Reading Notes
Reading Notes document what I am learning from a specific source: its main ideas, questions it raises, points of disagreement, connections to my work, and claims that need further evidence.
Their canonical home is based on source dependence. A note may inform both Building and Human Transformation and may therefore appear in both topical publication hubs, while remaining one page here.
Organizations, Decisions & Long-Term Building
باهوشتر، سریعتر، بهتر — Notes on decision-making, focus, motivation, teams, and the design of sustainable productivity.
بازی بینهایت — A reading of long-term leadership, purpose, trust, resilience, and organizations built for more than short-term wins.
تفکر سریع و کند — Notes on fast and slow thinking, cognitive bias, intuition, judgment, and decision-making in life and work.
Human Learning, Philosophy & Leadership
وقتی گفتوگو کافی نیست: هنر چگونه میتواند پویاییهای گروه را گفتوگوپذیر کند؟ — فارسی · When Conversation Is Not Enough: How Art Can Make Group Dynamics Discussable — English — A reading of Rosemary Reilly’s arts-based action research on making hidden group patterns available for collective inquiry.
از هستی تا امکان — A source-specific reading of Being and Time and Speaking Being that separates Heidegger’s philosophy, Hyde and Kopp’s interpretation, and the author’s limited application to leadership.
یادگیری کلنگر — A critical synthesis of whole-person learning, ways of being, transfer, and the evidence required to evaluate leadership education responsibly.
تائو تِ چینگ — Notes on the Tao Te Ching, simplicity, effortless action, Eastern philosophy, life, and leadership.
قدرت عادت — Notes on habit loops, keystone habits, and behavior change in individuals, organizations, and societies.
Source Types
A Reading Note may be based on:
- a book or chapter;
- a research paper or review;
- a lecture, course, or recorded talk;
- an official technical or institutional document;
- another identifiable long-form source.
Editorial Standard
Each note should distinguish among:
- the source author’s argument;
- direct quotation;
- my summary;
- my interpretation or disagreement;
- a practical implication;
- questions that require additional evidence.
A Reading Note is not a substitute for the original source and should link to it whenever possible.