Book Reviews
The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944: J. M. Keynes and the Reshaping of the Global Economy Ed Conway Pegasus Books (2015) A brilliant analysis of the unique significance of “the very highest point of modern international economic diplomacy” Here is probably…
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5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There Is Never Enough Time Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram John WIley & Sons (2015) “No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for…
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Feeling Smart: Why Our Emotions Are More Rational Than We Think Eyal Winter PublicAffairs (2015) How and why “it is the feeling and thinking person who has the advantage, not the person who relies on thought alone” This book’s subtitle…
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What You Really Need to Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner Robert Steven Kaplan Harvard Business Review Press 2015) To paraphrase Henry Ford, “Whether you think you can be an effective leader or think you can’t,…
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The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers Gillian Tett Simon & Schuster (2015) “Why are so many of us sometimes “blind to our own blindness?” Daniel Kahneman Two of the most valuable books…
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Other People’s Money: The Real Business of Finance John Kay PublicAffairs (2015) How some common sense can help restore “priority and respect for financial services that meet the needs of the real economy” I agree with John Kay: “The objective…
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America’s Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age Rework America Initiative (56 contributors) sponsored by the Markle Foundation W. W. Norton & Company (2015) How to reinvigorate a unique American tradition: “the restless desire to master our fate, joined in…
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Finish BIG: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top Bo Burlingham Portfolio/Penguin Random House (2015) “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice [when selling a company]. In practice there is.” Yogi Berra As I began to…
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Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor Tren Griffin Columbia University Press (2015) “Make everything as simple as possible but no simpler.” Albert Einstein Briefly, Charles Thomas Munger (born January 1, 1924) is an American business magnate, lawyer, investor, and philanthropist. He…
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Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (2015) Valuable lessons to be learned from those who “paved an extraordinary path as the first…
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