Book Reviews
Your Best Just Got Better: Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More Jason W. Womack John S. Wiley & Sons (2012) How and why taking “Baby steps” can lead to giant achievements In the film What About Bob (1991), Richard Dreyfuss…
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Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance Boris Groysberg Princeton University Press (2010) How and why the productivity of some people “massively outstrips that of their colleagues” I cannot recall a prior time in U.S. business…
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Win with Advanced Business Analytics: Creating Business Value from Your Data Jean-Paul Isson and Jesse Harriott John Wiley & Sons (2012) How to leverage business analytics to create value for everyone involved in the given enterprise Most of what I…
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Real Influence: Persuade Without Pushing and Gain Without Giving In Mark Goulston and John Ullman AMACOM (2013) “Letting the other chap have it your way.” One evening long ago while I was in Washington, a friend there invited me to…
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The Story of Purpose: The Path to Creating a Brighter Brand, a Greater Company, and a Lasting Legacy Joey Reiman John S. Wiley & Sons (2013) The importance of caring for a living In a previously published book, Thinking for…
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Managing Knowledge: Apply the Discoveries of Neuroscience & Understand the Human Factor Barry Evans Code Green Publishing (2011) How and why each of us “should fill each mercurial moment with conscious living, awareness, and experience.” Disclaimer: I have not as…
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The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science Richard Holmes Pantheon Books (2009) A brilliant examination of the Romantic spirit and its “great journey” during the evolution of science While explaining…
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Business Basics: Prepare Yourself, Add Customers, Cut Costs, and Eliminate Investments for You and Your Stakeholders Donald Mitchell 400 Year Project Press (2012) A cohesive, comprehensive, and cost-effective “game plan” for achieving and then sustaining peak performance Note: I read…
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HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2012) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Derrek Bok This is one of the first volumes in a new series of anthologies of articles previously published in Harvard Business Review, in…
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The Tao of Twitter: Changing Your Life and Business 140 Characters at a Time Mark W. Schaefer McGraw-Hill(2012) Achieving atonement 140 characters at a time More than 100 other reviewers have already covered most of the key points I would…
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