the overlap between the two is [...]
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The Digital Photography Book (Vol 1) by Scott Kelby – A Must Have for DSLR Beginners (Like Me)
October 19th, 2008 13 Comments
If you do drop by my site from time to time, you would realize that one of my passions in life is to attempt to take pictures and share. I would love to upgrade my point-and-shoot camera but DSLR cameras intimate me big time. It seems so complex, so hard to use. Instead of parting [...]
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Crucibles of Leadership by Robert J. Thomas – Great Leaders Are Made of This?
October 2nd, 2008 3 Comments
In this rather crowded market of management books on leadership, two things I find intriguing about Robert Thomas’s new title “Crucibles of Leadership”. First, the concept of an experience-based leader development. Second, using the medieval alchemists’ vessel – crucible – as an analogy to the defining moments that are capable to transform us. Can this [...]
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Ethics for the Real World by Howard and Korver – Making Better Personal Ethical Decisions for Work and Life
July 21st, 2008 9 Comments
What does ethics mean to you? I asked this question to the people around me and the responses commonly point to a state of vagueness, and of confusion. Some are able to observe ethics when lapses occur. Most think that there are different types of ethics. Not many are able to articulate and relate to the [...]
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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch – A Lecture from the Heart to Whom He Loves
July 18th, 2008 9 Comments
Given Randy Pausch’s medical condition, it is astonishing that he is able to publish a book (with the help of Jeffrey Zaslow). Randy delivered the now famous “Last Lecture” last September when he was told to have only a few months to live. A while back, I wrote a brief summary on his “Last Lecture” and if you [...]
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