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Erika Andersen: Growing Great Employees (Paperback, 2007, Portfolio Trade) 4 stars

"If life were fair, employees would be perfect. They would do exactly what we asked …

General advice that feels much like a collection of truisms

4 stars

The metaphor of comparing employees to plants in a garden feels a bit stretched at time, but it does make the concepts easier to recall. Overall worth reading, but I didn't come across any concepts that felt revolutionary.

Andrew Barnes: 4 Day Week (2020, Little, Brown Book Group Limited) 4 stars

Lots of interesting, valuable insights. Maybe a bit too narrowly focused

4 stars

The book suggests that a lot of the gig-economy is simply not sustainable, and risks bringing capitalism close to what feudalism was.

The suggestion is that giving teams and people clear mandate, and putting productivity at the heart of the conversation can lead to a 100% compensation, 80% work time, 100% productivity setup that benefits everyone.

Certainly worth reading...