Category: Books
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Selfless service
I have read Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO’s Quest for Meaning and Authenticity by August Turak. There are some gold nuggets in this book, but I don’t have the same enthusiasm for monastic life as the author. Selfless service driven by love is one thing. It’s another if it is based on…
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Book Review: LSD and the Mind of the Universe
LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven by Christopher Bache is a book which has two titles. The outer title, LSD and the Mind of the Universe, describes what the book is about. The inner title, Diamonds from Heaven, refers to the “Diamond Light” at “the center of the mind of the…
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Bokrecension: Du stolta, du fria
Du stolta, du fria: Om svenskarna, Sverigebilden och folkhälsopatriotismen av Gina Gustavsson är en bok om det Sverige som blottades när coronapandemin svepte över landet. Gina Gustavsson är docent i statskunskap vid Uppsala universitet och fristående kolumnist i Dagens Nyheter. Detta är en recension av Gina Gustavssons bok. Låt mig klargöra redan från början att…
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Retrospective 2021-52
This is a summary of my reading during 2021. Particularly interesting books/authors are marked in bold/bold. I read the following books (latest read, listed first): Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change by Adam Kahane Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together by Adam Kahane Initiating and…
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Retrospective 2021-03–13
This is a summary of my reading during the first quarter 2021 (weeks 3–13). There are two list below: The first list consists of books, articles, and letters that I have read (more or less in the order read). The second list are notes I made while reading (in chronological order). A collection of robert…
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My story
In one of our conversations, Skye Hirst said: —I think there is an outline that I am hearing from you that I would like you to hear. Write this down… “My journey started as a little boy in Africa. I liked to draw. I loved to be in the forest with the trees. I have…
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Retrospective 2020-31
This is a summary of my reading during the week. Books I have read Wholeness in Science by Guus van der Bie. The author attempts to develop Goethe’s method in his interest in a humanization of medicine. Similarly, I think it’s possible to develop Goethe’s method in the interest of humanizing work. Traditional management, which…
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Retrospective 2020-02
This is a summary of last week’s reading. I’ve mentioned previously that I feel a need to wrap-up my series of posts on deeper generative organizing. One way of saying it is that: “There is no formula, except this is a formula.”1 As soon as we rely on formulas, procedures, and defined processes, we become…
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Retrospective 2020-01
This is a retrospective of my reading last year. Introduction Looking back, I realize that I read less than half of what I used to read. I also realize that I published very few book reviews (see end of post). The reason is that I started painting and love it! Below are lists of the…
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Retrospective 2019-46
This is a summary of my reading and painting this week. Book The Philosopher’s Stone: Chaos, Synchronicity and the Hidden Order of the World by F. David Peat arrived this week. I have started reading the book and will come back with a review. Peat is one of my favorite authors. My series of posts…