Book Reviews
The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution Charles R. Morris PublicAffairs (2012) How the story of U.S. business development “can be charted as an evolution from local to regional and finally national networks” Note: The material in this…
Read MoreThe Four Workarounds: Strategies from the World’s Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems Paulo Savaget Flatiron Books/Imprint of Macmillan Books (March 2023) How four results-driven approaches can help resolve major crises by solving serious problems In Leading Change, James O’Toole…
Read MoreGood Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World Ginni Rometty Harvard Business Review Press (March 2023) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb To what does…
Read MoreThe Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce Heather E. McGowan and Chris Shipley Wiley (March 2023) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt Empathy is the ability to recognize, understand,…
Read MoreSensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World Jenn Granneman & Andre Sólo Harmony (February 2023) How and why highly sensitive people are so valuable…and under-appreciated Here’s a paradox: emotions tend to have…
Read MoreRising Together: How We Can Bridge Divides and Create a More Inclusive Workplace Sally Helgesen Hatchette Books (February 2023) How to build cultures of belonging in which personal growth and professional development thrive Many of the “silos” that undermine communication,…
Read MoreHow Far Do You Want to Go? Lessons from a Common-Sense Billionaire John Catsimatidis Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of Ben Bella Books, Inc. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African…
Read MoreA History of the Human Brain: From the Sea Sponge to CRISPR, How Our Brain Evolved Bret Stetka Timber Press (2021) Here’s a comprehensive — and entertaining — examination of human brain evolution. In layman’s terms, the mind is…
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