Book Reviews
Transforming Nokia: The Power of Paranoid Optimism to Lead Through Colossal Change Risto Siilasmaa with Catherine Fredman McGraw-Hill Education (October 2018) “Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.” Andy Grove In this book, written with Catherine Fredman, Risto…
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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam M. Grant Viking/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (2016) Note: I read this book when it was first published and have just re-read it again. I enjoyed it even more this time and…
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Engage to Win: A Blueprint for Success in the Engagement Economy Steve Lucas Greenleaf Book Group Press (2018) How to provide much more value to your customers and to your organization In The Art of War, Sun Tzu asserts that…
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Mr. Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense Jenny Uglow Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2018) Probably the definitive biography of a polymath “who was large, who contained multitudes” My title paraphrases Walt Whitman’s declaration in his classic work, “Song of…
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Reinventing Jobs: A 4-Step Approach for Applying Automation to Work Ravin Jesuthasan & John W. Boudreau Harvard Business Review Press (October 2018) Here’s a detailed roadmap for revinventing what workers do and how they do it The healthiest organizations are…
Read MoreCharm: The Elusive Enchantment Joseph Epstein Lyons Press (October 2018) A subject that “manages to carry on quite nicely without the aid of a locked-in, ironclad definition” I have read and reviewed most of Joseph Epstein’s earlier books, many of…
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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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