Book Reviews
Hyper-Digital Marketing: Six Pillars of Strategic Brand Marketing in an AI-Powered World Vanitha Samination Palgrave (October 2025) How to cultivate customer attention, resonance, trust, friendship, and engagement in the new marketplace According to Vanitha Saminathan, Hyper Digital Marketing “aims to…
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Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare Stephen Greenblatt W.W. Norton (2004) An “amzing success story that has resisted explanation”…until now Thus far, I have read and reviewed several dozen biographies of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and this is by…
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The Octopus Organization: A Guide to Thriving in a World of Continuous Transformation Phil Lel-Brun and Ana Werner Harvard Business Review Press (December 2025) “Everything changes, nothing changes.” Heraclitus (c. 500 BC) How can both organizations and individuals thrive “in…
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Here is an excerpt from Jennifer Szalai’s review of Furious Minds for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit…Ben Denzer * *…
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Winning the Right Game: How to Disrupt, Defend, and Deliver in a Changing World Ron Adner The MIT Press (October 2021) How to understand the implications of change in order to manage the disruption it creates In my opinion, there…
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Winning Match: Leadership for Game Changers Christian Marcolli Munn Avenue Press (October 2025) How to accelerate leadership development within a workplace culture I agree with Christian Marcolli: Among the defining characteristics that all great leaders share in common, [begin…
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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making — Practical Leadership and Startup Advice from Silicon Valley Tony Fadddell HarperBusiness (May 2022) “Everything begins with asking ‘Why?’” Simon Sinek I agree with Sinek who agrees with Peter Drucker: “There…
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How to Make a Few More Billion Dollars Brad Jacobs Greenleaf Book Group Press (December 2025) Making that first billion can be a bit of a challenge for many people In a book previously published book in 2023, Brad Jacobs…
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Here is an excerpt from a “classic” article written by Alexis Krivkovich and Cindy Levy for the McKinsey Quarterly (2015). To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click…
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Safe Danger: An Unexpected Method for Sparking Connection, Finding Purpose, and Inspiring Innovation Ben Swire Balance Book Group (October 2025) How to think creatively about thinking creatively I am a staunch advocate of what I characterize as “strategic reading” of…
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