Book Reviews
Craving: Why We Can’t Seem to Get Enough Omar Manejwala, M.D. Hazelden® (2013) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Other reviewers have addressed most of Omar Manejwala’s points while sharing…
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Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution Nathaniel Philbrick Viking/The Penguin Group (2013) “In the end, the city of Boston is the true hero of this story.” The historical details are by now well-known but many people do not…
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[What’s the Future of Business?]: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences Brian Solis John Wiley & Sons (2013) How to gain an understanding of the psychology of engagement between and among connected consumers First, an introduction to Brian Solis who…
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Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Messages matter more to people when they’re relatable on a…
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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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