Book Reviews
The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God David J. Linden The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2007) A lively explanation of the beneficial neural functions in that “cobbled-together mess” between our ears The mind is what the brain…
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TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest Moments Douglas Conant and Mette Norgaard Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) How to prepare for and then embrace the privilege of being of meaningful service to others This volume endorses the principles of servant…
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The Ikea Edge: Building Global Growth and Social Good at the World’s Most Iconic Home Store Anders Dahlvig McGraw-Hill (2012) Outstanding corporate citizenship and outstanding financial performance are NOT mutually-exclusive What’s in a name? If the name is Ikea, it tells you who founded the company…
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100 Great Businesses and the Minds Behind Them Emily Ross and Angus Holland Sourcebooks (2005) Note: I recently re-read this book and found the information and insights more valuable now than they were when I first read it seven years…
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Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time Daniel Gross John Wiley & Sons (1997) Note: This was among the first books I reviewed for Amazon (in 2000) and I recently re-read it while doing some research on several of the…
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Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble Harvard Business School Press (2012) How and why reverse innovation can help to reverse the negative trends and tendencies that can weaken an organization Those who have read one or more of Vijay…
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Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business Thor Muller and Lane Becker Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why to cultivate conditions and develop skills for chance encounters that offer new business opportunities…
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and in Business Charles Duhigg Random House (2012) A rock-solid framework for “understanding how habits work and a guide for experimenting with how they might change” This is…
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The Winner’s Brain: 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Success Jeff Brown and Mark Fenske with Liz Neporent DeCapo Press/Perseus Books Group (2011) How and why your brain can help you to become the best person you can be…
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Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to take full and systematic advantage of technology and analytics to create deeper…
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