Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another good title by Steven Johnson that provides insights on elements related to how innovation happens, how to foster it and what to look out for to set up an environment where innovation can thrive. Though not exhaustive, I found the book interesting and took a decent amount of notes around the following
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Humankind is now facing a global crisis; perhaps the crisis of our generation. Despite many prior warnings, the world was unprepared for this. As this crisis brings the world to a near halt the question in everyone’s mind is “what’s next?”. We will overcome this, as we have always done. But we must act quickly
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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is an exceptional interdisciplinary book encompassing history, science and story telling to review six inventions that changed the world that we live in. Something interesting is that these inventions are not the things that one would guess if someone asked you beforehand. These inventions are: glass, cold, sound, clean, time and light.
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The top 15 public platform companies already represent $2.6 trillion in market capitalization worldwide. Powered from the outside in by buyers and sellers, these technology-driven business models are redefining the future of industries.
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Building products is hard. But building great products is harder. To create great products takes skill, intelligence, dedication and discipline. And it requires making bold choices. Innovating to achieve impact with a product makes us take big risks. And striking a balance between speed of delivery and quality of the execution is always tricky. Understanding
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Last year proved to be challenging in terms of reading books due to the demands of the MBA that I am studying in the evenings. This year, however, I have set up myself the aspirational goal of reading – at least – three books per quarter.
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No one wakes up thinking, “I am going to make bad decisions today”. But guess what? We all make them. When we make decisions, we make mistakes. We all know this, of course. In a world with imperfect information and subject to randomness, good decisions do not guarantee good outcomes. While people should make rational
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Dropbox filed to go public on Friday 23rd.The company, which reported just over $1bn in revenues last year, is filling for a $500M IPO, poised to be the one of the biggest tech listings since Snapchat, and valuing the company at close to $10bn. This week’s EDebrief analyses Dropbox’s history and USP, together with opinions
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February 4th · Issue #5
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January 28th · Issue #4
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