BOOK REVIEWS BY THINZAR
George Orwell & ChatGPT
I revisited George Orwell’s essay – Politics and the English Language – published in 1946. The essay criticizes the poor written English in the post-World War II era due to political manipulation and people using language to obfuscate and exploit vulnerable readers.
Rowing Against The Tide
One of my summer reads in 2023 was The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington.
Do Not Reinvent The Wheel
The McKinsey Way Using the Techniques of the World’s Top Strategic Consultants to help You and Your Business by Ethan M. Rasiel was a book given to me by a friend a long time ago. The book has become my trusted manual that offers timeless and invaluable resource. The McKinsey Way does not need to be read in order.
Journey from India to Singapore to Bangkok
Deepak Ohri is a founder and CEO of lebua Hotels and Resorts. He is an award-winning entrepreneur in the luxury hospitality landscape in Asia. Deepak has lectured at Harvard Business School
Reimagining Capitalism In A World On Fire
I took a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) class at American University towards the end of my master's program. My fellow graduate students and I engaged in lively debates about the effectiveness of global CSR techniques across businesses, not-for-profits, and governments.
Not So Basic
Thomas Sowell's book, Basic Economics: a common sense guide to the economy, is written in plain language. The book has over…
We Don't Have To Like Each Other
American political scientist and the president of Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer, mentioned how three threats and our response will change…
We Need A New Social Contract!
At the age of 36, she became the youngest ever Vice President at the World Bank. She was named “Woman of the Year” for Global Leadership…
Cultural Differences
Global Dexterity by Andy Molinsky is an influential book on working with different cultures and what it means to be a global worker and a…
Exotic Beginning but Mysterious Ending
On my recent trip to Thailand, I visited the Jim Thompson’s store. Jim Thompson was known as The Silk King for revitalizing the Thai silk…
When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro is a well-known British novelist, short story-writer and a screenwriter. He was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to Britain…
Are We Truly In This Together?
“There are decades when nothing happens; and there are weeks when decades happen.” - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. 2020 was an unexpectedly…
Subliminal Decisions
One of my Summer reads was a self-help book - Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - by Malcolm Gladwell. The book covers topics…
The World: A Brief Introduction
Richard Haass is a veteran diplomat. He is the president of the Council on Foreign Relations with a mission to help people better…
From Refugee to the U.S. Secretary of State
She likes to involve herself in the world at its widest, and she has taken her career beyond the normal age of retirement. She wears many…
Myanmar's Longing For An Identity
Since the beginning of time, many people have suffered and died from trying to preserve their race and identity. One can hope that at…
Wild Cherry
Gennaro Liguori was a well-respected coral trader in Kobe, Japan in 1919. He was originally from Torre del Greco, a commune in the…
Healthier, Wealthier, but also More Unequal
Angus Deaton is a British-American economist and a winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics. He is a professor of Economics and…
You Are A Stranger To Me.
A 28-year-old African American woman, Sandra Bland, was pulled over by a white male trooper, Brain Encinia. Sandra was sent to jail…
Not Your Typical Newspaper Boy
He is creative, smart, and confident. He was the man who shook up the entire financial information industry and built his own multimedia…