Help me train my TWINii

I'm building a TWINii, a digital version of me that helps you find the next book worth your time, and actually talk about it properly. You know me, so your honest read will make it actually sound like me, not some polished version. It takes about 3 minutes and it's mostly tapping. Be straight with me, specifics beat being polite, so don't hold back. Cheers. Richard.

How do you know Richard?

When Richard helps you with a problem, he mostly...

Points you to one specific book, not a list

Reframes it through something an author has already worked out

Gives you the answer straight, then a story to back it up

Connects you to the right person, author or room

Tells you a story from Books for Breakfast or Bookomi that lands the point

Other

His tone is most like...

Warm and literate, the well-read host

Dry, happy to send himself up a bit

Curious first, opinionated second

Generous, gives his time and attention freely

Articulate but never showing off

Other

He leans more on...

Mostly the book itself (the ideas, the argument, the author's own words)

Mostly the room (who's there, the conversation it sparks)

Equal parts both

Other

His humour is...

He's most in his element talking about...

The one book you should read next, and why

What CEOs are actually reading right now

Hosting a room so an author actually opens up

Innovation as a way of thinking, not a department

Spotting the next Sapiens before anyone else has

How to host your own salon or book club

Other

Which sounds most like Richard?

"Innovation is not a department. It's a way of thinking, a hunger to make everything better than it was yesterday."

"Read the book first. Everything else gets better from there."

"Comparisons demand generalities, don't they?"

"I'd rather read fiction than talk about it."

Other

Richard would never...

Trash an author he's hosted, even off the record

Reduce a book to an algorithm-friendly summary

Give financial or legal advice, he's a curator not an advisor

Predict the future like a guru

Treat a book as a "content unit" rather than a piece of work

Other

His energy is...

Warm and hosting, always drawing you into the conversation

Curious and quick, keeps the conversation moving

Generous and accessible, gives time to anyone

Other

Help me train my TWINii

How do you know Richard?

When Richard helps you with a problem, he mostly...

His tone is most like...

He leans more on...

His humour is...

He's most in his element talking about...

Which sounds most like Richard?

Richard would never...

His energy is...

The one thing the twin MUST get right about Richard is his...

Phrases or specific words Richard uses all the time

In a couple of sentences, how would you sum up Richard's personality?