Book Reviews

50 Psychology Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

July 30, 2011

50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do; Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2006) An excellent guide to sources that can help us to “make a real difference” in…

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Design-Driven Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

July 30, 2011

Design-Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean Roberto Verganti Harvard Business Press (2009) Does design drive innovation or does innovation drive design? The answer is “Yes.” The success of each approach depends almost entirely…

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Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: A book review by Bob Morris

July 30, 2011

Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating the Risk Intelligent Enterprise Frederick Funston and Stephen Wagner John Wilkey & Sons, Inc. (2010) Risk unmanaged is risk exacerbated I am among those who find a wealth of excellent advice every time I…

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HR Transformation: A book review by Bob Morris

July 29, 2011

HR Transformation: Building Human Resources From the Outside In Dave Ulrich, Justin Allen, Wayne Brockbank, Jon Younger, and Mark Nym McGraw-Hill (2009) In an uncommonly informative Introduction, the authors assert, “Our point is that HR professionals often focus entirely in…

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Great Again: A book review by Bob Morris

July 29, 2011

Great Again: Revitalizing America’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Henry R. Nothhaft with David Kline Harvard Business Review Press (2011) Why are so many middle-class communities being “hollowed out”? With David Kline’s assistance, Henry R. Nothhaft responds to the question posed as well…

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Leadership Brand: A book review by Bob Morris

July 28, 2011

Leadership Brand: Developing Customer-Focused Leaders to Drive Performance and Build Lasting Value Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood Harvard Business School Press (2007) Note: I recently re-read several books that were published a while ago. Here is my review of Leadership…

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50 Spiritual Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

July 28, 2011

50 Spiritual Classics: Timeless Wisdom from 50 Great Books on Inner Discovery, Enlightenment and Purpose Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2005) To paraphrase Walt Whitman, “We are large, we contain multitudes” Note: This is one of volumes in the 5o…

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Inside Real Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

July 28, 2011

Inside Real Innovation: How the Right Approach Can Move Ideas from R&D to Market – And Get the Economy Going Eugene Fitzgerald, Andreas Wankerl, and Carl Schramm World Scientific Publishing Co. (2011) How and why emerging innovation paradigms can generate…

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50 Self-Help Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

July 27, 2011

50 Self-Help Classics: 50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2003) A brilliant introduction to the “literature of possibility” Note: This is one of five volumes in the 5o Classics series, each available in a…

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50 Success Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

July 27, 2011

50 Success Classics: Winning Wisdom for Life and Wotk from 50 Landmark Books Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2007) Inspiring “stories” illustrate a “way of success that anyone can follow” Note: This is one of volumes in the 5o Classics…

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