Book Reviews
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West David McCullough Simon & Schuster (May 2019) They developed the Ohio Territory, propelling “as best they could the American ideals” In her superb review of David…
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Innovation Capital: How to Compete–and Win–Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders Jeff Dyer, Nathan Furr, and Curtis Lefrandt Harvard Business Review Press (June 2019) How to secure the necessary resources to turn novel and risky ideas into reality As Jeff…
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Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything Charles Conn and Robert McLean John Wiley & Sons (March 2019) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” Peter…
Read MoreSuccess Is in Your Sphere: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals Zvi Band McGraw-Hill Education (May 2019) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb What…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Diversity Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (May 2019) “Diversity: The art of thinking independently in collaboration.” Malcolm Forbes This is one in a series of volumes that anthologizes what the editors of the Harvard Business…
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Connected Strategy: Building Continuous Customer Relationships for Competitive Advantage Nicolaj Siggelkow and Christian Terwiesch Harvard Business School Press (2019) How connected strategies create competitive advantages in customer relationships Jackie Huba and Ben McConnell coauthored an invaluable book in which they…
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Everyday Chaos: Technology, Complexity, and How We’re Thriving in a New World of Possibility David Weinberger Harvard Business Review Press (May 2019) Welcome to VUCA on steroids As David Weinberger suggests, “The aim of this book is to reveal a…
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Forging an Ironclad Brand: A Leader’s Guide Lindsay Pedersen Lioncrest Publishing (April 2019) How to establish a brand that can serve as your organization’s North Star Since the first marketplace was established several thousand years ago, the essential purpose of…
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Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization Ron Williams, Greenleaf Book Group Press (May 2019) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt In this…
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How We Make Stuff Now: Turn Ideas into Products That Build Successful Businesses Jules Pieri McGraw-Hill Education (April 2019) How to evaluate a potential product or service, then identify market opportunities for it Most ideas about new products or services…
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