Book Reviews
Design Thinking: New Product Development Essentials from the PDMA Michael G. Fuchs, K. Scott Swan, and Abbie Griffin, Co-Editors John Wiley & Sons (2015) “We spend a lot time designing the bridge, but not enough time thinking about the people…
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Neuroscience for Leaders: A Brain-Adaptive Leadership Approach Nikolaos Dimitriadis and Alexandros Psychogios KoganPage (2016) “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable.” Charles Darwin…
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Great Teams: 16 Things High Performing Organizations Do Differently Don Yaeger W Publishing Group/An Imprint of Thomas Nelson (July 2016) “If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.” William L. McKnight (1924) However…
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The Intelligent Conversationalist: 31 Cheat Sheets That Will Show You How to Talk to Anyone About Anything, Anytime Imogen Lloyd Webber St. Martin’s Press Griffin (June 2016) Need advice on how to strengthen your conversation skills and social presence? This…
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PeopleShock: The Path to Profits When Customers Rule Tema Frank Essential Views Publishing (June 2016) The increasing value of the human element in a world that becomes more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous each day In one of their books,…
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Building a Culture of Innovation: A Practical Framework for Placing Innovation at the Core of Your Business Cris Beswick, Derek Bishop, and Jo Geraghty KoganPage (2016) The Easy Part: Defining an Innovation Workplace Culture I just checked: Amazon US now…
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Million Dollar Maverick: Forge Your Own Path to Think Differently, Act Decisively, and Succeed Quickly Alan Weiss Bibliomotion (May 2016) How and why “simply taking a contrarian or one-off view” – and acting on it – can be the secret…
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Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner John Wiley & Sons (May 2016) “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those…
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The Art of Strategic Leadership: How Leaders at All Levels Prepare Themselves, Their Teams, and Organizations for the Future Steven J. Stowell and Stephanie S. Mead John Wiley & Sons (2016) “The future is already here. – it’s just not…
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Put Your Intuition to Work: How to Supercharge Your Inner Wisdom to Think Fast and Make Great Decisions Lynn A. Robinson Career Press (July 2016) “Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, film making, and business – everything.” David…
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