English language
Published Feb. 26, 2010 by Portfolio Penguin.
A thematic encyclopaedia of concepts that are relevant to succeeding in business.
Ça fait vraiment 7-8 ans que je l'ai lu mais je me souviens encore du moment où il parle des records sportifs qui tombent au moment où l'on se rend compte que c'est possible. Et j'aime bien ce truc, dans mes souvenirs c'était assez quali
An overview of the current state of business wisdom and some business adjacent fluff, that Is fully bought into the American capitalist ideology. This makes it a useful starting point for what passes for common sense and pointers to further topics worth reading into, but your critical thinking skills need to be engaged to sift the wheat from the chaff. Chunks of the book seem to be trendy personal productivity "hacks" which feel out of place for the mission of the book. Much will feel vaguely familiar but having it all next to each other is useful to see these concepts in context.
I liked the book's easily-digestible format, but I didn't find it terribly useful overall. Worth the read, though.
A wonderful, concise overview of business topics, usually reserved for MBA students and business aficionados.
Josh Kaufman managed to make this both accessible, interesting, and very 'learnable'.
Organised into twelve chapters (Introduction, Value Creation, Marketing, Sales, Value delivery, Finance, The Human Mind, Working with Yourself, Working with Others, Understanding Systems, Analysing Systems, Improving Systems), each further broken up into small, bite-sized chunks of information, you can easily pick this book up for a two-hours read or a five-minute read.
As a reader of numerous psychology and productivity books, a number of chapters in the middle where somewhat tedious and simplified (The Human Mind, particularly). Regardless, the book as a whole is still a fantastic resource and deserves a spot on your shelf.
