Posts Tagged ‘BookReview’
Book Review: Transformed – Moving to the Product Operating Model by Marty Cagan
This is the third Marty Cagan book review. The first review was about the book “Inspired – How to create tech products customers love.” The second book review was about the book “Empowered – Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products.” The book is personally very interesting to me, as I have had the pleasure of leading over…
Read MoreBook Review: Apple in China – The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company
Sometimes, books are timely, and the book Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company by Patrick McGeeis a good example of that. I have always enjoyed reading about the technology market and ecosystems. As an Apple device user with an iPhone, several iPads, and an Apple TV in our different properties, including…
Read MoreBook Review: Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
If you wondered about the history of machine learning and what all is behind it, you would not go wrong by selecting the book by Anil Ananthaswamy. His book is now a bestseller on Amazon, and I do understand why. The book is “Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI.”It offers a rich…
Read MoreBook Review: Agentic Artificial Intelligence-Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work, and Life
Book Review: AI Super-Powers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order
Kai-Fu Lee’s 2018 book AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order has proven to be remarkably prescient in light of recent developments in the AI industry, particularly the emergence of the Chinese AI company DeepSeek. Although the book is from 2018, it describes China’s power well when the government decides where the…
Read MoreBook Review: Four Thousand Weeks average lifespan – Are you spending those weeks wisely?
Reviewing Four Thousand Weeks—Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman is appropriate as we are on the brink of changing from 2024 to 2025. This is my 26th book review of the year. I reviewed other books on the same theme this year, such as “Buy Back Your Time” by Dan Martell and also Joshua…
Read MoreBook Review: Character Limit – How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter
I have always been fascinated by the software industry and its players. I love reviewing books from the technology industry. One of the reviews was of Kara Swisher’s book Burn Book—A Tech Love Story, which portrayed her journey and some very visible tech characters throughout her career journey. Besides business modeling/strategy books and anything related…
Read MoreDo you know how to listen and communicate?
I have a confession to make. I am a “bookaholic.” I inherited my interest in books from my father, mother, and grandfather, who was an editor-in-chief for newspapers during his retirement and translated many books into Finnish from other languages. I have also written a couple of business books for a Finnish publisher on how…
Read MoreAre you ignoring the impact of sleep?
I am not sure about you, but I must admit that I did not take it seriously when my dad once said that I should also remember to sleep to keep up with creativity, energy and to remain healthy. I ignored the advice of my father as I could not possibly consider wasting my time…
Read MoreThe Business of Platforms for Software Companies
Software and Product Platforms Product platforms or software product platforms have been an interest of mine since my doctoral dissertation from 2004. The topic is not new and there are a few authorities that I have been tracking since I was working on my dissertation “Evaluation of a Product Platform Strategy for Analytical Application Software“.…
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