Book Reviews
The Training Measurement Book: Best Practices, Proven Methodologies, and Practical Approaches Josh Bersin Pfeiffer/A Wiley Imprint (2008) A rigorous examination of “pragmatic, actionable, specific best practices, processes and methodologies” According to Josh Bersin, the material in this book is based…
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The Strategy Book Max Mckeown FT Press (2012) “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory evolved.” Sun Tzu Among Max Mckeown’s “Final words” (Page 224) are…
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Adaptability: The Art of Winning in an Age of Uncertainty Max Mckeown KoganPage (2012) “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to…
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Austin Kleon Workman Publishing Company (2012) The power and achievement of “artistic theft” A 12th century French monk, Bernard of Chartres, once observed, “We are like dwarfs standing…
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Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche Perigdee/The Penguin Group (2012) How and why “humanity depends on translation for its successful functioning” As co-authors Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche point out, the word “translation” comes…
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We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement Rudy Karsan and Kevin Kruse John Wiley & Sons (2011) Why “there is nothing more important for a person or an organization than full engagement” The term “full engagement” refers to a never-ending process rather than…
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Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition Michael J. Mauboussin Harvard Business School Press (2009) How to upgrade your mental software and eliminate false beliefs Michael Mauboussin asserts, “Smart people make poor decisions because they have the same factory settings…
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No Excuses: Take Responsibility for Your Own Success David Neenan with Eric Lucas Morgan James Publishing (2011) How to avoid becoming a sea squirt We cannot control or even influence much of what happens to us but we can control how we…
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Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway, and Katie Yezzi Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why “practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent” For several decades, Anders Ericsson and his associates at Florida…
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Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World Tony Wagner Scribner/A Simon & Schuster Imprint (2012) Why and how to nurture the creativity of all children As Tony Wagner explains, “This book is about how we can develop the capacities…
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