Book Reviews
Less Is More: How Great Companies Use Productivity Jason Jennings Portfolio/Penguin (2002) This is the second of two books by Jennings that I have recently read, the other being It’s Not the Big That Eat the Small…It’s the Fast That…
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Hit the Ground Running: A Manual for New Leaders Jason Jennings Portfolio/Penguin (2009) Through a rigorous process of identification, consideration, evaluation, and elimination best explained in the book, Jason Jennings and his research associates selected nine exemplar companies and their…
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Think Big, Act Small: How America’s Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive Jason Jennings Portfolio/Penguin (2005) As I read this volume, I was reminded of at least some of the material in Sun Tzu’s The Art of War…
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It’s Not the Big That Eat the Small…It’s the Fast That Eat the Slow: How to Use Speed as a Competitive Tool in Business Jason Jennings & Laurence HaughtonHarperBusiness (2001) Speed Plus Torque = Victory! In the Prologue, Jennings…
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The Executive’s Compass: Business and the Good Society James O’Toole Oxford University Press (1995) “The Great Conversation Across the Centuries” More than 50 years ago, Walter Paepcke founded the Aspen Institute and entrusted to Mortimer Adler the responsibility for devising…
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Behind the Berkshire Hathaway Curtain: Lessons from Warren Buffett’s Top Business Leaders Ronald W. Chan John Wiley & Sons (2010) A chorus of eloquent voices that suggest “a sense of what life is, can be, or should be” Prior to…
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Marketing to Women: How to Understand, Reach, and Increase Your Share of the Largest Market Segment Marti Barletta Kaplan Business (2002) How to Succeed in the World’s Largest Market Segment In this uniquely informative volume, Barletta answers three separate but…
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Creating the Good Life: Applying Aristotle’s Wisdom to Find Meaning and Happiness James O’Toole Rodale Books (2005) A contemporary as well as classical guide to happiness Perhaps you’re now asking the same question I once did: “Given the fact that…
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One Foot Out the Door: How to Combat the Psychological Recession That’s Alienating Employees and Hurting American Business Judith M. Bardwick AMACOM (2007) Bardwick’s purpose is to examine what she characterizes as “a widespread sense of vulnerability in the American…
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The Hummer and the Mini: Navigating the Contradictions of the New Trend Landscape Robyn Waters Portfolio/Penguin Group (2006) In this sequel to The Trendmaster’s Guide, Waters explains the “what” of Trend. Throughout much of the book’s narrative, she cites examples…
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