stevefenton,
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Most books I don't connect with will get a shrug and I move on, but there was one book so patronising I had to demolish it. When I see it promoted (cover forward) in a book store, I gently return it to spine-forward. I can't imagine why anyone would recommend it.... and I actually like some of the author's other work!

https://www.stevefenton.co.uk/blog/2013/01/can-you-patronise-people-into-change/

gdinwiddie,
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@stevefenton
I received that book when my employer hired a new CIO. Everyone in the department got a copy.

The implied threat was clear.

stevefenton,
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@gdinwiddie that is utterly awful! Sorry!

gdinwiddie,
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@stevefenton
Worse, I loaned her my copy of Extreme Programming Explained to read and never got it back.

stevefenton,
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@gdinwiddie My copy is having age and heavy use issues! I hope the third edition gets issued as a hardback :)

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