What I am Reading… Upstream

/ Book of the Week / By Satish Shenoy / June 20, 2020 February 3, 2023 / 1 minute of reading

My Quick Review of this Book:

How long of a Read:

Medium Read (5-6 hours)

The Good:

Changing the mindset from downstream reaction to upstream intervention
Lots of examples for applying upstream thinking to various areas of our lives
3 Barriers to Upstream Thinking
- Problem Blindness, A Lack of Ownership, Tunneling
7 Questions for Upstream Leaders
- How will you unite the right people?
- How will you change the system?
- Where can you find a point of leverage?
- How will you get early warning of the problem?
- How will you know you are succeeding?
- How will you avoid doing harm?
- Who will pay for what does NOT happen?

What Could Be Better:

Some concepts may be obvious to some readers and some of the chapters feel long drawn out

To explore further or buy the book on Amazon:

1 Page Summary of the Book
To buy the book on Amazon: Upstream by Dan Heath

About The Author

Satish Shenoy

In his 25+ years of building and leading teams to achieve big, bold goals, Satish has experienced businesses from Fortune 500 companies to early stage startups, across multiple cities, countries and continents. He has helped for-profit companies grow profitably and non-profit ventures make impact. Satish is a partnerships ecosystem expert, an author, an award-winning speaker, a 7 continent marathon runner and a mentor and a friend to many. For those that don't know Satish, his story is an unlikely one… He moved to the US with 2 bags and a $2000 dollar loan and worked his way to become a successful senior executive, a Distinguished Toastmaster and a member of the “Seven Continent Club”. This exclusive club is a group of people that have run marathons across every continent including Antarctica. Having achieved big goals that initially seemed impossible to him, his mission now is to help others navigate their own Antarcticas'. He recently published his book “Runaway Growth” which has become an Amazon bestseller.