Duncan Jones .ca
  • Home
  • Hexagon Innovating
  • Blogs
    • Listing of My Blogs
    • Tweets
    • Innovation
    • Management
    • Decisions
    • Technology
    • Productivity
    • Education
    • Career Matters
    • Miscellaneous
  • Resources
    • Upcoming Events
    • Books & Articles
    • Links
    • Quotations
    • Sundry
  • About Me
    • About Me
    • Activities
    • Family/ Friends
  • Contact

Books, Articles and Videos

Picture
Currently reading:
  • How to decide  by Annie Duke (2020)
  • Principles of Virology  by Flint et al. (2020 5th ed)
  • Advocacy by John Daly (2011)
  • Business Dynamics  by John Sterman (2016)
​
In the que:
  • A Beautiful Constraint: How To Transform Your Limitations Into Advantages, and Why It's Everyone's Business  by Adam Morgan ​
  • Why startups fail 
  • If We Can Put a Man on the Moon    by W Eggers/ J O'Leary
  • Disciplined Dreaming  by J Linkner
  • Sparks of Genius  by R&M Root-Bernstein
  • Enchantment  by Guy Kawasaki
  • Your Best Just Got Better  by J Womack
  • The 33 Strategies of War  by Robert Greene
  • The Labyrinth of Technology  by W Vanderburg
  • The Strategy Paradox   by M Raynor

Recently finished:
  • Getting beyond better  by Roger Martin and Sally Osberg 10/10
  • Understanding social entrepreneurship  by Jill Kickul and Thomas Lyons 10/10
  • The craft of scientific presentations  by Michael Alley 10/10
  • Effectual Entrepreneurship by SRead, SSarasvathy, NDew and RWiltbank 10/10
  • Never Split the Difference  by Chris Voss 9/10
  • When more is not better by Roger Martin 
  • Invention: My life  by James Dyson 9/10

​Note: Links are to Amazon reviews that match my impressions.

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Wright Brothers by David McCullough 10/10
Creating Innovators  by Tony Wagner  10/10
Start-up Nation  by D Senor/ S Singer 9/10
Innovate Like Edison  by M Gelb 8/10
Steve Jobs  by Walter Issacson 9/10
Making Innovation Work  by T Davila, M Epstein, R Shelton  10/10
The Innovator's Solution   by C Christensen/ M Raynor  9/10
The Definitive Business Plan (2nd Ed)  by R Stutely   8/10   I use this as the text in myGeorge Brown College Risk Assessment course
Venture Capital Investing  by D&L  Gladstone 9/10
The Back of the Napkin Expanded Edition   by D Roam 9/10
The Innovator's Toolkit  by D Silverman et al. 10/10
Awakening the Entrepreneur Within  by M Gerber  4/10
The Ten Faces of Innovation  by T Kelley 8/10
Discovering  by RS Root-Bernstein 10/10
The Art of the Start  by G Kawasaki 10/10

Management and Productivity

Getting to Yes   by R Fisher/ W Ury
How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci   by M Gelb
Good to Great   by J Collins
The Art of Engagement  by J Haudan
Made to Stick   by C Heath/ D Heath
You, Inc   by H&CC Beckwith 8/10 
Drive  by D Pink
The Power of Focus  by J Canfield et al.
Focus  by J Wolff  10/10
Time Power  by Brian Tracy
The Age of Persuasion  by T O'Reilly/ M Tennant 8/10
Different  by Y Moon 9/10

Decisions and Creativity

Brain Power  by M Gelb/ K Howell 7/10
​Thinkertoys   by M Michalko
Lateral Thinking   by E de Bono
Decision Traps   by JE Russo/ P Shoemaker
40 Principles Extended Edition - TRIZ keys to Technical Innovation  by G Altshuller
The 4-Hour Workweek  by T Ferriss 7/10
Breakthrough Thinking  by G Nadler/ S Hibino

Science and Technology

The Cleantech Revolution   by R Pernick/ C Wilder
Investing in Biotech (2002)  by D Harper

Career and General

Atlas Shrugged  by Ayn Rand  10/10
​
​In Transition  by ML Burton & RA Wedemeyer
The Last Lecture  by Randy Pausch 10/10
Three Cups of Tea  by G Mortenson/ DO Relin  10/10
History of Scotland  by C Hanley 7/10
The Fountainhead by A Rand 9/10
The Hunger Games/ Catching Fire/ Mockingjay  by S Collins

Education

Disrupting Class  by C Christensen et al. 9/10
Student Engagement Techniques  by E Barkley 9/10
Teaching At Its Best  by L Nilson 9/10
The Fourth Way  by A Hargreaves/ D Shirley 
See Me After Class  by R Elden 7/10
Why Don't Students Like School?  by D Willingham 9/10
The Global Achievement Gap  by T Wagner 9/10
The Differentiated School  by CA Tomlinson 7/10


    Recommend a book or article:

Submit
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Hexagon Innovating
  • Blogs
    • Listing of My Blogs
    • Tweets
    • Innovation
    • Management
    • Decisions
    • Technology
    • Productivity
    • Education
    • Career Matters
    • Miscellaneous
  • Resources
    • Upcoming Events
    • Books & Articles
    • Links
    • Quotations
    • Sundry
  • About Me
    • About Me
    • Activities
    • Family/ Friends
  • Contact