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Bookmap: Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger

By ⋅ August 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve just finished David Weinberger’s Everything is Miscellaneous. From the opening story about the prototype shop stationer Staples uses to design more effective experiences for shoppers to the final coda about the lack of structure in an ephemera shop, Weinberger tells thoughtful stories to outline his ideas, most of which I hadn’t heard before. Weinberger’s [...]

Bookmap: The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler

By ⋅ June 12, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Legend has it this book originated as a seven-page memo outlining mythic structure for Hollywood studios. In the memo, Christopher Vogler interpreted Joseph Cambpell‘s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces“, the book in which “Campbell explores the theory that important myths from around the world which have survived for thousands of years all share a [...]

Bookmap: The Halo Effect… and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers

By ⋅ April 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Phil Rozenzweig’s book impressed when I first read it by explaining in straightforward terms why “Five Steps…” and “Seven Habits…” type books aren’t enough to ensure success in different contexts. The explanation of the dangers of pseudoscientific approaches to studying performance is recommended to anyone working in organisational design. I also feel all business management [...]

Bookmap: The Game of Chess by Harry Golombek

By ⋅ March 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Having expressed my intention to learn the game “properly”, my dad kindly dug out what appears to be a classic of the game. To develop my understanding of the game properly, I needed to learn the notation quickly. Happily, this doesn’t seem as taxing as I had feared. Harry Golombek’s name wasn’t familiar to me. [...]

Bookmap: “Sources Of Power: How People Make Decisions” by Gary Klein

By ⋅ February 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Recommended to me by Tony Quinlan, “Sources of Power” chronicles Gary Klein‘s research into naturalistic decision making – how people make decisions in fields where they possess expertise. Cited in Malcolm Gladwell’s “Blink“, this is a deeper and more satisfying examination of the subject. It’s full of stories about people who make rapid decisions in [...]

Bookmap: The Minto Pyramid Principle (SCQA)… visually

By ⋅ February 12, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

I had some great feedback from author Mark Earls about the mindmap of his book “Welcome To The Creative Age” which I posted recently. It started me thinking about the importance of visual memory and I wondered if plotting a mindmap of a book’s chapters before reading would help the reader navigate through it. Perhaps [...]

“Welcome to the Creative Age” by Mark Earls – book review

By ⋅ November 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Hugh MacLeod’s recent questions for Mark Earls prompted me to buy Mark’s first book “Welcome To The Creative Age – Bananas, Business and the Death of Marketing” – the book which Hugh says changed his life.If I was expecting to be blown away from the first page I was disappointed. Instead, Mark builds his case [...]

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