This was on my shelf a while before I started reading it. I find Tapscott's writing style a bit turgid. Wikinomics was OK on that front, but the book's exuberance for all things Web 2.0 was like reading E-Business books 10 years ago. There is a lack of objectivity in their analysis, which is disappointing. This book could have been half as thick with the same message.

I knew this was an opportunistic knock off of 'The Undercover Economist' (or rather I assume it was around that way), so I was expecting something quite similar, but with from a philosopher's perspective. I was disappointed. Too narrow to be 'An Introduction to Philosophy' as well. An OK read in its own right, just the wrong title.

I have always enjoyed Maister's books - in reality his collected articles - so took my time to seek this one out. It was self-published, which made finding it very hard. It was not carried in stock by Borders or B&N in the US when I tried to find it, but eventually make it to Kinokuniya in Singapore. A good read, on message, and well thought out.

A whimsical book that is well suited to a short flight. I liked it. After the first couple of chapters, I thought the message was going to be 'Know Your Strengths, Play to Them' but it didn't quite get there - which even after reading the whole thing I think is still a hole in the argument made. Great metaphor, easily applied.

Billed as a 'companion' to Gladwell's books, I liked this one immensely. A different wrting style, but well selected stories, well told. Very enjoyable.

A good read, as I have come to expect from Harvard, but not as convincing as the author would like it to be. Many good ideas, but (like all books!) maintain a healthy level of skepticism. Perhaps it is too Fortune 500 US company centric...

The subtitle on my copy is 'Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and other Tales from Evolutionary Economics.' I think my one is a better description of the book. Evolutionary economics is (I think) an interesting field, and this is a good starting point.

A quant story by a non-quant. A worthwhile read, although I found the writing style a little too distracting - what his interviewees were eating and wearing during meetings, for example. Lacked depth and critique in places, but interesting selection of big-number-analysis cases.

A meaty tome, written in FFA's characteristic style (i.e., you'll need a dictionary). A fun romp through the history of western exploration (despite the title, not a lot of non-western commentary). Very readable.

A solid book of ideas for business execs to test their business strategies for logic and consistency. I think most firms would fail when held up to the light of core business focus logic. Strongly recommended. Easy to read