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: Reading and Books
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”
The Best 25 Longform Articles – 2023 Edition
It’s taken me 1000 days to read through this latest batch of 250 Longform articles. From that pool, 25 can be confidently tagged ‘Superb‘. All listed below with links and brief explanation on what each longform is about. This brings the total running tally of LFAs read, since this project kicked off in 2016, toContinue reading “The Best 25 Longform Articles – 2023 Edition”
The Best 15 Longform Articles – 2021 Edition
In the last 1 year I have managed to read up 150 more longforms articles (LFA) and from those I have picked 15 that I rate with as ‘Superb‘. Reading these 15 was pure pleasure and a few of them also managed to open the mind to some brilliant concepts and out there ideas. SoContinue reading “The Best 15 Longform Articles – 2021 Edition”
The Best 30 Longform Articles of 300 I Read
Since 2016 I started reading and scrupulously tracking all the longfrom articles I read. Longform is any essay or article over 3000 words. It allowed me to then do this : Nominate a few outstanding longforms that I think more people should read. Because they are just so good and well worth the time invested inContinue reading “The Best 30 Longform Articles of 300 I Read”
The Best 20 Longform Articles I read
Over the last few years, after reading 300 plus articles/blog posts/columns online, here are my current favourite 20. Don’t waste time reading and consuming low value low insight info-junkfood in books and newspapers that skims a issue, usually of marginal importance. That is bad for you in every way. What you want to do isContinue reading “The Best 20 Longform Articles I read”
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”
The Best 10 Longform Articles of 100 I Read
The majority of people I know if asked will admit two statements willingly : 1. Reading a book will take up a lot of my spare time 2. I do not have spare time! Take a moment to think about how you get most of your daily dose of News : – a quick peek intoContinue reading “The Best 10 Longform Articles of 100 I Read”
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”
2013 Books Review
Third Eye Observations 