Book Reviews
The Innovation Formula: The 14 Science-Based Keys for Creating a Culture Where Innovation Thrives Amantha Imber John Wiley & Sons (2016) To paraphrase Henry Ford, “If you think you can or think you can’t create a culture where innovation thrives,…
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When the Pressure’s On: The Secret to Winning When You Can’t Afford to Lose Louis S. Csoka AMACOM (June 2016) “Champions get up when they can’t.” Jack Dempsey All of us can identify with a situation when someone has been…
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Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, and Kevin Maney HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (June 2016) How to achieve and then sustain a competitive advantage in almost any marketplace In…
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Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee Harvard Business Review Press (June 2016) How to help those with a need for a product or service to connect with those who can provide it, The…
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Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior Jonah Berger Simon & Schuster (June 2015) Here are the “simple, subtle, and other surprising ways that others affect our behavior” Actually, the invisibility to which the book’s title refers is —…
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Presentation Skills 201: How to Take It to the Next Level as a Confident, Engaging Presenter William R. Steele Erie Publishing (2016) How you present yourself when interacting with others will probably determine what they think of you, for better…
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Think Simple: How Smart Leaders Defeat Complexity Ken Segall Penguin/Portfolio, An Imprint of Penguin Random House (June 2016) “Make everything as simple as possible but no simpler.” Albert Einstein Einstein’s admonition helps to create a context for Ken Segall’s brilliant…
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Execution Excellence: Making Strategy Work Using the Balanced Scorecard Sanjiv Anand John Wiley & Sons (2016) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison David P. Norton and Robert S. Kaplan co-authored an article, “The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance,”…
Read MoreMonetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price Madhavan Ramanujam and Georg Tacke John Wiley & Sons (June 2016) How monetizing the design of new or improved products and/or services will help create or increase demand for…
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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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