Book Reviews

Smart Rivals: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 8, 2025

Smart Rivals: How Innovative Companies Play Games That Tech Giants Can’t Win Feng Zhu and Bonnie Yining Cao Harvard Business Review Press (August 2024) The smart rival company’s road to success is paved with smart innovation Most of the counsel…

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Psychological Safety: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 7, 2025

Psychological Safety (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) Multiple Contributors in collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (September 2024) “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they cherish.”  Voltaire This is one of the volumes in the HBR…

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Leading Through: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 6, 2025

Leading Through: Activating the Soul, Heart, and Mind of Leadership Kim B. Clark, Jonathan R. Clark, and Erin E. Clark Harvard Business Review Press (September 2024) “If you’ve always done it that way, it’s probably wrong.” Charles Kettering I was…

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Essays in Biography: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 5, 2025

Essays in Biography Joseph Epstein Axios Press (2012) The more we learn about others, it seems, the better we understand ourselves…at least sometimes I have read most of Joseph Epstein’s 13 collections of essays dating back to Divorced in America:…

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Human + Machine: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 20, 2024

Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI Paul R. Daugherty and H. James Wilson Harvard Business Review Press (September 2024) Welcome to the era of generative AI, powered by foundation models This is an updated and expanded…

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Lead with We

December 18, 2024

Lead with We: The Business Revolution That Will Save Our Future Simon Mainwaring Matt Holt (November 2021) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb The global business world is…

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From Intention to Impact: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 16, 2024

From Intention to Impact: A Practical Guide to Diversity (comma) Equity (comma) and Inclusion, Malia C. Lazu MIT Press (February 2024) Good intentions with0ut high-impact engagement is essentially worthless. Opinions are divided — sometimes sharply divided —  about the value…

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The AI Playbook: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 11, 2024

The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Development Eric Siegel MIT Press (February 2024) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison Here in a single volume is probably what leaders of most organizations need to know about…

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The Value of Values: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 8, 2024

The Value of Values: How Leaders Can Grow Their Businesses and Enhance Their Careers by Doing the Right Thing Daniel Aronson MIT Press (November 2024) Values are our compass. They determine what we do and where we go during our…

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The Alchemy of Talent: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 6, 2024

The Alchemy of Talent: Leading Teams to Peak Performance           Vijay Pendakur Amplify Publishing Group (December 2024) How to achieve “Threefold Wins” for individuals, teams, and 0rganizations This book is best viewed as a “roadmap” for senior-level…

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