Book Reviews
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results Gary Keller with Jay Papasan Bard Press (2013) How and why to select and then do only what is most important while ignoring almost everything else Up front, I want…
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The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Third Edition Warren Buffett; Edited by Lawrence A. Cunningham Carolina Academic Press (March 2013 Here in the Third Edition are business information, insights, and counsel of incalculable and timeless value This…
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Judgment On the Front Line: Why the Smartest Companies Trust their People to Make Real Decisions Chris DeRose and Noel Tichy Portfolio/Penguin Group (2013) How to Build and Then Sustain a Front Line-Focused Organization The implications of the title of…
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Can’t Buy Me Like: How Authentic Customer Connections Drive Superior Results Bob Garfield and Doug Levy Portfolio/Penguin (2013) “Absent now the ability to mesmerize the public on a mass scale, how can you be on the right side of all…
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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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