6 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: Written by world-renowned choreographer Twyla Tharp, “The Creative Habit” brushes off the nature vs. nurture debate, revealing how strict routines, organized effort, and a host of creative exercises may help almost everyone achieve greatness. Learn It and Use It for Life Stuck in a creative rut? Having troubles with organization […]
Category: Innovation
The Third Wave Summary
16 min read ⌚ An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future Unless you’re a teenager, you probably remember how the world looked like without the Internet and smartphones. Yes, that all happened during the past two decades. Have you ever wondered what will happen during the next two? Steve Case, the man responsible for your first […]
The Evolution of Everything Summary
6 min read ⌚ How New Ideas Emerge, aka How Small Things Transform the World By now, you already know that evolution is how all life came to be on this planet. What you don’t know is that evolution may be responsible for everything else, whether it’s language or government. Don’t believe us? Why don’t […]
The One Minute Manager Summary
13 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: The bestseller ‘The One Minute Manager’ is an easy-to-read book that presents and illustrates how to use three practical managerial techniques: setting goals, praising positive behaviors, and reprimanding negative ones. It also includes many behavioral studies and helps the reader understand how these practices can help improve communication and relationships in or […]
Shoe Dog Summary
2 min read ⌚ Everyone has heard of Nike. Of course, you may have one in your closet. Do you know this iconic brand and creator’s history? In this work, Phil Knight, better known as Buck, tells his story about setting up the company and how it achieved success and over $ 30 billion in annual […]
Originals Summary
4 min read ⌚ How Non-Conformists Move The World It is hard to be original when there is so much skepticism surrounding you. In our summary of “Originals,” we show you how you can “package” your originality so others will see it. We cast a light on how tactical and strategic you have to be to […]
Where Does It Hurt Summary
6 min read ⌚ An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Fixing Health Care Sick of going on those dreary hospital visits? Not much you can do about the first part of that sentence! As long as you’re alive, you’ll have to visit your doctor from time to time. But, there’s many things you can do about the dreariness […]
Where Good Ideas Come From Summary
12 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: The pencil, the toilet flush, the battery. Have you stopped to think where all these good ideas come from? In what kind of environment are they born? What sparks these disruptions? Steven Johnson explores this in the book “Where Good Ideas Come From” and identifies seven patterns that drive real innovation. […]
Turn the Ship Around Summary
5 min read ⌚ A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders Wouldn’t it be great if everybody in the world has equal chances and opportunities? And wouldn’t it be even better if there are no rigid hierarchies, so that you can be both a leader and a follower, depending on the situation? Of course, it […]
Breaking the Page Summary
6 min read ⌚ Transforming Books and the Reading Experience Let us guess: you’re reading this on your mobile phone or on a tablet. But, wait a minute, you say: that was as easy as guesses go! After all, you don’t even have a hardcopy version of your website summaries! (Quick mental note: there should […]
