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Category Archives: Books
Thoughts on Lean Startup and the limits of success
Eric Ries and his Lean Startup methodology are all the rage in entrepreneurial circles these days, regardless of whether one is talking about enterprises or startups in the more traditional sense. Some time ago, I got around to reading his … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Business, Management
Tagged business, chance, Eric Ries, Lean Startup, luck, management, methodology, startups
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Review: Consensus-Oriented Decision Making
I took the opportunity to start this year’s reading with some more work-related material (even though the broader theme of skills in decision making and conflict resolution form important parts of my wider future-preparedness plan as well), I took a … Continue reading
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Review: Edible Forest Garden, vol 2: Ecological Design and Practice for Temperate Climate Permaculture
Where volume 1 of this book was focused more on permaculture-related theory, this 640-page whopper is all (well, mostly) about practical things – a toolkit, really. And what a toolkit; without a doubt the most comprehensive manual for designing and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged Books, forest garden, permaculture, Reviews, temperate climate, yields
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Review: Competing for the Future
A colleague recommended an older book for me to read, Gary Hamel’s and C.K. Prahalad’s Competing for the Future – this was first published some 17 years ago, but seemed like an interesting book so I gave it a go. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Management, Reviews
Tagged Books, innovation, management books, Reviews
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Review: Seizing the White Space
In an effort to clear my to-read backlog before the year is over, I finished another business-oriented book; Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal by Mark W. Johnson. It’s a pretty standard fair innovation business … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, business, efficiency, growth, innovation, Reviews, White Space
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