Stephen M. Shapiro (1) (1964–)

Название книги немного неточное и поэтому может вызвать даже нежелание открыть её: судя по названию, может показаться, что автор предлагает «жить как амёба» и «плыть по течению». Как оказалось, это не так: автор пишет о жизни без бремени целей, а не без целей как таковых, т.е. о том, что не нужно превращать достижение целей в фетиш.… (meer)

The Amazon lovefest reviews for this book (which I did not check until adter I read it) would have been misleading if one bought into them, but they were too over the top to be taken seriously. I wanted to read this because I am not too fond of the buzz phrase "best practices", but the title was deceptive.

Shapiro offers up 40 "tips" (note, not "practices") for corporate innovation. He should have stopped at 20...and even that would have been half again too many...for the last 20 were mostly gimmicks. "Amazing Race"? "American Idol"? "The Apprentice"? Please. Skip the pop "culture" and condense the book into something of more value.

Two stars for an okay effort - though to be fair, I did mark a few phrases in the book. Nothing new, but good reminders of things already known.… (meer)