There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future - because it helped me make sense of how we treat tech companies today.
The Caesars Palace Coup: How A Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street - I'd worked in real estate-adjacent fields for years, and this one pulled back the curtain on private equity and its role in changing family-owned companies.
The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris - this one made me fall more deeply in love with fashion, creativity, and Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent. Also a warning about the effects that too much fun can have on your personal and professional lives.
I saw that NYT article about office design and thought of FTM. Seems more like PR from the design firm than anything related to how people want to work.
I think you're onto something there. If these spaces aren't actually designed with workers in mind, are they created instead for someone online scrolling somewhere? And is that part of the recruitment process? Feels so outdated!
Ok, Jon, this is a great list. But where should I start? Do you have 2-3 that you'd suggest as must-reads?
There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future - because it helped me make sense of how we treat tech companies today.
The Caesars Palace Coup: How A Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street - I'd worked in real estate-adjacent fields for years, and this one pulled back the curtain on private equity and its role in changing family-owned companies.
The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris - this one made me fall more deeply in love with fashion, creativity, and Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent. Also a warning about the effects that too much fun can have on your personal and professional lives.
I saw that NYT article about office design and thought of FTM. Seems more like PR from the design firm than anything related to how people want to work.
I think you're onto something there. If these spaces aren't actually designed with workers in mind, are they created instead for someone online scrolling somewhere? And is that part of the recruitment process? Feels so outdated!
Let's go Jólabókaflóðið! Bring on the deluge!!
I wish I'd discovered this concept sooner!