Book Reviews
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Cal Newport Grand Central Publishing (2016) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Note: I recently re-read this book prior to reading…
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The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI Ray Kurzweil Viking/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (June 2024) We are “on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.” I recently re-read Vernon Vinge’s…
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Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success On the Far Side of Failure Paul J.F. Schoemaker Wharton Digital Press (2012) How and why mistakes “enlarge our range of experience, shrink our ego, and thereby increase the chance of discovery.” The title of this…
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The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley Eric Weiner Simon & Schuster (2016) This is one of the books I frequently re-read wholly for pleasure, its insights even more…
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The Power of Instinct: The New Rules of Persuasion in Business and Life Leslie Zane Public Affairs (June 2024) How and why 95% of decisions are made by the unconscious mind The mind is what the brain does. According to…
Read MoreGreat at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More Morten Hansen Simon & Schuster (January 2018) How and why “seven practices upend conventional thinking about how you should work” Note: Every so often, I recycle a…
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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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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (November 2019) Note: With rare exception, the material in HBR anthologies offers cutting-edge thinking that is both timeless and timely. For example….…
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The Strategy Book: How to think and act strategically to deliver outstanding results Max McKeown Pearson (2020) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter Not everyone agrees with Michael Porter’s assertion. Those who do include…
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Good Judgment: Making Better Business Decisions with the Science of Human Personality Richard Davis HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (June 2024) How perceptivity can accelerate personal growth and professional development As I began to read Good Judgment, I was again reminded…
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