J.E. Gordon’s book is a great read. Did you know that arches are so popular because they have to break in 4 places before they will fall down? Amazing factoids and insights for the lay person abound in this book. The technical details occasionally got a bit heavy.
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Books
Structures (or why things don’t fall down)
Human-Built World
Thomas P. Hughes “Human-Build World – How to think about technology and culture” compares and contrasts current optimism about the Internet, gadgets and technology with human attitudes to earlier generations of technology. Technology has a much longer history than the popular mind may be aware! A great read for anyone responsible for implementing technology....
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The Leadership Challenge
Without a doubt the most helpful leadership book that I have ever read is “The Leadership Challenge” by Kouzes & Posner. The authors have interviewed 1000s of leaders around the world and distilled effective leaders’ stories into 10 key themes of leadership. The theme that I have learnt the most from is the theme...
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