Reviews and Comments

This book started off like a typical "this is how I did it", but then went on to explain Patagonia's guiding philosophies. I love the constant exploration of how to do better: dig deeper into the supply chain until you get a good understanding of all the moving parts. His view that evil includes being able to do good and doing anything (passive behavior) also resonates. I want to keep it short so I'll just say that the second part of the book - presenting Patagonia's philosophy - is well documented and has some good leads if you want to make a difference, as a person or as a company.

It's rare that I read the book the talks about a serious, real-life subject and makes me laugh, awed, inspired and curious. All this while giving me serious food for thought.
I'd say it's a must read in these Covid dominated times.

This book doesn't work for me.
It's wonderfully illustrated, and the advice is quite good.
On the other hand, the "actual actions to take" are scattered in the content of each chapter. And I'm missing some sort of framework that integrates the 10 ways into a cohesive mental model of showing my work.

"The key to XP is integrity, acting in harmony with my true values". "Unleashing the potential of the human spirit will lead to a future for computing that we can't yet imagine."

My first book on difficult conversations. So, it blew my mind

This book is a treasure. I thought I knew a bit about intentional communities, but this book is structured well, gives a broad perspective and a lot of extra information on the subject.
This book is where you want to start your intentional community journey.
The only drawbacks are that it's a bit outdated and mostly focusing on North America.