I breezed through "The Miniature Guide to The Art of Asking Essential Questions" by Linda Elder and Richard W. Paul, and I will now recommend this to every manager I know. In fact, if I had to put together a…
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A collection of 18 posts
Book: The Truths We Hold
I am on a car road trip to Telluride, Colorado, and we listened to the Kamala Harris audio book, "The Truths We Hold" today. It's about her life and so much more—core beliefs, struggles, loyalty, family, justice, and following…
Book: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Trigger Warning: Rape, murder.I'm a sucker for a good true crime story, and "I'll be Gone in the Dark" does not disappoint. This is as much about pure investigative journalism and the relentless pursuit of the truth as it…
Book: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
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Book: The Best and the Brightest
I just finished David Halberstam's book, The Best and the Brightest, about America's involvement in the Vietnam war, but it's also really about so much more. This is a book about leadership, pride, groupthink, how small and seemingly benign issues…
Article: Bill Clinton: By the Book
This interview about Bill Clinton's reading habits and choices is impressive. Reading goals, for sure. When and where do you like to read? At my work table, in my easy chair, in bed and on the plane. Even in the…
Amazon's Annual Shareholder Letter: Six-Page Narratives
Once again, Jeff Bezos's Amazon Annual Shareholder Letter is a must read. The part on high standards and the part about six-page memos were especially interesting to me. I gave the six-page memo a try this week in a meeting,…
Ikigai: A Reason for Being
I recently came across this article from the World Economic Forum about the Japanese concept of Ikigai, which loosely translates to this: "A reason for being." From Wikipedia, Ikigai is: The word ikigai is usually used to indicate…