Book Reviews
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Carol S. Dweck Ballantine Books (2008) How to achieve sustainable growth of intellectual capabilities with the right mindset I read this book when it was first published (2006) and recently re-read it before reading Daniel Siegel’s Mindsight: The…
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Be Bulletproof: How to achieve success in tough times at work James Brooke and Simon Brooke Vermillion (2012) How to “create your own Mongol silk shirt or develop your own bulletproof vest” The title of my review refers to James…
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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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