Book Reviews
Hacking the Human Mind: The Behavioral Science Behind 17 of the World’s Best Brands Richard Shotton and MichaelAaron Flicker Harriman House (September (2025) “Thinking is to humans as swimming is to cats: they can do it, but they’d prefer not…
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The Power of Employee Well-Being: Move Beyond Engagement to Build Flourishing Teams Mark C. Crowley Berrett-Koehler Publishers (September 2025) Can the well-being of everyone in your organization be improved? Years ago, Theodore Roosedvelt obaerved, “People won’t care how much you…
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Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World Scott D. Anthony Harvard Business Review Press (September 2025) How disruptive innovation can create tomorrow’s great companies while causing today’s great companies to fail According to Scott Anthony, “Disruption is an…
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A CEO for All Seasons: Mastering the Cycles of Leadership Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, Vikram Malhotra, and Kurt Strovink Scribner/An Imprint of Simon & Schuster (Oc tober 2025) “The seasons are what a synphony ought to be: Four perfect movements…
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Managing Overthinking (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) Various Contributors & HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (March 2025) Do people tend to over-manage or under-manage their thinking? The answer is “Yes.” This is another volume in one of the several series…
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HBR Guide to Retaining Your Best People Various Contributors with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (August 5, 2025) On average, the total cost of replacing a peak performer is about six times that employee’s annual compensation. This is another…
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HBR Guide to Generative AI for Managers Elisa Farri and Gabriele Rosani Harvard Business Review Press (February 2025) How well-prepared is your organization to compete in a “humanAIzed” fiuture? This is another volume in one of the several series of…
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Playing to Win:How Strategy Really Works, Expanded Edition A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin Harvard Business Review Press (September 2025) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter This is an expanded edition of what has…
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Picket Line: The Lost Novella Elmore Leonard Mariner Books/An Imprint of Random House (September 2025) Introducing “the Charles Dickens of Detroit” Many novellas seem (at least to me) originally intended to be novels prior to aggressive editing. Channeling Antoine de…
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The Power to Persist: 8 Simple Habits to Build Lifelong Resilience Lamell J. McMorris Fast Company Press (September 2025) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield” As I began to read this book, I was again reminded…
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