Book Reviews
How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom Matt Ridley Harper (May 2020) “Innovation offers the carrot of spectacular reward or the stick of destitution.” Joseph Schumpeter In the Introduction to his brilliant book, Matt Ridley cites a concept…
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Gratitude Tiger: Creating Joy Through the Art of Impactful Letters Joel Zuckerman Greenleaf Book Group Press (April 2025) “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” William Arthur Ward As Ward’s observation correctly…
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The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance Zach Mercurio Harvard Business Review Press (May 2025) “Always assume that people around you feel unseen, undervalued, and lonely — and act accordingly.” According to Zach Mercurio, “If…
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Another Way: Building Companies That Last…and Last…and Last Dave Whorton with Bo Burlington Harvard Business Review Press (May 2025) A brilliant analysis of “underappreciated and undersupported” values-driven companies In a book written with the invaluable assistance of Bo Burlingham (author…
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Wicked Problems: What Can We Do In This Time of Collapse? Christian Sarkar and Philip Kotler Idea Bite Press (March 2025) If the world’s worst problems are interconnected, then their solutions must also be interconnected. According to Phil Kotler, “This…
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The Stoic Capitalist: Advice for the Exceptionally Ambitious, Robert Rosenkrantz Bloomsbury (May 2025) How to free yourself for yourself To “free yourself from yourself” means to break free from limiting self-beliefs, attachments, and behaviors that hinder personal growth and happiness.…
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The World Is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation Prithwiraj Choudhury Harvard Business Review Press (April 2025) “The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.” W. Edwards Deming Wherever you…
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The Sweaty Startup: How to Get Rich Doing Boring Things Nick Huber HarperBusiness (April 2025) Do you have what it takes to build your own business? Nick Huber wrote this book to help as many people as possible to answer…
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Seeing Around Corners: C-Suite Wisdom from America’s Most Insightful Leaders Ken Banta Post Hill Press (April 2025) Two ears, two eyes, one mouth: Listen and observe at least 80% of the time The title of this review was derived from…
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The Psychology of Leadership: Timeless Principles to Improve Your Management of Individuals, Teams…and Yourself Sébastien Page Harriman House (April 2025) Channeling Henry Ford: Whether you think you can become a high-impact leader or think you can’t, you’re probably right. According…
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