This a MUST READ if you make products. I only docked it a star because it reads like there was no editor; pretty close to a first draft (it reads likeThis a MUST READ if you make products. I only docked it a star because it reads like there was no editor; pretty close to a first draft (it reads like a minimum viable product). But the ideas are spot on. I have had the opportunity to work in an org that uses these ideas and they are very effective....more
This is a must read for business and other leadership endeavors. This may be a really outrageous example of corruption, fraud, and lying in business..This is a must read for business and other leadership endeavors. This may be a really outrageous example of corruption, fraud, and lying in business...BUT this type of stuff goes on all the time everywhere. Catch it when it is small. Catch it in yourself....more
I prescribe this to clients as a book about leadership. Because Mao is the perfect anti-leader. It is instructive to watch him go from seemingly minorI prescribe this to clients as a book about leadership. Because Mao is the perfect anti-leader. It is instructive to watch him go from seemingly minor manipulations to absolute pure evil anti-leader behaviors. It makes you think about when you see minor manipulations in the workplace. What can acceptance of those small things lead to? Do you behave with minor lies and manipulations? Why? What do you really want? Great section on the Korean war....more