Book Reviews
Jobs to Be Done: A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation Stephen Wunker, Jessica Whitman, and David Farber AMACOM (November 2016) Create breakthrough ideas from reimagining problems, not from an incrementally better solution to a well-understood challenge It was Clayton Christensen who…
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Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters Lisa Bodell Bibliomotion (October 2016) How and why simplification can “dramatically improve results [whereas] complexity can accelerate a company’s death knell.” In all business operations, simplicity is…
Read MoreThe Agenda Mover: When Good Ideas Are Not Enough Samuel B. Bacharach Cornell University Press (August 2016) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison As I began to read this book, I was again reminded of the fact that, for…
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Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna St. Martin’s Press (May 2016) How and why “this new golden age will not simply arrive; we have to achieve it.” As you…
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Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (October 2016) How and why you really can create products and services that you know,…
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Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean Josh Bernoff HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (September 2016) The power of Lean thinking and writing One of the greatest benefits of Lean principles is that they can help leaders…
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The Thoughtful Leader: A Model of Integrative Leadership Jim Fisher Rotman/University of Toronto Press (July 2016) How and why integrative thinking is the foundation of great leadership Obviously, leaders have a great deal to think about before making decisions with…
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Simply Brilliant: How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways Bill Taylor Portfolio/The Penguin Group (September 2016) How and why “the thrill of breakthrough creativity and breakaway performance” belongs to all who can reimagine what they do and how…
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Together is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration Simon Sinek Portfolio/Penguin Group (September 2016) How those who live their lives by accident – if and when it happens – can be fulfilled by a life of serving a worthy purpose…
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Body Language Secrets to Win More Negotiations: How to Read Any Opponent and Get What You Want Greg Williams with Pat Iyer Career Press (September 2016) How and why body language will influence the outcome of every negotiation, for better…
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