Book Reviews

The Creator’s Code: A book review by Bob Morris

June 14, 2016

The Creator’s Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Amy Wilkinson Simon & Schuster (2015) Here are timeless and timely insights that illuminate “fundamental approaches to the act of creation” The term “code” with regard to individuals is comparable…

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Delivering on Digital: A book review by Bob Morris

June 13, 2016

Delivering on Digital: The Innovators and Technologies That Are Transforming Government William D. Eggers RosettaBooks (June 2016) How to attract, hire, train, and then retain the talent for digital thinking that can transform any organization This book’s title refers to…

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The Founder’s Mentality: A book review by Bob Morris

June 12, 2016

The Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth Chris Zook and James Allen Harvard Business Review Press (June 2016) How to avoid or resolve three organizational crises that can occur after start-up and early-growth phases In 1865,…

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Beyond Cybersecurity: A book review by Bob Morris

June 11, 2016

Beyond Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Digital Business James Kaplan, Tucker Bailey, Derek O’Halloran, Alan Marcus, and Chris Rezek John Wiley & Sons (2015) How and why all organizations must develop digital resilience to establish and then sustain cybersecurity First of all,…

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Magic and Loss: A book review by Bob Morris

June 10, 2016

Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art Virginia Heffernan Simon & Schuster (June 2016) How and why the Internet is “the most powerful expansion and expression of the project of being human” Virginia Heffernan observes, “These are exciting times, filled…

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This Brave New World: A book review by Bob Morris

June 9, 2016

This Brave New World: India, China and the United States Anja Manuel Simon & Schuster (2016) How and why the United States, China, and India – indeed must – create a positive brave new world As Anja Manuel explains, “The…

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That’s Not How We Do It Here!: A book review by Bob Morris

June 8, 2016

That’s Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall–and Can Rise Again John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber Portfolio Penguin/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (June 2016) How to create and then sustain a best-of-both-worlds…

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The Coaching Habit: A book review by Bob Morris

June 7, 2016

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever Michael Bungay Stanier Box of Crayons Press (2016) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Aristotle provides…

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The Power of the Other: A book review by Bob Morris

June 7, 2016

The Power of the Other: The startling effect other people have on you, from the boardroom to the bedroom and beyond — and what to do about it Henry Cloud HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (June 2016) “Champions get up when…

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Winning Well: A book review by Bob Morris

June 6, 2016

Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results – Without Losing Your Soul Karin Hurt and David Dye AMACOM (2016) How to build a workforce culture within which personal growth and professional development are most likely to thrive It is…

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