My book of this week is Information Retrieval: Implementing and Evaluating Search Engines, by Stefan Büttcher, Charles L. A. Clarke and Gordon V. Cormack, published in February 2016. This appeared to be the latest and most comprehensive book on information retrieval and search engines that I found back in August when I wanted to learn … Continue reading Information Retrieval
Month: October 2017
The Startup Owner’s Manual
My book of this week is The Startup Owner’s Manual: the Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company, by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf. Thanks to Jim Terranova for recommending this book to me. Jim has been an awesome mentor, not only for his generosity of sharing his own vast knowledge about the startup world, … Continue reading The Startup Owner’s Manual
Getting to Yes
Getting to Yes - Negotiating an Agreement without Giving in is written by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton. This is another book that I borrowed from John Steinhart. It is one of John’s many recommended books on leadership and conflict management. I enjoyed reading the paperback tremendously, but had a lesser experience listening to … Continue reading Getting to Yes
The Five Dysfunctions of A Team
This week, I read The Five Dysfunctions of A Team by Patrick Lencioni. It is a fascinating read. After this week’s Leadership and Conflict Management class with John Steinhart concluded, I stood by the desk where John laid out a collection of recommended books, picked this book up, started reading and became completely hooked … Continue reading The Five Dysfunctions of A Team
Speaking Up Without Freaking Out
Speaking Up Without Freaking Out by Matt Abrahams is the required reading for the Public Speaking course here at Stanford. We are fortunate to have the author as the instructor for this very interactive course. If it were not for the fact that this book is a required reading, I might not have … Continue reading Speaking Up Without Freaking Out