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Reading list – August 2022

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Here’s what I’m reading during August:

The Pyramid of Lies, by Duncan Mavin. This is the story of Lex Greensill, and the collapse of the eponymous bank. The Greensill scandal shook the UK finance industry, and dented the reputation of a former British Prime Minister. So how were things allowed to get so out of hand? Duncan Mavin does a great research job here, and he is an easy storyteller. A good read.

Plus two books I carried over from last month:

  • The Nowhere Office, by Julia Hobsbawm. An interesting book about the new culture of remote working. Great book for managers of organisations as they lead their staff through a massive culture shift.

Reading list – July 2022

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Here’s my reading list for the month:

  • The Nowhere Office – Reinventing Work and the Workplace of the Future, by Julia Hobsbawm;
  • The Complete Whisky Course: a Comprehensive Tasting School in Ten Classes, by Robin Robinson;
  • Four Thousand Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman.

My reading list – June 2022

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Here’s my reading list for the month:

  • How money became dangerous, by Christopher Varelas, and Dan Stone;
  • Coleridge, Early visions, by Richard Holmes;
  • A world without email, by Cal Newport; and
  • A royal life, by HRH The Duke of Kent, and Hugo Vickers.

My reading list – February 2022

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So far, only one book on the list, which is probably just as well, as I haven’t finished my January list.

The February book is perhaps an apt choice: Life Admin: How I learned to Do Less, Do Better, and Live More, by Elizabeth Emens. I think it’s fair to say that ’life admin’ is a big part of the reason I haven’t finished my January books. Curious to see how Emens has dealt with this issue. A few pages in, and I can identify with much that she says.

January reading – something new

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As fully predicted, I’ve veered away from my reading list for the month. I’m now reading Bob Iger’s The Ride of a Lifetime. It’s a great book – interspersing his life story with lessons in business and management. I’m only around a tenth of the way in, and it’s eminently readable. Looking forward to the rest of it.