Project failures are rampant. Seven in ten projects fail to deliver promised benefits, often exceeding budgets. After two decades witnessing this firsthand in reengineering and transformation projects, I sought insights from three books to understand why well-intentioned projects fail and how to address a common culprit: poor communication. The books reviewed are: While none earnedContinue reading “Stop Doomed Projects: 3 Books Offer Insights on Planning, Communication, and Execution”
Category Archives: Book Review
My 2024 Media Roundup: Best of Film, Books, & Articles
In 2024 I read 36 books, 53 Longform Articles (LFAs) and watched 53 Films. TL;DR – Here are my top recommendations, if you just want the winners, no reasons or details needed: Best Film I saw in 2024 : Dune (Part 2) Best Book I read in 2024 : Den of Thieves by James StewartContinue reading “My 2024 Media Roundup: Best of Film, Books, & Articles”
My TBR Pile of Doom: A Celebration of Unread Books
Explaining the AntiLibrary As Oliver Burkeman narrates it, the novelist and scholar Umberto Eco once bemoaned the fact that many visitors to his home, seeing his vast personal library, can’t help but exclaim: “What a lot of books! Have you read them all?” His jaw stiffens: the question implies that his floor-to-ceiling bookshelves are for showing off,Continue reading “My TBR Pile of Doom: A Celebration of Unread Books”
Book Review : Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders
Mount Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga are the 3 indisputable tallest mountain ranges out there. It is likely on the bucket list of many new and aspiring climbers, working as a backdrop siren call as they hone their skills on lesser mounds. Book lovers have their own list but this list can never be definitive sinceContinue reading “Book Review : Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders”
2014 Books Review
I took the easy way out and went with an infograph to tell you 4 books you could try among the 33 books I read this year. Click on the URL below or on this sentence to jump to the site. https://infogr.am/books-of-2014-102 Full list of books read in 2014 below : Book 1 The Strategist’s Toolkit Book 2Continue reading “2014 Books Review”
Book Review : “The Whisperers” – brilliant and supremely depressing
This 666 page tome has been a companion over the last few weeks. Back in 2012 I voted `Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea` by Barbara Demick as my favourite book of that year. It gave the readers a searing look into the life of ordinary people in the present day hellContinue reading “Book Review : “The Whisperers” – brilliant and supremely depressing”
2013 Books Review
My best 3 Books and 3 Documentaries of 2012
A smart idea that the bibliophiles online mecca ‘Goodreads.com‘ came up with was the ‘Reading Challenge’ where you pledge at the start of a year to finish a certain number of books and then try to make sure you do. Last year I pledged to read 26 books and did. At the start of thisContinue reading “My best 3 Books and 3 Documentaries of 2012”
Book Review : ‘Longitude’
I bought this book at 5 PM on a lazy Saturday afternoon at a charity bookstore in Kilburn Park. At 1 AM I was checking with my wife if she minded the bedroom light I was reading this by. If she did I said I’ll go to the kitchen. Because there was no way IContinue reading “Book Review : ‘Longitude’”
2012 Books Review
In late 2011 I ended up at THE digital HQ of book lovers online : Goodreads.com | Earlier, I used to mostly read book reviews on amazon.com before I bought a book. After Goodreads.com, Amazon was history. GR’s iPad app works well too and I like their tagline when the app loads (“Meet your nextContinue reading “2012 Books Review”
Third Eye Observations 