Book Reviews

“… a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”

George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results

Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results by James Clear In a world bustling with self-help books promising miraculous transformations, few manage to deliver a lasting impact. “Atomic Habits” by James Clear, however, stands out as a brilliant beacon in the genre. With its insightful approach to habit formation, Clear presents a roadmap for anyone striving […]

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Pandeymonium

Pandeymonium by Piyush Pandey: A Gem for Advertising Professionals

Pandeymonium : Piyush Pandey on Advertising, is a marvellous book/autobiagraohy by Piyush Pandey, Chief Creative Officer Worldwide (2019) and Executive Chairman India of Ogilvy.   Pandeymonium, penned by Piyush Pandey, is an engaging and uproarious autobiography that provides readers with an entertaining glimpse into the life and experiences of one of India’s most celebrated ad

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End of marketing

The End of Marketing: Humanizing Your Brand in the Age of Social Media and AI

End of Marketing (by Carlos Gill) – First of all, do not get confused with the title that “Marketing is Finished“. What the author of this book want to convey is that ‘marketing as we know it, ceases to exist’. Traditional marketing is failing in today’s digital, always-on world as social networks have become the

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Fluid Consumers

The Fluid Consumer: Next Generation Growth and Branding in the Digital Age

The Fluid Consumer: Next Generation Growth and Branding in the Digital Age by Teo Correia The Fluid Consumer Fluid consumers reflect the new category of digital consumers who display fluid characteristics while shopping. The decisions are made in a flash. These consumers are also called Millenials or generation Z. The important aspect of such consumers

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Experimentation Works

Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

Experimentation Works The Surprising Power of Business Experiments   Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments – a book by Stefan H Thomke is a wonderful book about the power of experiments for businesses. People familiar with IT and digital marketing are aware of A/B testing, which means testing two options to find out

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Nudges

Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness Nudge is co-authored by two professors, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. Richard Thaler, is a professor of behavioral economics at the University of Chicago, where Sunstein also taught. Thaler has worked with Nobel prize laureate Daniel Kahneman, and both have worked on the two system theory of

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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

Switch: How to change things, when change is hard Switch: How to change things, when change is hard, is a book about change management. Generally, my interest is consumer psychology that provides a much better and deeper understanding of the typical marketing consumer behavior that is not available in any textbook. I have read another

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Small data

Small Data: The Tiny Clues that Uncover Huge Trends by Martin Lindstrom

Small data, well what is that? We all are done to death with marketing and hype of Big Data. Everywhere, data means Big data. Big consulting firms are selling solutions to mine and analyze big data as a silver bullet to all marketing problems and no one talks about tiny data anywhere. The online world

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Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics – by Richard H. Thaler

Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics Behavioral economics is a super exciting branch of economics which integrates the consumer psychology (like marketing) to explain and find some real interesting insights and explanations to irrational behavior. Richard H. Thaler, a Nobel Laurette, as well as co-author of widely acclaimed book Nudge, investigates some fascinating phenomenon (or

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