Book Reviews

The Innovative Leader: A Book Review by Bob Morris

April 5, 2024

The Innovative Leader: Step-by-Step Lessons from Top Innovators for Your Organization Stephen Wunker, Jennifer Lud Lawe, and Hari Nair Morgan James Publishing (April 2024) Creativity produces what is new. Innovation produces what is better. We need both. Here are three…

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Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: A Book Review by Bob Morris

April 2, 2024

Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy Anastasia Kārkliņa Gabriel Kogan Page (March 2024) How to understand and leverage the power of culture in brand marketing In Future Shock (1970), Alvin Toffler made this prediction: ” The illiterate of…

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Tune In: A Book Review by Bob Morris

April 1, 2024

Tune In: How to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World Nuala Walsh Hanover House (March 2024) How making smarter decisions will accelerate your personal growth and professional development In Judgment Calls, Thomas Davenport and Brooke Manville explain how and…

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Unlearning Silence: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 24, 2024

Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully Elaine Lin Hering Viking/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (March 2024) The Pervasive Influence of Silence…for Better or Worse In Future Shock (1970), Alvin Toffler offers this…

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Digital Transformation Success: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 23, 2024

Digital Transformation Success: Achieving Alignment and Delivering Results with the Process Inventory Framework Michael Schank Apress Media (December 2023) A brilliant combination of macro perspectives with micro analysis Soon after I began to read this book, I was again reminded…

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Irreplaceable : A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 15, 2024

Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places That Bring People Together Kevin Ervin Kelley Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of BenBella Books (March 2024) How and why environment affects behavior…and vice versa According to Kevin Ervin Kelley, “This book is for those…

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Shine [3/26/24] : A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 14, 2024

Shine: How Looking Inward Is the Key to Unlocking True Entrepreneurial Freedom Gino Wickman and Rob Dube BenBella Books, Inc. (March 2024)         He Why the pursuit of happiness should be a quest for being good, not feeling…

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The Fisherman’s Path to Leadership: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 12, 2024

The Fisherman’s Path to Leadership: 24 Lessons from the Wisdom of Nature Oleg Konovalov Kindle Direct Publishing (February 2024) Practical advice to accelerate personal growth and professional development  No brief commentary such as mine could possibly do full justice to…

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The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 10, 2024

The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America Jeffrey Rosen Simon & Schuster (February 2024) How and why happiness is the result of what you do, not what you feel…

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Hits, Flops, and Other IIllusions: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 9, 2024

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Forty Something Years in Hollywood Ed Zwick Gallery Books/An Imprint of Simon & Schuster  (February (2024) Four decades of swimming laps in the Hollywood blender Here’s an IMDb mini biography provided by Humanitas Official…

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