On my reading list for the Christmas break. An investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society handles disease, and a pathway to health and healing.
Alexandra
In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset — those who believe that abilities are fixed — are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset — those who believe that abilities can be developed.
Victor
A guide through the subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain where people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together.
Alexandra
A phenomenal critique on modern media, displaying how the ecosystem of the page view driven media works and how to exploit it.
Tom
We think we are rational creatures. Economics and business rely on the assumption that we make logical decisions based on evidence.But we aren’t, and we don’t.
Lovro
One of my all time favorite memoirs showing how one can overcome traumatic life events.
Tom
In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country.
Jan
The best book I've read on leadership. Prime example of using story telling to convey a structural theory on how to create great teams as a leader. The book can be turned into a practical workshop with your team.
Victor
A lot of devices, sites, and outlets are constantly vying for our attention, but that's nothing new.This book examines how our attention is being highjacked, but also offers up good advice on how to regain some of that lost focus in our day-to-day lives.
Tobias
Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected.
Tom
The words 'technology' and 'innovation' are almost automatically linked with American companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, Tesla or Amazon in most people's minds. But this association has created a huge blind spot in the West.
Tom
On the start of the environmental consciousness in the Unided States.
Jan
Yes, it's fiction. Neal Stephenson gives readers a view of what life in the near future might look like, in the same way he gave readers a view of what the metaverse might look like, back in the 1980s. A very enjoyable read, and a very human story.
Tobias
100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens.
Jan
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him.
Tom
We all want to get to yes, but what happens when the other person keeps saying no? How can you negotiate successfully with a stubborn boss, an irate customer, or a deceitful coworker?
Jan
"David Marquet is the kind of leader who comes around only once in a generation ... his ideas and lessons are invaluable" — Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why
Julia
Temple Grandin
Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
A nice book that shows how differently people can think.
Tobias
A new breakthrough idea about how to win customer loyalty from Matthew Dixon, the bestselling author of The Challenger Sale
Tom
Hayley Campbell
All the Living and the Dead: from Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work
Not exactly Christmassy, this one, but an intensely captivating topic nonetheless. A view on a different type of work.
Tobias
A soft-philosophical approach to dealing with, and coming to terms with, the limits of a human life, and our perception of time and activity.It's an entertaining read with plenty of humor throughout which also offers up some good insights in the purpose of, for example, to-do lists.
Tobias