Book Reviews
The Future Arrived Yesterday: The Rise of the Protean Corporation and What It Means for You Michael Malone Crown Business (2009) The Protean Corporation: “A new business model for a new world” Once again, Charles Darwin’s explanation of the importance…
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It’s Always Personal: Navigating Emotion in the New Workplace Anne Kreamer Random House (2012) How and why “expression of emotion in the workplace will become more acceptable” The title of this review was excerpted from one of Daniel Goleman’s most…
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Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, and Joshua Green New York University Press (2013) The significance of the shift from a culture shaped by traditional media toward one fostering greater grassroots participation…
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Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2013) A “treasure hunt” to extract insights from data and unleash dormant value by a shift from causation to…
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Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why the healthiest organizations are those in which pursuit of improvement is constant, tenacious, and…
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Finding Keepers: The Monster Guide to Hiring and Holding the World’s Best Employees Steve Pogorzelski and Jesse Harriott with Doug Hardy McGraw-Hill (2008) Finding “keepers” is only one step in a perilous process. Here’s what you need to know about…
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Global Dexterity: How to Adapt Your Behavior Across Cultures without Losing Yourself in the Process Andy Molinsky Harvard Business Review Press (2013) The Power of Behavior Modification Based on Values-Driven Cross-Cultural Management As I began to read this book, I…
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Success Under Stress: Powerful Tools for Staying Calm, Confident, and Productive When the Pressure’s On Sharon Melnick AMACOM (2013) How to avoid or overcome self-defeating barriers to success…including those that are self-imposed Walt Kelly’s possum, Pogo, once observed, “We have…
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Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life Peter Gray Basic Books/The Perseus Group (2013) How and why new insights concerning children’s learning environment can help them…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Innovation Various Contributors with Editors of Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there will be no hope for it.” Fond as I am of…
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