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A must-read for everyone in the modern business world

A book read at just the right time.

Definately serves to create a sense of urgency

Sometimes a bit dry but all in all an interesting one. Made a great companion to William Manchester’s The Last Lion

A good introduction.

Brushing up on some Systems thinking: Senge - The Fifth Discipline & Fieldbook Meadows - Thinking in Systems Some personal development stuff: 7 Habits of highly effective people And something potentially depressing because a pandemic is not enough: Gates - How to avoid a climate disaster At least that what has been added to the constantly growing pile of shame. Although my determination to actually get to reading them is steadyily growing.

An interesting book read at an inopportune time.

Just finished “The Little Book of Stoicism” yesterday. A nice introduction. The focus clearly lies on the 55 practices. Could use more practical (modern) examples, but that would probably be a separate book.

Recently read “The Power to Compete”. It left me underwhelmed. Certainly a couple of good ideas but I do not concur with everything. Some things I just found too radically liberal and while I wonder where things might lead I am also a bit concerned by the proposed radical deregulation.

“The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done” - Article in The New Yorker by Cal Newport on Productivity. Found via Julian Simpsons Infodump Newsletter. Interesting, I used to follow Merlin Mann’s blog for a while, like 10 years ago. Always wondered what happened to it. Interesting stuff in the article, very relevant.