Back in August last year, I had an entry about Freakonomics, a book by Steven D. Levitt.

Near the end I said the next book I was about to read was Good to Great, by Jim Collins and I promised you that I’d update you once I finished the book. Well, I have to apoligize for breaking that promise, because I did finish the book, but didn’t blog about it.

I’m not going to do an entire review here, because there are plenty of raving reviews out there. One thing I can say is that it really helped me shaping my business and although it’s not a really easy read (it’s kind of boring actually), the conclusions Jim and his team draw are really inspiring.

I have also just finished Barbarians at the Gate about the (in)famous take-over of RJR Nabisco by KKR in the late-eighties. It’s a fantastic book that covers the take-over really well and feels like a fiction thriller, but is in fact based on a real story. Especially with all the discussions around hedge funds lately, it’s an interesting read, especially if you (like me) are not really into these kinds of things but still want to keep up-to-date.