Book Reviews
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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Delivering on Digital: The Innovators and Technologies That Are Transforming Government William D. Eggers RosettaBooks (June 2016) How to attract, hire, train, and then retain the talent for digital thinking that can transform any organization This book’s title refers to…
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The Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth Chris Zook and James Allen Harvard Business Review Press (June 2016) How to avoid or resolve three organizational crises that can occur after start-up and early-growth phases In 1865,…
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Beyond Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Digital Business James Kaplan, Tucker Bailey, Derek O’Halloran, Alan Marcus, and Chris Rezek John Wiley & Sons (2015) How and why all organizations must develop digital resilience to establish and then sustain cybersecurity First of all,…
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Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art Virginia Heffernan Simon & Schuster (June 2016) How and why the Internet is “the most powerful expansion and expression of the project of being human” Virginia Heffernan observes, “These are exciting times, filled…
Read MoreThis Brave New World: India, China and the United States Anja Manuel Simon & Schuster (2016) How and why the United States, China, and India – indeed must – create a positive brave new world As Anja Manuel explains, “The…
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