Mar 07, 2019
I Want Every Book to Adopt This Genius System
Hi everyone. Kamei here.
I do pair reading a lot these days, so I’ve been buying paper books too.
A pair-reading tip: read the “introduction” first, then the table of contents, and finally the “afterword” as your starting sprint. Since you have to get through the book in roughly 30 minutes, you need to input efficiently.
To do that, you get a bird’s-eye view of the whole — quickly grasping the book’s structure, what’s written, and what the author most wants to say.
That’s why I recommend this kind of opening move.
With that in mind, I picked up a new book today and ran into one that blew me away.
A New Book by the CEO of flier
This is the book.
紀伊國屋書店大手町ビル店にフラッと寄ったら、フライヤー @ohga_don さんの新著がめちゃ目立ってた🎉 pic.twitter.com/VpGOFPP3so
— Toshi / 亀井 聡彦 (@tolehico) 2019年3月5日
Quick question, everyone: do you know the web service flier? It’s a service that summarizes books so you can read each one in 10 minutes.
This book was written by Mr. Oga, the founder of flier, Inc. — the company providing that service.
flier was also a startup that came through MOVIDA JAPAN, the accelerator where I was an associate. At the time, it was founded by three ex-consultants with strong business chops, who launched a book summary service.
About 5–6 years on, after an exit via M&A, users keep growing. In an age of information overload, the ability to grab the key points of a book quickly through summaries is incredibly attractive for busy professionals.
And this book — written by Mr. Oga, the very provider of that service — adopts a certain genius system.
A Summary at the Beginning
Here it is.
冒頭にしっかり本の要約がついてるのが素敵. これぞフライヤーのUX. 全ての本でこのシステム採用してほしい！要約で読み終わってしまうリスクもあるが、多分それでもいいはずだし、そこは著者の腕の見せ所かね pic.twitter.com/B9gmVAIt9t
— Toshi / 亀井 聡彦 (@tolehico) 2019年3月5日
Isn’t this fantastic?
It’s a summary, but it’s about 16 pages long. It’s like flier’s UX, brought offline.
What’s amazing is that once you’ve read this summary and start the main book, your comprehension shoots up and your reading speed accelerates — basically the cost-effectiveness of reading goes through the roof.
That makes sense, right? You’ve got the key points mapped onto your head from a bird’s-eye view. You can read the details up close with bug’s-eye view, after you’ve understood it from above.
Mr. Oga also gave me a comment.
ですよね！ はるかに理解が促進されると思うのです。要約から入るとクリアに地図ができるので、かなりの速度でその後が読めるはず。
— 大賀 康史@フライヤー (@ohga_don) 2019年3月5日
This system of putting the summary at the front. I want every book to adopt it. Earnestly. It would also help pair reading enormously.
If you check the site, the summary for this book is provided free. Nice.
By the Way
This book is about organizations, and I highly recommend it to all businesspeople. Drawing on his experience consulting at many large enterprises and then founding his own startup, he writes very clearly about what organizations should be like going forward.
Definitely give it a read.
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