“SILENT and LISTEN share identical letters” The book “How to Listen” by Oscar Trimboli provides ample ammunition to practice listening. The book is divided into five levels of listening each of which require foundation from the previous levels - yourself (get ready to listen, give and pay attention) content (hear, see and sense) context (explore … Continue reading Book Review: “How to Listen” by Oscar Trimboli
Book Review: “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darell Huff
“According to one random survey, I should be much happier than I am” - A quote from the book This book “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darell Huff is a classic book on interpreting data and charts. It was first published in 1954 and the data points presented for sure go back a hundred … Continue reading Book Review: “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darell Huff
Book Review: “Executive Presence 2.0” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
The book Executive Presence 2.0 by Sylvia Ann Hewlett has been published after almost a decade since its first edition in 2012. Author’s earlier work has been almost canonically referenced by many executive coaches to help define executive presence (EP) and how to enhance the same and for this reason, the book piqued my interest … Continue reading Book Review: “Executive Presence 2.0” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Book Review: “Thinking in Systems” by Donella Meadows
I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way, did not become still more complicated! – a quote from the book The book “Thinking in Systems” by Donella Meadows starts unconventionally even in sedentary prefaces to the books and keeps the reader engaged till the end. Published … Continue reading Book Review: “Thinking in Systems” by Donella Meadows
Book Review: “Prompt Engineering for Generative Al” by James Phoenix and Mike Taylor
Ever since ChatGPT was released to the public in November 2022, there has been quite a chatter on its implications for society, business and specialised professions. Naturally the GAI tech has been evolving very rapidly and 2 years is a lifetime! From a practitioner’s perspective, prompt engineering seems to be the right starting point to … Continue reading Book Review: “Prompt Engineering for Generative Al” by James Phoenix and Mike Taylor
The Learning Curve: Interesting Readings for Product Leaders 