Book Reviews
The One Truth: Elevate Your Mind, Unlock Your Power, Heal Your Soul Jon Gordon Wiley (June 2023) A truth? Reasonable. THE truth? Presumptuous. I agree with Jon Gordon that valuable dimensions of truth can be revealed during earnest efforts to…
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Honest SEO: Demystifying the Google Algorithm to Help You Get More Traffic & Revenue Jason Hennessey An Inc. Ofiginal (2023) Is your website a thriving marketplace or a mausoleum? How do you know? As Jason Hennessey explains, “Search engine optimization…
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Power to the Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock, and Emily Field Harvard Business Review Press (July 2023) “Vision without execution is hallucination” Thomas Edison At the outset of this brief commentary,…
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Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Ami Goldfarb Harvard Business Review Press (November 2022) How and why AI requires a focus on system solutions rather than on point solutions In a previous…
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Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of Artificial Intelligence Brian Evergreen Wiley (August 2023) How to create a future of “profitable good” with AI and other new technologies As I began to read this book, I…
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A Hidden Force: Unlocking the Potential of Neurodiversity at Work Ed Thompson Fast Company Press (March 2023) “‘Potential’ means you ain’t done it yet.” Darrell Royal The former Hall of Fame head football coach of the Texas Longhorns offers an…
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Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organization and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone (Management on the Cutting Edge) Lynda Gratton The MIT Press (2023) Transforming work in terms of WHAT, WHO, HOW, and WHERE In Future Shock (1970), Alvin Toffler…
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Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Ami Goldfarb Harvard Business Review Press (2018) How to identify the best tradeoffs, compare/contrast benefits, and make the best possible decisions Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans,…
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The Ultimate Guide to Power and Influence: Everything You Need to Know Robert L. Dilenschneider Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of Ben Bella Books (July 2023) How to define, realize, and gradually strengthen your personal agenda There is much confusion and…
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Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani Harvard Business Review Press (January 2020) The impact of artificial intelligence on businesses: how they will operate and…
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