Book Reviews
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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The Reciprocity Advantage: A New Way to Partner for Innovation and Growth Bob Johansen and Karl Ronn Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2014) How and why the reciprocity advantage will become increasingly profitable in ways and to an extent only now imaginable As…
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Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags Linda Rottenberg Portfolio/Penguin “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” Tennyson’s Ulysses Most people are caught up in what James O’Toole so aptly characterizes as…
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Uncontainable: How Passion, Commitment, and Conscious Capitalism Built a Business Where Everyone Thrives Kip Tindell with Paul Keegan and Casey Shilling Grand Central Publishing (2014) How and why the success of a human community with a foundation of conscious capitalism…
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande Metropolitan Books (2014) Invaluable insights that reveal and affirm the importance of the quality of death It is impossible to calculate the number of lives that have been saved…
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How Google Works Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg, with Alan Eagle Grand Central Publishing (2014) How and why Google continues to attract and retain so many “smart creatives” Before Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg, with Alan Eagle, explain how Google…
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