Tag: leadership
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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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Founder Mode
Last week, Paul Graham, Y Combinator co-founder, dropped his latest essay titled “Founder Mode” which got a lot of online noise with people defending and challenging it in equal measure. Graham’s essay is based on a recent talk at Y Combinator by Brian Chesky – co-founder and CEO at Airbnb. Chesky talked about the flaws…
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“How to Decide” (Book Review)
The number of decisions that we make – professionally and personally – won’t get any less any time soon. Yes, there will be AI based decision making, but expect us humans to continue making many decisions for the foreseeable future. I’ve written about decision making before (see here and here), and I’m always keen to…
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“The Crux” (Book Review)
“Good Strategy. Bad Strategy” is one of my favourite books on strategy and one that I often refer back to. In “Good Strategy. Bad Strategy”, corporate strategy expert Richard Rumelt writes about the ‘kernel’ of a good strategy. This kernel has three elements: (1) a diagnosis of the main challenge or problem, (2) a guiding…
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“The Team that Managed Itself” (Book Review)
Reading the back cover of “The Team that Managed Itself: A Story of Leadership” by Christina Wodtke there’s an interesting quote from Marty Cagan, internationally renowned product management thinker and author: “In this new book, Christina has tackled what I consider the most important problem in the tech industry. Only a small fraction of product…
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