Book Reviews
Seeing the How: Transforming What People Do, Not Buy, to Gain Market Advantage Allen P. Adamson Matt Holt/An Imprint of Ben Bella Books (May 2023) “People don’t want quarter-inch drills. They want quarter-inch holes.” Theodore Levitt Why did Allen Adamson write…
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The Essays of Warren Buffett (8th Edition) Warren Buffett; Edited by Lawrence A. Cunningham Published Independently (2023) NOTE: For reasons perhaps known only to Amazon, reviews of all three prior editions of Buffett’s essays/letters are also included with reviews of…
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Sentient Strategy: How to Create Market-Dominating Strategies in Turbulent Economies Alan Weiss Routledge/An imprint of Taylor & Francis Group (March 2023) “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.” Steven Wright In the Introduction,…
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Harnessing Serendipity: Collaboration Artists, Conveners and Connectors David Adler with James Cornehlsen and Andrew Frothingham as well as 66 Other Collaborators Published by David Adler (April 2023) “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. “ Margaret Mead As…
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The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems — and What to Do About It Rob Cross and Karen Dillon Harvard Business Review Press (April 2023) How to create and then sustain a workplace culture of…
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Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz Simon & Schuster (March 2016) Here is a unique methodology “to solve big problems, test new ideas, get…
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Digital Business Transformation: How Established Companies Sustain Competitive Advantage From Now to Next Nigel Vaz Wiley (January 2021) How companies thrive by defending, differentiating, or disrupting themselves and their markets Drawing upon wide and deep experience with all manner of…
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The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How to Fix It Jennifer Moss Harvard Business Review Press (September 2021) Healthy workplace cultures should resemble gardens, not pressure cookers In her Introduction, Jennifer Moss refers to the earliest recorded…
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The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower Morra Aarons-Mele Harvard Business Review Press (April 2023) A brilliant analysis of how to convert anxiety into a source of positive, creative power As I began to read this…
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The Transformative CEO: Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changers Jeffrey J. Fox and Robert Reiss McGraw-Hill (2012) How and why leaders transform themselves so that they will be more effective transforming their organizations NOTE: This is one of those rare business books…
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