Book Reviews

Creative Anarchy: A book review by Bob Morris

March 4, 2015

Creative Anarchy: How to Break the Rules of Graphic Design for Creative Success Denise Bosler HOW Books (23015) How and why the best design is “barely noticeable because it works seamlessly into its environment and for its audience” Some human…

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The Reconnected Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

March 3, 2015

The Reconnected Leader: An Executive’s Guide to Creating Responsible, Purposeful and Valuable Organizations Norman Pickavance KoganPage (2015) “Get real or you’re toast.” Lancelot Fahrquart Thinking about reconnection presupposes a previous connection. That is the approach by which Norman Pickavance frames…

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Fighting over the Founders: A book review by Bob Morris

March 2, 2015

Fighting over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution Andrew M. Schocket New York University Press (2015) Why “the American Revolution will take place in different ways depending on the medium in which it is depicted.” Andrew Schocket Officially,…

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The Responsible Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

March 1, 2015

The Responsible Leader: Developing a Culture of Responsibility in an Uncertain World Tim Richardson KoganPage (2015) Without individual as well as shared accountability, little (if anything) of enduring value can be accomplished. As I began to read Tim Richardson’s book,…

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Ram Charan’s The Attacker’s Advantage: A book review by Bob Morris

February 27, 2015

The Attacker’s Advantage: Turning Uncertainty into Breakthrough Opportunities Ram Charan PublicAffairs (2015) This is the most valuable contribution to business thought leadership that Ram Charan has made…thus far. I have read and reviewed all of the books that Ram Charan…

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Performing Under Pressure: A book review by Bob Morris

February 26, 2015

Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most Hendrie Weisinger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry Crown Business (2015) Howe and why pressure can be “the enemy of success: It undermines performance and helps us fail” Hendrie Weisinger…

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The Resiliency rEvolution: A book review by Bob Morris

February 25, 2015

The Resiliency rEvolution: Your Stress Solution for Life — 60 Seconds at a Time Jenny C. Evans Wise Ink Creative Publishing (2015) Here is a cohesive and comprehensive program to accelerate personal growth and professional development As I began to…

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Overruled: A book review by Bob Morris

February 24, 2015

Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court Damon Root Palgrave Macmillan Trade (November 4, 2014) A brilliant analysis of “two compelling visions” of “what the role of the government and the courts should play in our…

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The 5 Choices: A book review by Bob Morris

February 23, 2015

The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity Kory Kogon, Adam Merrill, and Leena Rinne Simon & Schuster (2015) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” — Peter…

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Why Homer Matters: A book review by Bob Morris

February 20, 2015

Why Homer Matters Adam Nicolson Henry Holt (2014) “We don’t read great books. They read us.” George Steiner Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Shakespeare, Dante, and other great authors matter because their great works serve as magic carpets that transport us back…

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