Book Reviews
The Illusion of Innovation: Escape “Efficiency” and Unleash Radical Progress Elliott Parker Ideapress Publishing (April 2024) How and why the best innovations lead to more and even better innovations George Bernard Shaw once observed, “The single biggest problem in communication…
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HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (January 2019) “We did what all wise men do. We began at the end.” Menachem Begin Prime Minister Begin’s comment was his response when asked how he and President Anwar…
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METASKILLS: Five Talents for the Robotic Age Marty Neumeier New Riders (2012) A brilliant examination of superior thinking by a superior thinker Note: There are a few books that I re-read at least once a year because they have had…
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You Can’t Market Manure at Lunchtime: And Other Lessons from the Food Industry for Creating a More Sustainable Company Maisie Ganzler Harvard Business Review Press (April 2024) How to use sustainabiliy as a business driver and a market differentiator According…
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Passionate Minds: Women Rewriting the World Claudia Roth Pierpont Knopf (2000) “Hardly a woman here who would not be scandalized to find herself in company with most of them” Claudia Roth Pierpont I read this book when it was first published…
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Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner Natalie Dykstra Mariner Books/An Imprint of HarperCollins ((March 2024) “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” Pablo Picasso According to her official biography, “Mrs. Jack…
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Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing Laura Mae Martin HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (April 2024) How to achieve and then sustain high-impact productivity in all dimensions of your life Laura Mae Martin immediately captures her reader’s attention:…
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Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World Nick Bostrom Ideapress (March 2024) “Be careful what you wish for.” Aesop In my review of one of Nick Bostrom’s previously published books, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014), I noted that…
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The Innovative Leader: Step-by-Step Lessons from Top Innovators for Your Organization Stephen Wunker, Jennifer Lud Lawe, and Hari Nair Morgan James Publishing (April 2024) Creativity produces what is new. Innovation produces what is better. We need both. Here are three…
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