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

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.