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Book review: Outliers by Malcom Gladwell

Oops, I did it again. This is not a book review in the purest sense of the written word. It is more of an audiobook review to be more exact.
I had to read, I mean listen, to this book. My brother was raving about it, it was being mentioned everywhere, I saw a presentation by [...]

Book review: Made in Japan by Akio Morita

You know, after reading this book I fell in love with Sony. It’s so hard to resist the human element of Sony’s history. From the humble beginnings in a devastated city after the second world war and the ambition Morita showed to pursue his dreams with a trusted mentor and friend, Professor Ibuka. It is [...]

Book review: Samsung vs. Sony

The book begins with an open question, in 2002 the market capitalization of Samsung surpassed that of Sony, how did this happen?
The author thoroughly explores the differences between these two companies – one a well respected icon in electronics and the other a young upstart with a coloured past. And comes to rest on the [...]

Book review: Blown to Bits by by Philip Evans and Thomas S Wurster

My goodness I loved this book! I got this book from the library because it had such an intriguing opening and was so densely written: the authors didn’t waste time getting to the main points and they had a whole lot!
The main argument of the book is this – there are two general economic principles, [...]

Book review: Managing in the Next Society by Peter Drucker

What effect will the ageing population have on the nature of the corporation? In what ways can management source, cultivate and retain knowledge workers? Who are knowledge workers anyway?
In a collection of short essays Peter Drucker tries to answer these and many other questions, in what I found to be a very interesting book. What [...]