Book Reviews
Book Review: Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
I know a book about an elephant, its rider and the path they go down might not seem like it would offer great insight into how to initiate change, but I found a book that does and does so in a really powerful way. If you want to make changes in your personal life, in your family or [...]
There is a Checklist for that – Checklist Manifesto
Today we often ask,” is there an app for that?” Atul Gawande asks, “is there a checklist for that?” in his new book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. The idea in this book is that using a checklist for things will help you avoid missing many of the simple things. It is a fun [...]
Book Review: Made to Stick
How do you create ideas that people will remember? It is a pretty hard problem. Dan and Chip Heath say you have to make them sticky. Borrowing a term from The Tipping Point, the Heath brothers provide some great ideas on things you can do to make your message memorable. Here is what they say about [...]
Book Review: Tipping Point
Small things do make a big difference! That is the point of the Tipping Point by Gladwell. This book provides some great insights on how having just the right person, the right words or right environment can have a huge impact on making something big happen. I guess this book has been around a while but if [...]
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I like to solve problems with technology. In this blog, I'd like to share some of my ideas and also tell you about solutions I am currently working on. Welcome, and please share your own ideas with me by leaving a comment.
