Book Reviews
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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Intentionality: A Guide to Breath, Consciousness, and Radical Self-Transformation Finnian Kelly Hay House LLC (June 2024) Only you can pave the path to identifying how you REALLY want to feel about…everything Long ago, Socrates asserted that an unexamined life isn’t…
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Grit: HBR Emotional Intelligence Series Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (November 2017) “Champions Get Up When They Can’t.” Jack Dempsey This is one of the volumes in the HBR Emotional Intelligence Series, offering cutting-edge thinking about how to persist…
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Energy + Motivation: HBR Emotional Intelligence Series Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (September 2022) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford This is one of the volumes in the HBR Emotional Intelligence…
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Influence + Persuasion: HBR Emotional Intelligence Series Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (November 2017) Credibility is impossible without mutual respect and trust. This is one of the volumes in the HBR Emotional Series, offering cutting-edge thinking about how to…
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