Book Reviews
Orbit-Shifting Innovation: The Dynamics of Ideas that Create History Rajiv Narang and Devika Devaiah KoganPage (2014) A brilliant explanation of what orbit-shifting innovation is and how to make it happen An orbit-shifting innovation is among the most disruptive. As Rajiv…
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Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation Adam Bryant Times Books/Henry Holt & Company (2014) “The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the…
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Divine Fury: A History of Genius Darrin McMahon Basic Books (2014) A brilliant analysis of “the emergence of the genius as a figure of extraordinary privilege and power” Before reading this book for the first time, I checked out the…
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The Brain Advantage: Cutting-edge insights and revelations from the most recent research in neuroscience Madeleine Van Heck, Lisa Callahan, Brad Kolar, and Ken Paller Prometheus Books (2010) Cutting-edge insights and revelations from the most recent research in neuroscience There have…
Read MoreBig Bang Disruption: Business Survival in the Age of Constant Innovation Larry Downes and Paul Nunes Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) About these highly disruptive innovations: There’s some really great news and there’s also some really terrible news…. Those who have…
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The Well-Played Game: A Player’s Philosophy Bernard De Koven The MIT Press (2013) How and why well-played games become a well-played life, full of joy shared with others As I read and then re-read this new edition of The Well-Played…
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Making Habits, Breaking Habits: How To Make Changes That Stick Jeremy Dean DeCapo Press/Member of Perseus Books Group (2013) How to avoid or eliminate self-defeating habits while developing others that accelerate personal growth and professional development The material provided is…
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Beyond the Job Description: How Managers and Employees Can Navigate the True Demands of the Job Jesse Sostrin Palgrave Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press (2013) Here’s a “compass” to navigate “the ecology and terrain of work’s greatest challenges” The subtitle of this…
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“Natural hitter my ass” was Williams’ response when someone suggested he was a great “natural hitter.” In fact, he had spent more time than any other baseball player ever has — or ever will– working on the techniques of hitting a…
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Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them Joshua Greene The Penguin Press (2013) How and why “we can improve our prospects for peace and prosperity by improving the way we think about moral problems” When I…
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