It was originally published in 2004 and is considered by many a must-read book for all those interested in intelligence, information, collaboration, decision making and “social stuff”. The Wisdom of Crowds has been traveling with me for a while for lack of time to read it. I have finally been able to finish reading it.…read more →

Seth Godin, Piatkus, USA, 2008 Summer months ask for light reads. I picked up Seth Godin‘s Tribes. 131 pages, big font, big spacing and the author’s provocative tone. It turns out Tribes is not as “light” as I expected. “Tribes” is a book about groups of people and the people who inspire and lead them.…read more →

James Robertson, Step Two Designs, Autralia, 2009 This is an extremely practical book, full of clear tips of how to create a successful intranet. The book suggest that intranets evolve through six phases: the intranet is born rapid organic growth repeated redesigns intranet usability usable and useful business tool. After describing these phases, the book…read more →

John P. Kotter e Lorne A. Whitehead | Harvard Business School Press, USA, 2010 I was looking forward to reading “Buy-In” by Kotter and Whitehead for two main reasons: a) creativity, innovation and knowledge management go hand-in-hand; b) I know how hard it can be to sell an idea. As the authors mention, this book…read more →

Search Patterns is not a technical book: it’s about design and user experience. It’s about what people prefer, what people are used to and what people would benefit most from when it comes to searching. And no, it’s not just about searching the web at the desktop: the book also presents some examples of searching on your…read more →