Book Reviews
The Digital Economy: Rethinking Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence (Anniversary Edition) Don Tapscott McGraw-Hill (2014) A brilliant exploration and analysis of what has become an “age of connected intelligence” worldwide This is the 20th Anniversary Edition…
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The Shifts and the Shocks: What We’ve learned — and Have Still to Learn — from the Financial Crisis Martin Wolf Penguin Press (2014) How and why the financial and economic crises that hit the high-income countries after August 2007…
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Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love Jon Kolko Harvard Business Review Press (2014) How to focus on people, celebrate emotional value, and drive optimism through lateral and divergent thinking I share Jon Kolko’s high regard for…
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Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work Liz Wiseman Harper Business (2014) Quaerere Eruditionem: Always “Seek Learning” In her previously published books, Liz Wiseman shares her thoughts about the power of multiplication, a force that…
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Location is (Still) Everything: The Surprising Influence of the Real World on How We Search, Shop, and Sell in the Virtual One David R. Bell New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014) The power and perils of becoming actively engaged with the…
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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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