Book Reviews
The Rebel Entrepreneur: Rewriting the Business Rule Book Jonathan Moules Kogan-Page (2012) How and why rebel entrepreneurs “create the real growth drivers of an economy” Rebels are iconoclasts, mavericks, outliers, etc. By nature, their thinking and initiatives are unconventional, unorthodox, and quite often disruptive…
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Digital Wars: Apple Google Microsoft & The Battle for the Internet Charles Arthur KoganPage (2012) Brilliant fulfillment of an extended metaphor I am grateful to Charles Arthur for adding to my knowledge about Apple, Google, and their leaders as well as for adding…
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Us + Them: Tapping the Positive Power of Difference Todd L. Pittinsky Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why “the power of difference” can help us to replace negative “Us-and-Them” relations with positive ones As I began to read…
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Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs Soren Kaplan Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2012) The power and value of serendipity on the other side of complexity As I began to read this book, I was reminded of an observation by Oliver Wendell Holmes: “I wouldn’t give…
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Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck: What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur and Build a Great Business Anthony K. Tjan, Richard J. Harrington, and Tsun-yan Hsieh Harvard Busin ess Review Press (2012) How to develop a mindset that you can apply in any situation,…
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Business Analytics for Managers: Taking Business Intelligence Beyond Reporting Gert H.N. Laursen and Jesper Thorlund John Wiley & Sons (2010) How and why making decisions based on “huge, noisy, messy data” requires business analytics Although business analytics can probably be traced back at least to Frederick Winslow Taylor’s…
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Team Turnarounds: A Playbook for Transforming Underperforming Teams Joe Frontiera and Daniel Leidl Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why results-driven, high-impact teams can transform organizations at all levels and in all areas With rare exception, the best business books are…
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Care to Dare: Unleashing Astonishing Potential Through Secure Base Leadership George Kohlrieser, Susan Goldsworthy, and Duncan Coombe Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) “Dream more than others think practical. Expect more than others think possible. Care more than others think wise.” —…
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The Hidden Wealth of Customers: Realizing the Untapped Value of Your Most Important Asset Bill Lee Harvard Business Review Press (2012) Estimates vary but, on average, it costs about six times more to add a new customer than it does…
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The Value of Business Analytics: Identifying the Path to Profitability Evan Stubbs John Wiley & Sons (2011) How and why the success of selling the value of analytics depends on four key activities Although business analytics can probably be traced back at least to Frederick Winslow…
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