Category: Book Reviews
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“Scaling People” (Book Review)
“Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building” is an indispensable resource for anyone needing guidance on managing people and scaling organisations. Claire Hughes Johnson, former COO of Stripe, offers valuable insights and tactics for scaling organisations and developing people. Her approach to leadership and management is grounded in four core operating principles: “Scaling People”…
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“Evidence-Guided” (Book Review)
How do you identify the right signals to know you’re tackling the right customer problem? What confidence level do you need to invest in a ‘big bet’? In Evidence Guided, experienced product coach Itamar Gilad describes how to apply evidence-guided development in your organisation. The book centres around GIST: Goals, Ideas, Steps, and Tasks. Gilad…
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“The Systems Leader” (Book Review)
In “The Systems Leader”, management lecturer Robert E. Siegel writes about the uncertain landscape in which today’s leaders operate, having to manage many conflicting tensions. System Leadership is about mastering five cross-pressures: The main point of “The Systems Leader” is that today’s leaders need to be good at fitting all the different pieces together to…
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“Click” (Book Review)
Do you ever wonder how to make sure that your product is differentiated enough? Thinking about what makes it unique or better than market alternatives? Then you should read “Click” by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky (who you might know from the highly successful “Sprint” book about the Design Sprint). Click introduces the “Foundation Sprint”…
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“Ordinary Resilience” (Book Review)
“Ordinary Resilience: Rethinking How Effective Leaders Adapt and Thrive” got me to reflect on the moments where I either showed or lacked resilience. Luis Velasquez, an experienced executive coach, shares personal experiences and client stories to help readers shift their mindset when dealing with challenges. Survival vs Adaptive Mode – Velasquez draws a critical distinction…
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