brenticus reviewed Work clean by Dan Charnas
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3 stars
Generally I found this book helpful and interesting. The stories from the chefs did a good job at establishing the philosophy behind this methodology, and even gave me insights into other aspects of management and technical work that weren't necessarily part of the self-help portion.
As for the methodology suggested... It's okay. Maybe it's better to say it's dubiously explained. I've integrated bits and pieces into my day as I went through the book, and it's often been very helpful, but those bits and pieces are explained in an odd order and when everything comes together at the end it's very whelming.
It also feels very corporate. Or something. Lots of references to check out the website, lots of terms to make it sound like a super unique thing, lots of nice round numbers for things that feel like they're padded out to hit a nice round number.
Basically, this is a very good read about the life and philosophy of fine dining chefs, and a mediocre self-help book that has some good advice anyways. It's tough to nail down how I feel about it, but was interesting enough to recommend, I think.
As for the methodology suggested... It's okay. Maybe it's better to say it's dubiously explained. I've integrated bits and pieces into my day as I went through the book, and it's often been very helpful, but those bits and pieces are explained in an odd order and when everything comes together at the end it's very whelming.
It also feels very corporate. Or something. Lots of references to check out the website, lots of terms to make it sound like a super unique thing, lots of nice round numbers for things that feel like they're padded out to hit a nice round number.
Basically, this is a very good read about the life and philosophy of fine dining chefs, and a mediocre self-help book that has some good advice anyways. It's tough to nail down how I feel about it, but was interesting enough to recommend, I think.