Far Wise in Knowledge Management

Real leaders don’t do PowerPoint (Christopher Witt)

Real leaders are different. Real leaders don’t speak to transmit information, but to inspire or influence. Therefore,  real leaders don’t need PowerPoint, states Christopher Witt in “Real leaders don’t do PowerPoint”. In this book, Witt gives tips and many examples to make sure it’s you who gets all the attention during a presentation, and not your slides. PowerPoint addicts should be relieved though to hear that PowerPoint can be used, but only in those cases where you have to.

Problem Solving 101 (Ken Watanabe)

I never really understood why children's books can be so successful with adults. Look at the Harry Potter series that more adult readers has than readers from the target group. And now there is “Problem solving 101”, by Ken  Watanabe. A book meant to teach children how to solve problems, but immensely popular with their parents. It made me curious: why would such book be so popular with adults? I think the simplicity in explaining how to reach a goal by solving problems is liked by many people.