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Yaaay, books
Ten new books just arrived from Amazon, and I can’t wait to read’em. The ones I really look forward to reading are:
* The other path – why terrorism can’t be countered militarily, but only by economic means.
* The hidden power of social networks – why your network on the job matters.
* The seven-day weekend – Ricardo Semler on the way they do business at Semco.
* Punished by rewards – why raises, praise, and gold stars don’t work.Expect a slew of reviews soon. We just packed the TV away in a closet again, which has upped my reading rate to the usual 2-3 books a week. Upcoming reviews:
* Appreciative Inquiry Handbook – The ultimate AI resource.
* Catch! – The Pike Place Fishmongers tell their own story. -
Top 10 books
It’s nice once in a while to look over the list of books I’ve read, and to think about which ones were the best. The ones I really enjoyed reading, or the ones that really changed my perception of some field. So, here’s my top ten list of books, in no particular order:
* Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon
* Hal Rosenbluth: The customer comes second
* Dee Hock: Birth of the Chaordic Age
* Timothy Gallwey: The inner game of work
* Harrison Owen: Open Space Technology
* Peter Block : The answer to how is yes
* Kevin and Jackie Freiberg: Nuts!
* Paul Watzlawick: Change
* Robert Wright: Non zero
* Harpo Marx: Harpo speaks -
Books, books, books
As you can see from the five previous posts I got some reading done in Goa :o) That’s just one of the many advantages of long flights and of lazing by the hotel pool.
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Going… going… Goa
Expect light blogging over the next couple of weeks, which Patricia and I will be spending in Goa, India. We’ll take some vacation time and I will participate in the international Open Space on Open Space conference.
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Yaaaaay
They’re here. Should keep me busy for a while :o)
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More books
These should arrive from Amazon any day now :o)
- Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure
- Storytelling in Organizations: Facts, Fictions and Fantasies
- Narrating the Organization: Dramas of Institutional Identity (New Practices of Inquiry)
- The Night of the Morningstar: Modesty Blaise (Modesty Blaise S.)
- The Silver Mistress (Modesty Blaise S.)
- The Borrible Trilogy: “The Borribles”, “The Borribles Go for Broke”, “Across the Dark Metropolis”
- Genius: Richard Feynman and Modern Physics
- A Bell for Adano
- The Consultants [AUDIOBOOK]
- Market Forces (Gollancz SF S.)
- Principle-centered Leadership
- Tyranny of the Moment: Fast and Slow Time in the Information Age
- The Getaway Man (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
- Down Here (Burke Novels)
- Smart Love: The Compassionate Alternative to Discipline That Will Make You a Better Parent & Your Child a Better Person
- Another Chance to Get It Right
- Power of Servant Leadership
- Catch!: A Fishmonger’s Guide to Greatness
- Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People’s Minds
- Newton’s Wake
- Happy Mondays: Putting the Pleasure Back into Work
- The Office – The Complete Series 1 (2 Disc Set) [2001]
- Lost Horizons
- The Office Series 2 [2001]
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70 Book reviews
Sorry, gotta brag: There are now 70 book reviews on this site.
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Audio book status
Here’s the current status for the Practice of Peace audio book.
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General recording tips
Here are some general, non-technical tips for recording a chapter of the Practice of Peace audio book. I have absolutely no experience in this, so feel free to ignore it completely :o)
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