I was looking forward to “The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI”. About how several key areas of change that are continuing to accelerate simultaneously: Computing power is becoming cheaper. Human biology is becoming better understood. Engineering is becoming possible at far smaller scales. Brain expansion Eventually, nanotechnology will enable these trends to […]
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“Zero Risk Start-up: The Ultimate Entrepreneur Guide to Mitigating Risks When Starting or Growing a Business” is dedicated to all the wantrepreneurs and intrapreneurs out there who want to learn how to start or scale their own businesses at no risk. The book raises many interesting questions and identifies many of the risks. It also
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Who would ever think I would enjoy a book about data? I could think of nothing more boring—until I read “Data, Strategy, Culture & Power: Win with Data-Centric AI by making human nature work for you.” From my work with my clients, I understand there is a lot more to data than meets the eye,
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When Brian O´Kane and I wrote “Start Your Own Business,” we decided to write it as a workbook that asks the questions rather than trying to give the answers. In the case of a start-up, that is very difficult anyway, as everything is context and highly individual. The Book of Beautiful Questions Like Warren Berger,
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A long time ago, I had the pleasure of working with Bojan Mladenovic on a Serbian SME project for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. I loved it. Business and sports He wrote a book, “Play That Game: Let the business be your playground.” It is excellent. He uses lessons from sports, particularly soccer,
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Have you ever wondered what is NOT going to change in the next ten years? Read “Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life”.The behaviours that never change are history’s most powerful lessons because they preview what to expect in the future. The Lindy effect. We are bad at predicting
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Strategy remains an enigma for most companies. It is still too much a singular activity. Strategy should be collective, bottom-up, and ongoing. It should be based on a platform of shared principles, a shared passion, a shared vision, a shared purpose that goes beyond making money, and a technology platform that allows the organisation to
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I blame Aidan McCullen for this. He featured this book on one of his podcasts. The “Corporate Explorer Fieldbook: How To Build New Ventures In Established Companies” does what it says on the tin. It is a field book for innovators and intrapreneurs. It is not dissimilar to my book about books (a summary of
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20-80. Exponential. Zone of genius. High-impact activities. Leverage. “10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less” reminds me of “Who not how” Who not how How” is linear and slow. “Who” is non-linear, instantaneous, and exponential. Rather than viewing people or services as a “cost,” as in the transactional mindset,
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I wish I had read “Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World” earlier. It was published in 2015 and it is one of those platform books that has inspired a whole range of books on the same topics. It is a book about structure and how to deal with the speed
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