Book Reviews
The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-Based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education Karl M. Kapp Co-Published by Pfeiffer/A Wiley Imprint and ASTD (2012) How and why the real value of the game-based mechanics “is to create meaningful learning…
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Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better Clive Thompson The Penguin Press (2014) How and why humans and technology can achieve much more when their respective strengths are in creative collaboration Clive Thompson poses…
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Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation Sally Hogshead HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2010) A brilliant explanation of the power of fascination based on sound judgment and impeccable character According to Sally Hogshead, “the ability to fascinate isn’t…
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Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible Daniel Burrus with John David Mann HarperBusiness (2011) Note: I recently re-read this book and am even more impressed now by the quality of its insights than I was…
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The Roadside MBA: Real-world Lessons for Entrepreneurs, Start-ups and Small Businesses Michael Mazzeo, Paul Oyer, and Scott Schaefer BusinessPlus/Hatchette Book Group (2014) “When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then.” William Least Heat-Moon, Blue Highways Many…
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The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change James M. Kerr Pagrave/Macmillan (2014) How to replace vague ideas about your career with strategies that will help you achieve your objectives at work and everywhere else Up front,…
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Build for Change: Revolutionizing Customer Engagement Through Continuous Digital Innovation Alan Trefler John Wiley & Sons (2014) How and why a focus on high tech and high touch will actively engage customers and fully respond to their expectations The title…
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The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook: Ideas into Practice Karl Kapp, Lucas Blair, and Rich Mesch, Co-Editors John Wiley & Sons (2014) Essential principles by which to design, develop, and create interactive, high-impact learning experiences In Chapters 1-12, the…
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The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge The Penguin Press (2014) How and why “the West has to change because it is going broke [and] the emerging world needs to reform to…
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LEAN Supply Chain Planning: The New Supply Chain Management Paradigm for Process Industries to Master Today’s VUCA World Josef Packowski CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group (2014) How to thrive in a VUCA world Of all the areas of operation that…
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