Book Reviews
Elevate: The Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking Rich Horwath Wiley (2014) How and why to elevate your business thinking to gain more and better perspectives…and help others to do so In a previously published book, Deep Dive: The Proven…
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Show and Tell: How Everybody Can Make Extraordinary Presentations Dan Roam Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) How and why the heart will follow the truth, understanding will follow a story, and the mind will follow the eye. In my opinion, Dan…
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The Dragonfly Effect Workbook: The Power of Stories Andy Smith, Barbara McCarthy, and Jennifer Aaker CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2014) How to create or increase demand for whatever you offer with a social compaign that has accelerate, reach, and impact…
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Greg McKeown Crown Business/Imprint of Crown Publishing Group “Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.” Albert Einstein As I began to read this book for the first time, I was again reminded…
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New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of the New York Times Constance Rosenblum, Editor New York University Press (2005) The “glories, frustrations, and peculiar appeal” of New York On occasion, I read two books at about the…
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Flex: The New Playbook for Managing Across Differences Jane Hyun and Audrey S. Lee HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2014) Invaluable information, insights, and counsel with regard to how to become and help others to become a “fluent leader” According…
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Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change Chris Ertel and Lisa Kay Solomon Simon & Schuster (2014) How to replace “time-sucking, energy-depleting meetings and workshops with high engagement strategic conversations” There are times when all of…
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BRIEF: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less Joseph McCormack Wiley (2014) How to unleash the power of brevity so that what you say and what you do have much greater impact I am among the staunch advocates of the…
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The Innovator’s Field Guide: Market Tested Methods and Frameworks to Help You Meet Your Innovation Challenges Peter Skarzynski and David Crosswaite Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2014) Here’s a “comprehensive, practical how-to guide to address the most pressing innovation challenges in your…
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Low-Hanging Fruit: 77 Eye-Opening Ways to Improve Productivity and Profits Jeremy Eden and Terri Long Wiley (2014) How to “get a good cash crop yield from business innovation” Years ago, I helped a Fortune 50 company establish an electronic suggestion…
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