It is a delight to listen to Adora Svitak describing the adults. In less than 8 ‘, Adora shares with us from her young eyes and with great clarity and aplomb, various reflections that should make us rethink certain ways of acting. We will agree that there are many similarities between children and geniuses. For example, both groups are extremely … Read More
News March – Who or what makes a person a leader?
There is a lot of literature, science and wisdom about leadership. Authors such as Blanchard, Christensen, Drucker, Hamel and many others, have shared with us the keys to leadership, the different styles and the varied applications. However, Derek Sivers brings us to the very beginning. To ask ourselves what, or better, who makes a person a leader. Very briefly and … Read More
News February – The impact of grit in our lives
We think fantastic the news that Angela Duckworth gives us about the fact that our results are not linked to our immovable and unchangeable being, to what comes with us at birth. Instead they are linked to our grit: that is the sum of passion and perseverance. Do not you find the world of possibilities that this conclusion opens fascinating? … Read More
News January – Need sparks innovation
We start our 2018 news with this video of which we want to highlight two aspects: The first, that innovation has no age. Any of us, regardless of age, regardless of social class, wherever we live, is a potential innovator. That need is one of the most powerful sources of creativity and innovation. Richard is not more than a child, … Read More
News December – Thinking, fast and slow · Daniel Kahneman
The author of this month’s book, Daniel Kahneman, is a character with a peculiar journey since, while being a psychologist, he received the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics for the work he conveyed in this book. In it, he tells us that we have two ways of thinking: fast or slow. And, based on which way we use to make … Read More
News November – The upright thinkers · Leonard Mlodinow
This is a book of provocative title and compelling reading: it is hard to put down. It states that one of the great tools of the human being is the question, a tool available to all, but much less used than we would expect. It is said that the world evolves because there is always someone willing to ask the … Read More
News October – How real is real? · Paul Watzlawick
The book that we take a look at this month is a must-read! It was first published in 1977, but its paradigms and reflections have stood the test of time and are still absolutely valid today. Watzlawick, Austrian by birth, educated in several countries and professor at the University of Palo Alto in California, is an author who displays a … Read More
News September – The Power of Simplicity · Jack Trout
For this post we’re going to take a look at a book which, despite its focus on marketing, is actually an extremely useful tool for managers in their professional role and individuals in their personal lives: Jack Trout’s ‘The Power of Simplicity’. In it the author drives home the message that “Less is more”. In the business world, leaders can … Read More
News August – The innovators · Walter Isaacson
Aaaaahh, Mr. Isaacson, how well you write! This is undoubtedly an exciting, well-written and inspiring book for readers interested in innovation, but also for anyone whose curiosity is piqued by learning about the tireless innovators who make our lives better, even if they don’t think innovation is “their thing”. While the book focuses on key players who made pivotal breakthroughs … Read More
News July – Hopscotch · Julio Cortázar
Hopscotch, a novel or “anti-novel” by Julio Cortázar, was published in the summer of 1963. Now, 54 summers later, we propose revisiting this innovative book. Written in an innovative format, the author forces the reader to make a decision: choose one of four possible paths through the narrative, each with its own internal order: “Normal”, reading progressively from beginning to … Read More