Book Reviews
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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Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family (10th Anniversary & Expanded Edition) Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia Optimism Press/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (October 2025) Why so many people don’t feel that they matter…and…
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Bag Man: The Story Behind the Improbable Rise of Coach Lew Frankfort Harvard Business Review Press (October 2025) A life and career driven by “magic and logic” First off, I want to say how very much I enjoyed the pleasure…
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Work How You Are Wired: 12 Data-Driven Steps to Finding a Job You Love William Vanderbloemen HarperCollins Leadership/An Imprint of HarperCollins (October 2025) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t love your job, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford…
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