Book Reviews
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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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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