Principles: the error log, and not much else Six hundred pages from which I took one practice. Much of the book is the internal manual of a firm whose culture does not transplant, least of all to this part of the world. Strategy 10 jun 2026 Books
Poor Charlie's Almanack: one talk carries the book Eleven talks gathered into an object of a book, with forewords, portraits and praise. The eleventh is the good one, and it explains why a company's processes do what they do. Strategy 26 may 2026 Books
Thinking, Fast and Slow: estimating from the outside A big book, with parts that time treated badly and one idea I use every time I have to say how long something will take. Strategy 23 may 2026 Books
Lean Analytics: draw the line before you look at the number One good idea and twice the pages it needs. The good idea is that a metric is only useful if you decided beforehand what a good number would be. Strategy 13 abr 2026 Books
A guide to quantitative trading: the chapter about fooling yourself A Spanish-language guide to building automated trading strategies. Somebody else's business and a suspect genre, except for two chapters that describe a trap which is not only a market trap. Strategy 3 mar 2026 Books
Fouché: the man who outlives every government The life of a man who served the monarchy, the revolution, the terror, Napoleon and the king who came back afterwards. It is a great book and a partial analysis, and both can be said at once. Strategy 13 feb 2026 Books
Ethical Machines: the operational question is who signs A philosopher advising companies, arguing something simple: a list of ethical principles with no owner, no procedure and no power to stop anything is not ethics, it is decoration. AI Strategy 7 feb 2026 Books
Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: the question that comes before the map Twenty years and a cloud later, its opening question is still the best in its field: how much data integration and how much process standardisation does this particular company need. Architecture Strategy 31 ene 2026 Books
The Intelligent Investor: margin of safety, applied to estimating A long, uneven book from which nearly everyone quotes two chapters. Those two changed how I present an estimate of work. Pricing Strategy 13 ene 2026 Books
Cloud Strategy: nobody wants a server, they want to stop thinking about one Thirty-two short essays about deciding on a cloud, not operating one. This is the book to read before quoting a migration, and the one that explains why the promised savings rarely show up. Architecture Strategy 24 nov 2025 Books
Artificial Intelligence in Finance: the best manual on lying to yourself with historical data Machine learning applied to markets. I neither trade nor advise on investments; I read it for the part nobody quotes, which is why a test on the past looks good and reality does not. AI Strategy 27 oct 2025 Books
Antifragile: the barbell applied to working alone Some things break under shock, some withstand it, and some improve because of it. The third category is the one Taleb names, and the one missing from nearly every business plan. Strategy 15 oct 2025 Books