Book Reviews
Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success On the Far Side of Failure Paul J.F. Schoemaker Wharton Digital Press (2012) How and why mistakes “enlarge our range of experience, shrink our ego, and thereby increase the chance of discovery.” The title of this…
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All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton Free Press (2012) How and why “it’s culture that will differentiate your organization and drive real business results”…for better or worse Those who have read any of…
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2011) Why I think this is one of the most important books published during the past decade Given the number and quality of the reviews of this book that have…
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Creative Thinkerin: Putting Your Imagination to Work Michael Michalko New World Library (2011) How and why conceptual blending of dissimilar subjects, ideas, and concepts is the most important factor in creative thinking Those who have read any of Michael Michalko’s previously…
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The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism Olivia Fox Cabane Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2012) Here is a generous provision of “practical, immediately applicable tools with measurable results” Whatever you call it (some call it…
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The Apple Experience: Secrets to Building Insanely Great Customer Loyalty Carmine Gallo McGraw-Hill (2012) How to provide an “insanely great” customer experience Those who have read The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs and/or The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs already…
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The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business Patrick Lencioni Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) The power of redundant “overcommunication” of what is most important to achieve and sustain organizational health After eight bestselling business fables, Patrick Lencioni has…
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Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others Andrew Sobel and Jerold Panas John Wiley & Sons (2011) If you don’t know the right questions to ask and how/when to ask them, you’ll never find the right answers.…
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Consumer Shift: How Changing Values Are Reshaping the Consumer Landscape Andy Hines No Limit Publishing (2011) Here’s a GPS for those who now explore the consumer landscape I agree with Andy Hines that “changing values are reshaping the consumer landscape”…
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Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright HarperBusiness (2008) How and why “workplace tribes” in almost any organization can develop the leaders needed at all levels and in all areas…
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