Book Reviews

RFID Essentials: A book review by Bob Morris

August 25, 2015

RFID Essentials Bill Glover and Himanshu Bhatt O’Reilly Media (2006) An electronic means by which to obtain information whenever needed and from wherever it is located and accessible As I began to read this book, published in 2006, I was…

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You can’t answer this brain teaser, but a preschooler can.

August 24, 2015

Here is a brain teaser from Smart.Kit. To check out dozens of other brain teasers as well as puzzles and games for “children of all ages,” please click here.   Which way is the bus below traveling? To the left…

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Discover Your True North : A book review by Bob Morris

August 23, 2015

Discover Your True North (Expanded and Updated Edition) Bill George John Wiley & Sons (2015) “You are the author of your life”…for better or worse. This is an expanded and updated edition of many of the insights and counsel first…

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New Brand Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

August 21, 2015

New Brand Leadership: Managing at the Intersection of Globalization, Localization and Personalization Larry Light and Joan Kiddon Pearson FT Press (2015) If someone asks you if your brand’s significance is global, local, or personal and your answer is “yes,” this…

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Spirals: A book review by Bob Morris

August 16, 2015

Spirals: The Whirled Image in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art Nico Israel Columbia University Press (2015) How and why the spiral may well be the defining image, symbol, and metaphor for the early-21st century What’s with spirals? According to Nico Israel,…

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We Are Market Basket: A book review by Bob Morris

August 13, 2015

We Are Market Basket: The Story of the Unlikely Grassroots Movement That Saved a Beloved Business Daniel Korshun and Grant Welker AMACOM (2015) The Market Basket story “forces us to rethink who really owns a company and who gets to…

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Think to Win: A book review by Bob Morris

August 11, 2015

Think to Win: Unleashing the Power of Strategic Thinking Paul Butler, John Manfredi, and Peter Klein McGraw-Hill (2015) The power of a new approach to results-driven, high-impact strategic thinking Paul Butler, John Manfredi, and Peter Klein introduce and thoroughly explain…

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Lead the Work: A book review by Bob Morris

August 9, 2015

Lead the Work: Navigating a World Beyond Employment John Boudreau, Ravin Jesuthasan, and David Creelman Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2015) “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” Peter Drucker…

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Management Lessons from Taiichi Ohno: A book review by Bob Morris

August 6, 2015

Management Lessons from Taiichi Ohno: What Every Leader Can Learn from the Man who Invented the Toyota Production System Takehico Harada McGraw-Hill (2015) “It is a system that says there is no limit to people’s creativity. People don’t go to…

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Beyond Engagement: A book review by Bob Morris

August 4, 2015

Beyond Engagement: A Brain-Based Approach That Blends the Engagement Managers Want with the Energy Employees Need Brady G. Wilson BPS Books (2015) How and why executives should manage workforce energy rather than workforce engagement Obviously Brady Wilson agrees with these…

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