Book Reviews
Triple Fit Strategy: How to Build Lasting Customer Relationships and Boost Growth Christopher Senn and Mehak Gandhi Harvard Business Review Press (November 2024) Customers want partners: Problem solvers and creative thinkers who help them thrive I cannot recall a prior…
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ChatGPT and the Future of AI: The Deep Language Revolution Terrence J. Sejnowski MIT Press (October 29, 2024) Perspectives on what to expect from AI in years to come This is a uniquely challenging book to discuss because Terrence J.…
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The M&A Failure Trap: Why Most Mergers and Acquisitions Fail and How the Few Succeed Baruch Lev and Fen Gu Wiley (November 2024) How can companies get much better at mergers and acquisitions? So far, most haven’t. Why is that?…
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Meditations: The Philosophy Classic Marcus Aurelius Introduction by Donald Robertson; Edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone/A Wiley Brand (February 2020) “The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.” The statement by Marcus Auerelius (121-180 AD)…
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Experiential Intelligence: Harness the Power of Experience for Personal and Business Breakthroughs Soren Kaplan Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of BenBella Books (January 2023) How to embrace your experiences, decifer them, and then use them to your advantage According to Soren…
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Rewired: The McKinsey Guide to Outcompeting in the Age of Digital and AI Eric Lamarre, Kate Smaje, and Rodney Zemmel Wiley (June 2023) Here’s a detailed perspective on how to build enterprise capabilities to scale What do Eric Lamarre,…
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Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits That Separate the Best Leaders From the Rest William Vanderbloemen HarperCollins Leadership (Oc tober 2024) Here are a dozen essential leadership traits and habits that are teachable. What are the defining characteristics of a…
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The 5% Rule of Leadership: Using Lean Decision-Making to Drive Trust, Ownership, and Team Productivity Anil K. Singhal Wiley (September 2024) How to build a great, enduring, and admirable enterprise According to my accumulation of notes (sources unknown), Lean was…
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Supercharging the Customer Experience: How Organizational Alignment Drives Performance Alan Williams & Dave Stubberfield LID Limited (November 2024) The unique power and enduring value of organizational alignment and coordinated execution throughout the given enterprise As I began to read this…
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies Nick Bostrom Oxford University Press (September 2014) This is what could be “the most important and most daunting challenge humanity has ever faced” Note: Ten years after publication, the insights in this book are even more…
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