Book Reviews

Give Hospitality: A Book Review by Bob Morris

July 9, 2025

Give Hospiality: A Hopeful Story of What Happens When We live, Work, and Love from a Place of Genersosity Taylor Scott Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of BenBella Books (July 2025) The power of being generous to yourself All of the…

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Go One More: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 29, 2025

Go One More: Find the Clarity to Make Intentional Life-Changing Choices Nick Bare BenBella Books (June 2025) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford I agree with Ford as well as with Nick…

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G.O.A.T. Wisdom: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 26, 2025

G.O.A.T. Wisdom: How to Build a Truly Great Business Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell Harvard Business Review Press (July 2025) Here’s the “secret sauce” for a delicious feast of business success In the Preface, Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell observe,…

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AI First: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 25, 2025

AI First: The Playbook for a Future-Proof Business and Brand Adam Botman and Andy Sack Harvard Business Review Press (June 2025) How can almost any organization and any brand survive the AI “tidal wave”?  That is one of the questions…

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Lead with Hospitality: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2025

Lead with Hospitality: Be Human. Emotionally Connect. Serve Selflessly. Taylor Scott Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of BenBella Books (April 2021) How to connect with, serve, engage with, and inspire those whom you are privileged to lead In 1970, Robert K.…

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Founders Keepers: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 19, 2025

Founders Keepers: Why Founders Are Built to Fail, and What It Takes to Succeed Richard Hagberg and Tien Tzuo with Gabe Weisert Matt Holt Books, An Imprint of BenBella Books (June 2025) “The startup landscape is a killing field.” According…

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The Growth Dilemma: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 14, 2025

The Growth Dilemma: Managing Your Brand When Different Customers Want Different Things Annie Wilson and Ryan Hamilton Harvard Business Review Press (June 2025) How to navigate the perilous waters of growth through the acquisition of new customers To what does…

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Super Thinking Revisited: A book review by Bob Morris

June 11, 2025

Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann Portfolio/Penguin (June 1919) How to develop a mind that can jump jurisdictional boundaries to create unique value J. H. Flavell was probably the first to use the…

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Why Belonging Matters More Than Just Diversity

June 7, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by and Curtis L. Odom, Charn P. McAllister and Ryan Soffer for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription…

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The Systems Leader: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 4, 2025

The Systems Leader: Mastering the Cross Pressures That Make or Break Today’s Companies Robert E. Siegel Crown Currency (June 2025) How to juggle hand grenades while walking through a minefield during an electrical storm…wearing a blindfold This book’s subtitle refers…

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