"That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard”, said Bill Campbell in typical fashion, to an employee in a meeting. Back then, he was a tyrannical boss, and it took a near mutiny from his staff for him to see the error of his ways and change. According to this book, he was a classic “diminisher”. He was not yet the legendary mentor to Silicon Valley CEOs like Steve Jobs and the Google founde Read more
Choose Possibility is a new book by Sukhinder Singh Cassidy. It is part personal story, and part career guide for ambitious professionals. I first learned of Sukhinder in 2012 while watching videos at Stanford’s Entrepreneur corner, where she was interviewed as the founder of Joyus. https://ecorner.stanford.edu/clips/th... Sukhinder has had a remarkable career with stints that in Read more
Meltwater CEO, Jorn Lyseggen makes a case for his new book, Outside Insight, by analyzing a world that is “drowning” in data. Jorn claims that the data that is scattered online can weave a fascinating story. The author refers to data as “digital breadcrumbs” that we leave behind in the course of our browsing the internet. By simply following this trail of “digital breadcrumbs” and piecing them together, the puzzle of Read more
Nuggets of wisdom from the book : We’ve instrumentalized niceness as a way of greasing the social wheels, yet it’s often a ruse. We’re polite and we don’t disagree to get through daily existence with the least degree of friction. But by turning niceness into a lubricant, we’ve leeched it of meaning. A smile and a nod might signify “Get me out of here!” as much as Read more