Book Reviews
HBR 10 Must Reads: 2024 HBR Editors and Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (October 2024) The definitive management ideas of the year from Harvard Business Review This is the latest volume in a series introduced in 2015. “HBR 10…
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Who Does What By How Much?: A Practical Guide to Customer-Centric OKRs Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden Sense and Response Press (2024) Here’s a better way to measure organizational success Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden explain how any organization —…
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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Mostly Noisy World Cal Newport Portfolio/Penguin (February 2019) How to thrive “in our current moment of technological overload” I agree with Cal Newport that the impact of technological tools on most…
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The Ethical Imperative: Leading with Conscience to Shape the Future of Business Andrew C.M. Cooper Wiley (August 2024) “Your behavior defines you…for better or worse.” Anonymous Why did Andrew C.M. Cooper write The Ethical Imperative? “I have two objectives for…
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CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra Scribner (March 2022) How and why the best “playmakers” can — and do — write their own “playbook” As I…
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The Supply Chain Revolution: Unlocking the Sustainable Profit Chain Art Koch Business Expert Press (June 2024) “If you’ve always done it that way, it’s probably wrong.” Charles Kettering Whatever their size and nature may be, all organizations have two compelling…
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Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits That Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest William Vanderbloemen HarperCollins Leadership/An Imprint of HarperCollins (November 2023) How determined are you to to work hard AND smart? Otherwise…. What are the defining characteristics of…
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All-In on AI: How Smart Companies Win Big with Artificial Intelligence Tom Davenport and Nitin Mittal Harvard Business Review Press (January 2023) “By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.” Richard Dawkins In…
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HBR 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2017) “Champions get up when they can’t.” Jack Dempsey This is one in a series of volumes that anthologizes what the editors of the Harvard Business Review…
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Tickling Sharks: How We Sold Businesses on Sustainability John Elkington Fast Company Press (June 2024) “You’re going to need a larger perspective.” As I began to read Tickling Sharks, I was again reminded of Vernon Vinge’s essay, “The Coming of…
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