Books

If you are working in manufacturing industry go and read The Goal – Novel by Eliyahu M. Goldratt but if you are working in IT industry this novel is a must read. However I recommend you read both starting with The Goal. Then when you read this novel, The Phoenix …

I read this book for the first time in 2015 almost a year later after its publication in 2014 and since then I have consulted it a number of times. In fact I just consulted it again a couple of days ago. Since this book is part of the Wiley …

Here is another provoking, hilarious and yet very informative book from a shrewd economist, professor Steve Levitt in collaboration with a journalist Stephen J. Dubner. The authors are extremely intriguing and present their ideas about how people behave in the real world in ways that will really blow up your …

A typical book written by investigative journalist. Both, the title and subtitle of this book are descriptive. In this wide-ranging book, author, David Epstein, refers a lot of books and stories. I’m kind of a generalist myself and this book affirms to my views on the “wicked” world. The ability …

Very entertaining and informative book especially the last three chapters regarding economic growth, scarcity power, competition, the theory of comparative advantage, and globalization.  To introduce you to these concepts the author uses Cameroon (in chapter eight: Why Poor Countries Are Poor), China (in chapter ten: How China Grew Rich) and …

I’m intrigued by the stories, and ideas covered in this book and has lead me to do some rethinking of my own. In a rapidly changing world where everything changes rapidly what we need I think isn’t intelligence but rather a new skill set: the ability to rethink and unlearn. …

If you are new to cloud architecture this old book (first published Sept 2012) can be your primer. It was written for those who want to get involved in cloud architecture conversations. This book gives the basic understanding of cloud patterns such that you can leverage them in architecting your …

Well, you might ask, how a book with a title like this can draw interest of a self-help junkie like you? A month ago a friend of mine suggested to read this book and I started reading it last Friday night. The essence of this book is the life principles …

I started reading this book last week Friday May 21, 2021 because Cal Network praises it in his book Deep Work. For me there is not much new stuff in this book if all you consider are the individual disciplines. As a leader I applied some of the principles illustrated …

I bought this book in the midst of trying to learn and understand about how Business Intelligence can be leveraged to improve business processes and business performance. However the book is poorly orgnanised and very difficult to understand. I think the author knows just enough about the subject but he …