Book Reviews
The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture Scott Belsky Portfolio/Penguin (October 2018) “It’s not about the start or finish, it’s about the journey in between.” Scott Belsky The “it” may…
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SCRAMBLE: How agile strategy can build epic brands in record time Marty Neumeier Level C Media (October 2018) Here’s a new approach to business: “the emotions, the obstacles , the setbacks, the human interaction, the relentless pressure” As Marty Neumeier explains,…
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The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups from Death by Politics Bradley Tusk Portfolio/Penguin (September 2018) “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Ronald Reagan As I began to…
Read MoreThe Change Maker’s Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company Amy J. Radin City Point Press (September 2018) “Startups don’t have a monopoly on innovation and legacy companies don’t have a monopoly on bureaucracy.” Liz Landsman…
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The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback Nigel Travis PublicAffairs (September 2018) The almost unlimited power of purposeful questions, positive pushback, and civil debate In our personal lives as well as in our careers, if we…
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Growing Influence: A Story of How to Lead with Character, Expertise, and Impact Ron Price and Stacy Ennis Greenleaf Book Group Press (September 2018) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” …
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Open to Think: Slow Down, Think Creatively and Make Better Decisions Dan Pontefract Figure.1 Publishing (September 2018) “Keep your minds open — but not so open that your brains fall out.” Walter Kotschnig Dan Pontefract’s third book focuses on thinking.…
Read MoreThe Magic of Thinking Big David J. Schwartz Simon & Schuster (1959) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford Opinions are divided — sometimes sharply divided — with regard to self-help books. I…
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Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs Ken Kocienda St. Martin’s Press (September 2018) How and why, in order to “understand what makes Apple what it is, its essence, you need to understand software”…
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Smart Business: What Alibaba’s Success Reveals about the Future of Strategy Ming Zeng Harvard Business Review Press (September 2018) How Alibaba is “reconstructing entire industries with almost every business, be it traditional, or brand new” In a previously published book,…
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