Book Reviews
Inside Apple: How America’s Most Admired Company Really Works Adam Lashinsky BusinessPlus (2012) Why and how a “productive narcissist” created a “giant jumble of contradictions and paradoxes” If for whatever reasons you have not as yet — and will not…
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The Better Mousetrap: Brand Invention in a Media Democracy Simon Pont Kogan Page (2012) “Reality is a collective hunch.” Lily Tomlin When I noted the subtitle of Simon Pont’s book, “Brand Invention in a Media of Democracy,” I immediately –…
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Strategy for You: Building a Bridge to the Life You Want Rich Horwath Greenleaf Book Group Press (2012) If you have a dream, Rich Horwath can help you to make it come true. There are business situations in which the…
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Rework Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson Crown Business (2010) The benefits of having “a built-in, shock-proof crap detector” If Joseph Schumpeter were to design what could be called “creative destroyers,” he would probably come up with a business thinker…
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The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers Bill Conaty and Ram Charan Crown Business (2010) Note: I first read this book when it was published (November 9, 2010) and recently re-read it while preparing some interview questions.…
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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…
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Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why “the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present” in today’s business world Most of the…
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The Complete Executive: The 10-Step System to Powering Up Peak Performance Karen Wright Bibliomotion (2012) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle The last time I checked, Amazon offers 5,515 titles…
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Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why “the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present” in…
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HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP: Implementing Organizational Change Successfully: Five Powerful Strategies to Seduce and Influence Stakeholders, Sell Your Ideas, and Boost Your Career Leon M. Hielkema LMHCpub.com (2012) Here are several new insights on how to implement successfully major…
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