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Stockholm We Have a Problem : Public Sector IT Failures and the Case for Open Source
Sweden has become a unicorn factory and programming is one of the most common occupations, but successful IT-projects are rare outside of the private sector.
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The Price of Change : Paying Citizens to Make Better Choices
What would happen if instead of encouraging people with subtle queues, you’d simply pay them cash?
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On Focus: The Power of Switching Between Attention and Diffusion
Our brains are built to toggle back and forth between sharp and fuzzy. Proper learning can only happen in the interplay between daydreaming and attention
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The Subtle Art of Giving a F*ck : Kim Scott on Radical Candor
A good boss have to offer very direct feedback. For that not to be brutal, you must invest in the relationship beyond what’s often thought of as professional.
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The 2021 Reading List
My taste in books is… eclectic
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At the Crossroads of Intellectual Property and Software Engineering
The ins- and outs of open hardware; the power and perils of building your products on top of FOSS-stacks; the dos and don’ts with design patenting, and so much more.
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Culture Encoded : Ellen Ullman’s Life in the Machine
Close to the Machine : Technophilia and its discontents by Ellen Ullman chronicles the dawn of the Internet from the point of view of a freelance programmer. I loved it intensely.
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Girly Stuff : Lessons from Katrine Marçal’s Mother of Invention
The system has always worked hard to hide the fact that women are just as brilliantly ingenious innovators as men are.
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Brevity is Good For Business : Why Knowing When to Shut Up Can Boost Productivity
Animals can teach us something about cutting to the chase.
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Creative Doesn’t Mean Nice : Striking the Balance in Company Culture
Culture can be a company’s most valuable asset, but creative a good one is hard.
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Ghost in the Machine : A Brief History of AI in Therapy
Machine based therapy would be the ultimate proof of generalised artificial intelligence. I’d like to think it’s not too much to expect.
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Use the Force
Knowing your opponent’s most ardent desire is the key to beating them at their own game.
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Steady On Target
It’s all very well to come up with an award winning strategy, the tough bit is to stick to it when the goings get rough.
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Defining Done
Endings are tricky business; how do you know when you’re done?
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Managing Mozart
Great leadership requires constant fluid shifting between different modes of operation.