Book Reviews
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…
Read MoreLeadership Sustainability: Seven Disciplines to Achieve the Changes Great Leaders Know They Must Make Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood McGraw-Hill (2013) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle I was wondering…
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The Three Rules: How Exceptional Companies Think Michael E. Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed Portfolio/Penguin Group (2013) The paradox of exceptional organizational performance: Do not be an exception to three rules With rare exception, the best business books are research/evidence-driven and…
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The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People Neil Shubin Pantheon/A Division of Random House (2013) A sublimely beautiful truth: “Within each of us lie some of the most profound stories of all.” Scientists are especially…
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Finerman’s Rules: Secrets I’d Only Tell My Daughters About Business and Life Karen Finerman Business Plus (2013) Are you a honey badger? This book’s subtitle suggests that Karen Finerman shares in it “secrets” she would only tell her daughters “about…
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Converge: Transforming Business at the Intersection of Marketing and Technology Bob Lord and Ray Velez John Wiley & Sons (2013) “The villain throughout this book is the silo.” Increasingly and more extensively, successful brands are using technology to create memorable…
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12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence: How Leaders Achieve Sustainable High Performance Brian Tracy and Peter Chee McGraw-Hill (2013) No so much “disciplines” as they are dimensions of a mindset The last time I checked, Amazon US sells 45,249 books that…
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HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across HBR Editors and Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why to manage up to nourish and manage across to connect extensively within and beyond the given enterprise This is one…
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