The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael D. Watkins My rating: 3 of 5 stars An ok book – it rambles a lot at times, but there are some very clear tools which are useful. I was expecting a book that was very distinct … Read More
Lean Startup Company has been putting out one of my favorite podcasts on product management recently. Thank you Heather McGough for interviewing me for the recent one. It was a lot of fun! Note: If preferred, jump to the 4min mark to get past the Intro part. Thank you for listening
Well we’ve been back from our 8-month long sabbatical for a bit more than a month now and a considerable amount of time after returning has been spent reminiscing. A number of people have asked about lessons we learned, what we would do again, or what we would do differently. After reflecting for some time, I … Read More
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown My rating: 4 of 5 stars While there isn’t a lot of extremely new material here, it gives actual practical tips and exercises which were new. Simple changes in perspective. I very much liked that it did not waste time with endless ‘talk’ about proving a … Read More
The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be by Moisés Naím My rating: 2 of 5 stars Perhaps one of the hardest books I’ve ever tried to get through. Perhaps it was because I listened to the audio book and the … Read More
Welcome to the next function: Notifications, Interrupts, Flags, and Semaphores. If you haven’t already, you may want to read the previous posts: Part 1: Multitasking is a necessity Part 2: Starting points for the 1st function: Prioritization Part 3: Time-Slicing It’s been another week and there’s another article talking about the detriments of multitasking, and … Read More
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami My rating: 1 of 5 stars Perhaps one of the worst books I have read. I have heard great things about Haruki Murakami, so when this came out, I was excited to read a novel of his for the first time. It was disappointing. … Read More