Why men win at work. Exponential technologies and disruption. Use a victory log to build self-esteem.

Journal of discoveries #56 - 6th of May, 2023

Welcome to the 56th issue of the newsletter, “Journal of discoveries.” Each week, I check a list of hundreds of sources of inspiration to spot exciting articles, videos, podcasts, and books on personal development, leadership, management, technology, and innovation.

Let’s dive in!

---

One “must read” for this week

“Why Men Win at Work” by Rishad Tobaccowala and Gill Whitty-Collins.

Companies that do not leverage, empower, and promote women are likely to lose in the marketplace. Here are four challenges women face in rising to leadership positions: “company culture”, “confidence vs competence”, the “umbrella theory” and the “mini-me” syndrome.

Personal development

• Use a victory log to build self-esteem.

• Are you a digital narcissist?

• Gratitude tennis.

• The hooked model: 4 steps to manufacture desire.

• The importance of new experiences.

• The science of curiosity: why we keep asking "why".

• How high achievers overcome their anxiety.

• What is the Buxton index?

Innovation

• Exponential technologies and disruption.

• Transformation anti-patterns: management consultancies.

• The five biggest problems with blockchain technology everyone must know about.

• Saving cryptocurrencies from traditional banks.

• Markets in crypto-assets (MiCA).

• Focusing on your weakest link is the only thing that matters.

• BloombergGPT, Bloomberg’s 50-billion parameter large language model, purpose-built from scratch for finance.

• How to use chatGPT in your PM work.

Leadership and management

• Why men win at work.

• You don't have to be passionate about your job.

• Different types of coaching in the workplace.

• The leadership odyssey.

• Leadership skills for effective product owners: areas of improvement.

• Don’t fall for the fashion of the hardcore chief executive.

• Should you let employees break the rules to make customers happy?

• Eight ways to focus and get the important stuff done.

One book

“The Fearless Organization” by Amy Edmondson.