Book Reviews
Driven by Difference: How Great Companies Fuel Innovation Through Diversity David A. Livermore AMACOM (2016) Why most differences can be bridges rather than barriers …if you allow them to be In this exceptionally thoughtful and thought-provoking book, David Livermore addresses…
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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam M. Grant Viking/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (2016) How and why originality starts with creative thinking, is driven by a vision, and can eventually have global impact Adam Grant wants to “debunk…
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Agile Talent: How to Source and Manage Outside Experts Jon Younger and Norm Smallwood Harvard Business Review Press (2016) How all manner of companies gain competitive advantage with new and better ways of managing talent All organizations need effective leadership…
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One Simple Idea, Revised and Expanded Edition: Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work Stephen Key McGraw Hill Education (2016) From acorns to oak trees This is a revised and expanded edition of a…
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Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World Al Pittampalli HarperBusiness/Imprint of Haroer Collins (January 2016) Why leaders should demand to know whatever they need to know, especially if it is not what they think Those who…
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Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World Al Pittampalli HarperBusiness/Imprint of Harper Collins (January 2016) Why leaders should demand to know whatever they need to know, especially if it is not what they think they know…but…
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The Power of Fifty Bits: The New Science of Turning Good Intentions into Positive Results Bob Nease HarperBusiness (January 2016) What the “intent/behavior gap” is and how to minimize it, if not eliminate it Bob Nease is on to something.…
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Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes—But Some Do Matthew Syed Portfolio/Penguin Random House (2015) A rigorous examination of “the underlying processes through which humans learn, innovate, and become more creative” According to Matthew Syed, there…
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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It…Every Time Maria Konnikova VIKING/An Imprint of Random House (2016) A brilliant analysis of “the aristocrats of crime” and how they manipulate their gullible victims Long before we are adults and others have…
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Driven to Delight: Delivering World-Class Customer Experience the Mercedes-Benz Way Joseph A. Michelli McGraw-Hill (2016) “The Best or Nothing”: The Mercedes-Benz Way As those who have read one or more of his previously published books already know, Joseph Michelli possesses…
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