Book Reviews
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure Tim Harford Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2011) Natural selection and the creative process After reading and then re-reading this book, I remain unconvinced that success always begins with failure but agree with Tim Harford…
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Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better Adam Pash and Gina Trapani Wiley Publishing (2011) Here in a single volume is probably about all anyone needs to know about how to work smarter, faster, and better In Hacking…
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Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas Are Born Denise Shekerjian Penguin Books Forty unique perspectives on “the idea of creativity itself, the spark of creative impulse” I envy Denise Shekerjian because she had the opportunity to interview 40 recipients of MacArthur…
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Negotiation Brian Tracy AMACOM (2013) “Every battle is won or lost before it is fought.” Sun Tzu I selected one of the insights in The Art if War because I was again reminded of it while sharing Brian Tracy’s thoughts…
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Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning Chip R. Bell and Marshall Goldsmith Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) Once upon a time, about 3,000 years ago…. According to Homer’s account in The Odyssey, before departing with his troops from his kingdom in…
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures Malcolm Gladwell Back Bay Books (2009) Note: I recently re-read this book while preparing for an interview and found the essays even in this volume even more interesting now than I did five…
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Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics Thomas H. Davenport and Jinho Kim Harvard Business Review Press (2013) Almost everything most business leaders know about analytics they have learned from Tom Davenport and the material…
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Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics Thomas H. Davenport and Jinho Kim Harvard Business Review Press (2013) What non-quants need to understand in order to take full advantage of the results that quantitative analysis…
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Digital State: How the Internet is Changing Everything Simon Pont, Editor and one of several contributors KoganPage (2013) A collaborative consideration of the meaning and significance of the Digital Age In the Introduction, Simon Pont observes, “I think the Digital…
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Stiletto Network: Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business Pamela Ryckman AMACOM (2013) Stiletto Networks “are about trying to make your own personal dent in the world.” I could easily do without the juvenile nomenclature…
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