I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Innovation Book 38/52 Book – Medici Effect, What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation The Medici Effect : What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation Diversity drives innovation – We’ll today talk about how break through insights lies at the intersection of ideas, fields …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Entrepreneurship, Leaderships, Startups Book 36/52 Book – The Monk and the Riddle The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living – Lessons from a Startup VC “And then there is the most dangerous risk of all- the risk of spending your life not doing what you want …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Work, Management Book 33/52 Book – Linchpin, Seth Godin “There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labour. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins. These people invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. They figure out …
Episode 19 – Are you indispensable? How to be a linchpin in life and in your career? Read More »
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Work, Management Book 29/52 Book – Dip, Seth Godin “If you are not going to get to #1, you may as well quit now” “Average is for losers” Never quit, he says is bad advice. Winners quit all the time – they just quit the right stuff at the …
Episode 18 – Learning when to quit and when to stick Read More »
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Management Book 30/52 Book – Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath Should I resign from this job or not? Vs.What do I enjoy doing for my career and how do I get to it? Today at PODSHORTS, we’ll talk about one of the villains of decision making – Avoiding a …
Episode 16 – Avoiding a narrow frame – Should I resign from this job or not? Read More »
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Fiction, Sci-Fi Book 25/52 and 28/52 Book 1 – The Old Man’s War Book 2 – Ghost Brigades Book 3 – The Last Colony “I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife’s grave. Then I joined the army. Visiting Kathy’s grave was the less dramatic of …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Work, Management Book 30/52 Book – Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath “Always ooch before you leap!” Think about a student, Steve who has decided to go to pharmacy school. He thinks he likes working in healthcare and he enjoys chemistry. This is thin evidence for such an important decision. …
Episode 17 – Reality Test your assumptions with Ooching Read More »
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Memoir Book 17/52 Book – The Choice – Embrace the possible This can be a life changing read – this beautifully written memoir is not just fitting for the time we are in today but personally has been helpful in releasing the pent up anger and frustration I have …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Memoir Book 16/52 Book – I can’t make this up, Kevin Hart I had zero interest in this book when I picked it up on an audible recommendation. I haven’t really heard of Kevin Hart. Or seen his comedy. As the cost of sounding snobbish, my previous three memoirs …
Episode 13 – I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons from Kevin Hart Read More »
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Non-Fiction – Work/Management Book 15/52 Book – Super Thinking: Upgrade Your Reasoning and Make Better Decisions with Mental Models So you sent a message and have received an single ‘OK’ in response. Or worse still haven’t got a response at all for your proposal. Before you fume in anger and conclude that …
Episode 12 – Training your brain to think better with Mental Models Read More »