Book Reviews

METASKILLS: Revisiting a Book Review by Bob Morris

January 23, 2026

METASKILLS: Five Talents for the Robotic Age Marty Neumeier New Riders (2012) Note: This is one of only a few books I re-read about this time every year since it was first published. Yes, it really is that valuable. In…

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Powered by Projects: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 22, 2026

Powered by Projects: Leading Your Organization in the Transformation Age Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez Harvard Business Review Press (January 2026) How and why projects have become the primary engine of value creation According to Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, these are the basic components of…

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The More Mindset: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 18, 2026

The More Mindset: Break Mental Limits and Step into Extraordinary Results Diana Pagano Wiley (January 2026) How to become the person that you yearn to be; yes, …it really is possible. Long ago, when I joined the working world (first…

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The Next RenAIssance: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 14, 2026

The  Next RenAIssance: AI and the Expansion of Human Potential Zack Kass Wiley (January 2026) “Potential means you ain’t done it yet.” University of Texas Coach Darrell Royal As I began to read The Next RenAIssance, I was again reminded…

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What Every CEO Must Know: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 12, 2026

What Every CEO Must Know: 37 Secrets to Lead with Confidence and Power Bill Miller Beeline Publishing (November 2025) And what every aspiring C-level executive must learn There are only a few head-napping revelations in this book, and Bill Miller…

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Job Architecture: Building a Language for Workforce Intelligence

January 7, 2026

Job Architecture: Building a Language for Workforce Intelligence Ben Zweig Wiley (January 2026) How to make the right decisions with the best information about human capital In Job Architecture, Ben Zweig “shows the very real stakes when companies do not…

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Five Trends in AI and Data Science for 2026

January 7, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration…

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Nature’s Blueprint for Business: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 5, 2026

Nature’s Blueprint for Business: Harnessing the Hidden Power of Edges Ines Garcia Routledge/Taylor & French Group (September 2025) “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” Albert Einstein Long ago, during my junior year in high school…

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There’s Nothing Like This: Revisiting a Review by Bob Morris

January 3, 2026

There’s Nothing Like This: The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift Kevin Evers Harvard Business Review Press (April 2025) Here’s a “chronological romp” through Taylor Swift’s incomparable career thus far To what does “this” refer in the title of Kevin Evers’s…

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Business Beyond Borders: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 2, 2026

Business Beyond Borders: Stories, Tales and Lessons Learned from Working in 1oo Cultures Around the World Dean Foster John Murray Business Press (2025) Reliable guidance for strangers in a strange land Business beyond as well as well as within borders…

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