I really enjoyed listening to this book. I listened to it one shot for one hour and 30 minutes.
The book has 75 tips for becoming a CEO. All habits are behavioral and not technical, which I believe is not necessarily enough to become a CEO. Nevertheless, I believe the tips are really practical. I will definitely read more books written by Jeffrey J. Fox
I highly recommend reading or hearing this book
A very interesting book full of inspiring quotes and strong assertions.I highly recommend read this book, especially for those who feel down on unmotivated.
The flow of ideas is very smooth and language is simple
Some of the quotes and assertion I really liked:
“Don’t strive for certainty: Big picture thinkers are comfortable with ambiguity. THey don’t try to force every observation or piece of data into pre formulated mental cubby holes.” Continue reading
Another nice piece from Seth Godin. Last week I heard this book at once during my flight to Oman. The book is really very interesting, inspiring and the same time very realistic.
I really like the part where Seth Godin differentiates between the “Factory” and the “Tribe” mentality. But what I really liked most is how he portrayed our resistance to lead: We don’t fear failure but criticism! which is strikingly true.
I highly recommend this book. It is really amazing.
The book is supposed to expose what’s going on inside Steve’s jobs brain and illustrate his thought process.
Cover of Inside Steve's Brain
I honestly found the book interesting to read, yet with no real value.
Big part of the book is repeating over and over again how intensive the design process at apple is. At some stage I felt that the book is only about the design process of Apple new products. Continue reading
A very interesting presentation about tackling scalability limitations in legacy databases- if I may.
The presentation organization is well-organized. It started with illustrating, why we need to think differently in SQL and how all the “noSQL” solution focuses on new models and not focusing on the real issues like optimizing IO. They focus on making SQL less rigid and to Continue reading
A very interesting presentation about using asynchronous messaging systems in scaling up applications.
The presentation is split into main parts. The first part is a quick rant to cut some crap related to application scaling according to the presenter. These include:
Over all a very interesting book, if you made it through the first 3 boring chapters!
The book illustrates the influence dynamics and how to change anything. Six different techniques are throughly discussed and illustrated with real life example. Continue reading
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A very interesting, vivid and beneficial presentation!
The purpose of the presentation is to illustrate “how” to scale lean and Agile across multisite. It presents practices and tips related to adoption of offshore, multisite development and coordination within large scrum teams.
I liked that fact that was presented at the beginning: “big projects” can be broken down to smaller projects. Large project are most of the time based on wrong assumptions. So before thinking of scaling think of breaking down the project into smaller projects.
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The starfish and the spider are used as a metaphor of decentralized and centralized organizations. The book analyzes centralized and decentralized organization in light of the anatomy of the Starfish and the Spider.
The book starts with the introduction of the eight principles of decentralization:
Linchpin is the most interesting reading I ever had. It is really an eye-opening and a great manual for understanding life and work dynamics.
The first few chapters are really intense! The author questions a lot of concepts that we take for granted and stresses on the fact that we’ve been brainwashed to take directions and hence became dispensable and replaceable.
However, this intensity might discourage people from reading the book as resistance kicks in. I believe the Author should have been less aggressive or at least gradual in questioning what average man takes for granted. Also a brief introduction about resistance would help.
I have really enjoyed every single moment reading this great book. Though I believe some ideas are repeated of over emphasized.
I highly recommend reading Linchpin for whoever wants his life and career to prosper.
