Book Reviews
The Innovator’s Hypothesis: How Cheap Experiments Are Worth More than Good Ideas Michael Schrage The MIT Press (2014) How and why “simple, fast, cheap, smart, lean, and important experiments can supercharge any serious innovation process” As I began to read…
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Service Fanatics: How to Build Superior Patient Experience the Cleveland Clinic Way James Merlino, M.D. McGraw-Hill (2014) “One of the most important things done is to define why we’re here — for patients.” Toby Cosgrove Note: Delos M. (“Toby”) Cosgrove,…
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster (2014) For so many of those involved with collaborative, breakthrough innovations, “Bliss was in that dawn to be alive.” What we…
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The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations Into Breakthroughs Marcia Reynolds Berrett-Koehler (2014) If you are not in a positive discomfort zone, get a different map and compass. I read and reviewed Marcia Reynolds’ previous book, Wander Woman: How…
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Clash of the Financial Pundits: How the Media Influences Your Investment Decisions for Better or Worse Joshua Brown and Jeff Macke McGrAw-Hill (2014) “Pundits are people, too”…for better or worse Early in the narrative, Joshua Brown and Jeff Macke observe,…
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The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War Samuel Hynes Farrar Straus Giroux (2014) Substantial heroism in the skies above France’s blood-soaked battlefields during World War One As Samuel Hynes explains, “There is a story to be told…
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The Conscience Economy: How a Mass Movement for Good Is Great for Business Steven Overman Bibliomotion Books + Media (2014) How and why vales-driven free enterprise may well be the modern agent to make life safer, better, and longer for…
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Take Command: Lessons in Leadership: How to Be a First Responder in Business Jake Wood Crown Business (2014) The power of high-stakes leadership when it is needed most Long ago in The Art of War, Sun Tzu suggests that every…
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The Lenovo Way: Managing a Diverse Global Company for Optimal Performance Gina Qiao and Yolanda Conyers McGraw-Hill (2014) “Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.” Peter Drucker Gina Qiao and Yolanda Conyers have played major roles during…
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