Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Mindful Work
David Gelles (Business journalist) · 2015
74/100
👍 Worth It
Gelles delivers genuinely rigorous corporate reporting — named companies, real data, on-the-ground interviews — while being honest enough to raise the uncomfortable question of whether stripping meditation of its ethics serves anyone. The ambiguity about a clear verdict is frustrating, but the balanced treatment of 'McMindfulness' criticism is precisely what most books in this space avoid.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety88
Substance / usefulness76
Craft & writing75
Originality72
Evidence & accuracy70
Hype vs delivers68
Age-fit80
👁 Human-eye gut-check74
Penny’s verdict74
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