Book Summaries
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Book Review and Summary: How Life imitates Chess
By Gary Kasparov Kasparov became the youngest Chess champion at 22. Today after quitting Chess, he is a politician. He presents what he calls the lessons he has learnt from the world’s ‘greatest game’. Chess is ideal for decision making as it involves quick decisions amid pressure from your opponent. It requires calculation, creativity and Read more
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Book Review and Summary: Microtrends
While Alivin Toffler’s Future Shock and John Nasbitt’s Megatrends made predictions about the coming of the information age, the global economy and other sweeping changes that would change the world as we know it, the author of this book attempts to identify smaller more subtle changes that are extremely important but may skip the naked Read more
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Book Review and Summary: There’s No Such Thing as Business Ethics
The downfalls of giant corporations like Enron, Worldcom, the crisis in the church and even plagiarism by Professor Ambrose are all examples of ethics gone astray. The author of this book argues that one cannot have varied ethics for business, spirituality and their personal life. He also suggest that most educators, philosophers and the like Read more
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