Book Reviews
The Manager’s Answer Book: Powerful Tools to Build Trust and Teams, Maximize Your Impact and Influence, and Respond to Challenges Barbara Mitchell and Cornelia Gamlem Career Press (June 2018) “So much of what we call management consists in making it…
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Conscious: The Power of Awareness in Business and Life Bob Rosen and Emma-Kate Swann John Wiley & Sons (July 2018) “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo the Possum In Plato’s Apology, Socrates is on trial for…
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The Future of Work: Robots, AI, and Automation Darrell M. West Brookings Press (May 2018) “The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” William Gibson I agree with Darrell West that various technologies are altering and…
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Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940-50 Agnès Poirier Henry Holt and Company (February 2018) It was the brightest of times, it was the darkest of times: Two tales of “The City of Lights” The material examines Paris…
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Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work Vijay Govindarajan and Ravi Ramamurti Harvard Business Review Press (July 2018) “Be the change that you wish to see in the world” Mohandas Gandhi In Reverse Innovation (2012), Vijay Govindarajan and Chris…
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Vicksburg: The Bloody Siege That Turned the Tide of the Civil War Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. Regnery History (June 2018)) Why Vicksburg was essential to winning the Civil War Briefly, in May and June of 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S.…
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HBR Guide to Being More Productive Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (July 2017) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker Most of the volumes in…
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Transforming the Clunky Organization: Pragmatic Leadership Skills for Breaking Inertia Samuel B. Bacharach Published in Association with Cornell University Press (July 2018) “Sacred cows make the best burgers” Robert Kriegel In one of the most valuable business books written in…
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It’s All About the Fit: A Practical Guide to Hiring an Executive Who Will Increase Your Company’s Value Lynton Edwards New Insights Press Here’s a process that will help companies to locate, attract, hire, and retain “Value Builders” Whatever their…
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The Ideal of Culture: Essays Joseph Epstein Axios Press (May 2018) “When I get a little money, I buy books. If I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” Desiderius Erasmus This is the fourth in a series of…
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