This book is the best management book I have ever read. The idea of "system thinking" in a "dynamic system" changed greatly my point of view of my daily work.
This is a book for both corporate executives and employees.
The idea that the solution for a current problem could be the cause of a future problem precisely described the problem exists in many organizations. And it matches an old Chinese wise man "Lao-tse" said in its Taoism bible: Do less, achieve more; do nothing, achieve all.
I felt this book focuses too much on illness, and then the whole point the author is trying to make is a bit weakened because of this focusing, until the moment when I read her following words on page 291 and 292 in her book " Awakening Intuition", I know Dr.Schulz is a enlightened person.
"It was as though a curtain had been drawn aside to reveal the world to me as it really was, and I knew what I had to do. ...I was going to live in the present. ...and I felt the oneness of the universe, how everything in the world was a part of me and I a part of everything. ...My facade, the shell we all wear as we navigate through the world, had fallen away, and I stood exposed to all the raw,… Read more
When first time I saw the title, I was like " gee, what's that mean?". But because it came up from my search term "business network", plus it is thin, I decided to go ahead read it.
I've been a technical guy for more than 10 years and like other tech guys, "deep in technology and shalow in networking". I have been reading business books to expande my business acemen in recent years. Many good books. Most of them have good theories.
But this one, P-R-A-C-T-I-C-A-L. You can use his many tips at the next morning at work. Good theory too, but I wished he could ahve digged deeper on the theory part.
I have wrtitten down all the books the author mentioned in… Read more
