While I generally agree with the author's aims, I didn't find this a particularly engaging book. It is fairly anecdotal, interspersed with some generiWhile I generally agree with the author's aims, I didn't find this a particularly engaging book. It is fairly anecdotal, interspersed with some generic advice like 'play to your strengths' and 'ask for help'. It is unclear if this is a self-help book, a general argument for increasing equality for women or exactly what its aim or audience is.
I did however find 'Andy Haldane's Recruitment Challenge' interesting. If candidate A scores higher than candidate B on a test, you might think A should be hired. But what if answers A and other existing employees get wrong are the ones B gets right? B would actually be a better choice, adding more to the collective ability of the organisation, even if as an individual they are weaker....more
I was hoping for a more in-depth look at the material drawn upon by Pratchett in the Discworld series. Instead it felt like half of it was just about I was hoping for a more in-depth look at the material drawn upon by Pratchett in the Discworld series. Instead it felt like half of it was just about his variant of it. Maybe useful for those who have not read anything of his before, but I think most of the people wanting to read this will have a reasonable knowledge of this and won't want to read quotes of his take on it. As a result the other half doesn't go as in-depth on some of the ideas he references in his work. Perhaps more interesting to non-British readers who haven't come across so much of this folklore given a reasonable chunk is about British folklore?...more
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