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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: When attacked, a decentralized organization tends to become even more … Continue reading REVIEW: The Starfish and the Spider
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 … Continue reading REVIEW: Linchpin – are you indispensible
Four Hours Workweek is really amazing. I highly recommend this book. I believe it is full of life-enhancing techniques. Reading this book will definitely change your life in a way or another. The main idea of the book revolves around “New Rich” concept. The book is more like a road map to become a New … Continue reading REVIEW: Four Hours Workweek
The book consists of 2 parts: ten ways to condition your mind to generate ideas, and five steps for producing ideas. I believe the start of this book was not really very encouraging. The first 2 chapters in part one were really boring. There are too much quotations! actually in big part of them, they … Continue reading REVIEW: How to Get Ideas
In contrary to the prevailing belief that implementing SOA needs a big investment ahead, this presentation illustrates the process of implementing SOA in small/cost-effective iterations. According to the presentation, SOA can be implemented similar to Agile development with one difference. Agile focuses on incremental implementation, while Zero Investment SOA is implemented as incremental deliveries, where … Continue reading REPHRASE: Zero Investment SOA
The book structure is not clear and the flow is not really smooth. The book keeps going as an endless story, with a lot of deviations from the main stream. Also I felt that most of the reflections – especially the Poker and the parties – are artificial. Honestly, I did not enjoy reading the … Continue reading REVIEW: Delivering Happiness
I am not really impressed! Though it is interesting to read the story, I believe it is not deep enough. The whole point can be summarized in one paragraph. I have heard a lot about this book and a lot of friends recommended it, maybe that raised the bar for my expectations. I am not sure. … Continue reading REVIEW: Who Moved My Cheese
A nice quick reading that is very suitable for small companies, entrepreneurs, and employees stuck in big corporates bureaucracy. For engineers and developers who are just on board, I believe this book is a must-read. Though most of the thoughts and ideas makes a lot of sense, I believe some are very specific to signal37 … Continue reading REVIEW: Rework
Amazing! really Amazing! This is the best book I’ve ever read or should I say heard – as I listened to the free audio version. It is a great insightful, spiritual yet practical book! If you have been in business quite enough, you can relate to every single statement, example and metaphor! The Idea of … Continue reading REVIEW: Tribal Leadership
One Minute Manager is a book that you could finish in one session! the book is a story-like where a young man is meeting the One Minute Manager, his reports and coworkers to understand the secrets of the One Minute Manager efficiency. According to the book, One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings and one Minute … Continue reading REVIEW: One Minute Manager
Ala' Yasin Abuhijleh 