Book Reviews
History Matters David McCullough, Edited by Dorie McCullough Lawson, and Michael Hill Simon & Schuster (September 2025) And so do those who keep it alive when we need it most to nourish and enlighten us In recent years, I have…
Read MoreWho Knew Barry Diller Simon & Shuster (May 2025) A corporate executive for all seasons Barry Diller was born in San Francisco (in 1942) and raised within adequate but sufficient afflence in Beverly Hills. After graduation from high school, he…
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The Short List: How to Drive Business Development by Focusing on the People Who Matter Most David Ackert Greenleaf Book Group Press (January 2025) How to have “the right conversations with the right people at the right time in the…
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AI and the Octopus Organization: Builingthe Intelligent Firm Jonathan Brill and Stephen Wunker Menlo Park Books (September (2025) BANG! Everything changed! I recently re-read Vernon Vinge’s essay, “The Coming of Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era” (1993),…
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Beyond Chaos: How to Create Clarity When Everything Falls Apart Oleg Konovalov Independently Published (September 2025) Chaos is a bully. How to minimize (if not eliminate) it with clarity If W.B.Yeats were looking at the world today, I think his…
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Respect: How to Change the World One Interaction at a Time Robert L. Dilenschneider Wiley (October 2025) Why respect needs and deserves more respect, especially now. I think the world today is much more volatile, more uncertain, more complex, and…
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Unbreakable: How to Thrive Under Fear-Based Leaders Kate Lowry Scaleheart Press (October 2025) Ignorance may sometimes be bliss. But knowledge almost always offers safety Fear-driven people are not always recognized… at least not initially. They have mastered skills that…
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Lead to Beat: The Leadership Rhythm That Shapes Tomorrow Jonathan Escobar Marin Fast Company Press ()ctober 2025) “Leadership isn’t about pleasing everyone; it’s about doing what’s best for every0ne…and doing it right.” I agreee with Jonathan Escobar Marin. Marin focuses…
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Leadership Unblocked: Break Through the Beliefs That Limit Your Potential Murrel M.Wilkins Harvard Business Review Press (October 2025) Do yu get in your own way? Isn’t it time to do something about that? Many (if not most) wounds in life…
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Delivering the WOW: Culture as Catalyst for Lasting Success Richard Fain Fast Company Press (October 2025) “To strive, to seek, to find…and not to yield!” Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Ulysses Some of the most valuable business books — such as those…
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