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This summer I was reading “Maniac” written by Benjamin Labatut. I liked the way is written, how the different characters described Janis Von Neumann and how it cover the evolution of computer science. His writting style engage a lot.
I have enjoyed a lot this book, by many reasons: the variety of topics and the way he writes. There are many concepts that are themselves models and enable to understand how things work. Now I will jump into a different book, but everybody talks about antifragile as the next Taleb’s book I should read.
Libro escrito por Jose Antonio de Miguel, Obra imprescindible para quienes desean profundizar en la creación y evolución de negocios en un entorno cambiante y lleno de incertidumbre. Una de las fortalezas más notables del libro es su excelente estructura, que permite al lector avanzar de forma lógica y fluida desde los fundamentos hasta las … Read more
This book written by Alejandro Salazar Yusti is a great explanation of a mindset in front of uncertainty when dealing with business. There are many great things in Wardley Mapping, but the model has its limits. One of them is that is too abstract in the context of business. Alejandro lands some of the abstract … Read more
While watching this event from Data Driven NYC called “Bootstrapping a Decacorn on $15k with Celonis CEO Alex Rinke“. I have been taking some notes and ended reading “Process Mining for Dummies” book. Basic actions on processes Celonis divides between: Engagement types: Mining Tools During the video Alex Rinke comment some important aspects about the … Read more
In the book “A New Way to Think” Roger L. Martin does a distinction between the classic model of strategic thinking and an alternative for 14 different aspects of the companies. I have summarized it in a table, so I can review from time to time. Classic model Alternative model Competition Holds that corporations compete, … Read more
I have watched some videos about the flow system where different people gave their insight about how to work with it. So I decided to buy the book. I don’t think I’m going to be able to complete the book, right now on 78% of completion. Why? It’s so much theoretical and there’s nothing but … Read more
In the book “The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization”, Peter Senge define a set of laws or truths, that leaders can use to guide themselves when dealing with organizations. The 11 laws
Book written by Bruce Sterling, this post contains notes and diagrams related to the concepts covered by the book. Concepts Old wine in new Bottles (chapter 3) Every one of these transitions—Artifact to MACHINE to PRODUCT to GIZMO—involves an expansion of information. It enables a deeper, more intimate, more multiplex interaction between humans and objects. … Read more
Nice review of some of the concepts described by John Boyd in the context of business. Agility The essence of agility and applying Boyd’s ideas to any form of competition is to keep one’s orientation well matched to the real world during times of ambiguity, confusion, and rapid change, when the natural tendency is to … Read more