Book Reviews
Power Barometer: Manage Personal Energy — Not Just Time and Money Josefine Campbell Pine Publishing (May 2023) How and why energy-efficiency is essential to achieving high-impact results Allocation of resources is among the most valuable of skills that an executive…
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Decision Sprint: The New Way to Innovate into the Unknown and Move from Strategy to Action Atif Rafiq McGraw Hill (April 2023) “If you have always done it that way, it’s probably wrong.” Charles Kettering To what does the title…
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Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs W. Chan Kim and Renée A. Mauborgne Harvard Business Review Press (May 2023) The Unique Power and Substantial Benefits of Nondisruptive Creation In their latest book, W. Chan…
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The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age Gladys McGarey, M.D. Atria Books/An Imprint of Simon & Schuster (May 2023) What you see in a mirror can reveal possibilities to increase your health…
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The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace Phil Simon Racket Publishing (April 2023) A thorough examination of nine of the forces that are reshaping the workplace Long ago, I concluded that — in essence — strategies are “hammers” that…
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Turnaround Time: Uniting an Airline and Its Employees in the Friendly Skies Oscar Munoz HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers (May 2023) “If that’s how you’ve always done it, it’s probably wrong.” Charles Kettering I have always been interested in books written…
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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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