The Checklist Manifesto | Atul Gawande | Metropolitan Books What are your thoughts on checklists? I know I have used them in the past with limited success. The new book by Atul Gawande titled “The Checklist Manifesto” may change your beliefs about checklists and what their limits and uses are. The author uses airline pilots, [...]
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Lead Well and Prosper | Nick McCormick | Be Good Publishing Nick McCormick’s Lead Well and Prosper, subtitled 15 Successful Strategies for Becoming a Good Manager, follows fictional manager Joe “Joker” Kerr as he inflicts his leadership upon poor Wanda B. Goode, who must suffer Joe’s dysfunctional management for our benefit, allowing us to learn [...]
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The Back of the Napkin | Dan Roam | Penguin Portfolio What first caught my eye about this book was its subtitle, Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures. Dan Roam believes that almost all problems can be solved, communicated, and solutions sold through a process of seeing and drawing picture. I thought I’d read [...]
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