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Great By Choice – Collins & Hansen
The one-sentence summary Great companies thrive despite uncertainty, chaos and luck by deploying fanatic discipline, empirical creativity, and productive paranoia.
Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
The one-sentence summary Be aware that your brain has two systems – fast intuition and slower conscious thought – and
Selected – Van Vugt & Ahuja
The one-sentence summary Leadership has evolved over tens of thousands of years, and we still operate at home and work
I’ll Have What She’s Having – Bentley, Earls & O’Brien
The one-sentence summary Behaviour can be broken down into rational choices or rational guessing, and directed or undirected copying that
Future Minds – Richard Watson
The one-sentence summary Good ideas usually occur outside the workplace, and often when we are daydreaming or half asleep. WHAT
Groundswell – Li & Bernoff
The one-sentence summary In the groundswell people use technologies to get the things they need from each other, rather than
Overconnected – William Davidow
The one-sentence summary In overconnected situations, institutions change so fast that the environment can’t cope, or vice versa, so we
Little Bets – Peter Sims
The one-sentence summary Great progress comes from taking little bets on ideas through experimentation, play, immersion, definition, reorientation, and iteration.
The Blue Lady’s New Look and Other Curiosities – Silas Amos
The one-sentence summary Generalizations and force fitting our views onto issues is dangerous, but small tweaks in execution can yield
Adapt – Tim Harford
The one-sentence summary Success always starts with failure, and in a rapidly-changing world adaptive trial-and-error processes are best for tackling
Brutal Simplicity of Thought – M&C Saatchi
The one-sentence summary The art of simplicity can change the world. WHAT THE BOOK SAYS The art of simplicity can
The Filter Bubble – Eli Pariser
The one-sentence summary You can get stuck in a static, ever-narrowing version of yourself – a filter bubble – if