Book Review: “How to Listen” by Oscar Trimboli

“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: “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 →

Book Review: “Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results” by Shane Parrish

The book titled “Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results” by Shane Parrish has been on my reading list since its release last year. I have been a huge fan and follower of Shane Parrish’s writings on fs.blog through the last so many years. His work has been inspirational, original in critique and thinking … Continue reading Book Review: “Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results” by Shane Parrish →