reading/books

Book: Turn the Ship Around

Turn The Ship Around follows David Marquet‘s journey as he takes command of the Santa Fe (the wrong nuclear submarine) and over the course of 6 months works with the crew to try and turn their fortunes around. Spoiler alert: it works out well.

I was introduced to David and his leadership theories through his TED talk, How Great Leaders Serve Others. The talk presents some of the ideas from the book around the core theme of moving the leadership on the ship from the traditional leader-follower model to Continue reading →

Book: Effective Java (Second Edition)

For a number of reasons I currently have a bit of time on my hands but without access to my usual time-consuming activities (Netflix, fast internet, Playstation, and even housework). Consequently, I’ve been reading a few programming books (both old and new) and I’ve just been thinking about Effective Java (second edition). It was written by Joshua Bloch who you might know as the author of Continue reading →