Book Reviews
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 re-read wholly for pleasure, its insights even more valuable…
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The Upside of Uncertainty: A Guide for Finding Possibility in the Unknown Nathan Furr and Susannah Harmon Furr Harvard Business Review Press (July 2022) “The single biggest predictor of executive success is how you deal with uncertainty.” Sam Yagan Nathan…
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Essays of Michel de Montaigne: The Philosophy Classic With an Introduction by Philippe Desan and Edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone/A Wiley Brand (July 2022) “The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything.” Aldous Huxley This…
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Philosophy Classic Friedrich Nietzsche, with an Introduction by Dirk R.Johnson and Edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone/Imprint of Wiley (July 2022) “Of all that is written, I love only what a man has written with his own…
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The Emergent Approach to Strategy Peter Compo Business Expert Press (July 2022) “The essence of strategy is choosing what NOT to do.” Michael Porter As Peter Compo explains in this book, “Strategy testing is a time-honored practice. Well-known tests include…
Read MoreCEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra Scribner (March 2022) How and why the best “playmakers” can — and do — write their own “playbook” As I…
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HBR at 100: The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review’s First Century Various Contributors in collaboration with HBR Editor in Chief, Adi Ignatius Harvard Business Review Press (June 2022) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”…
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The Mosaic Principle: The Six Dimensions of a Remarkable Life and Career Nick Lovegrove PublicAffairs (November 2016) “Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.” Walt Whitman Note: The insights in some (not…
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How to Zoom Your Room: Room Rater’s Ultimate Style Guide Claude Taylor and Jessie Bahrey, with Illustrations by Chris Morris Voracious/An imprint of Little, Brown & Company (June 2021) Why “zoom a room”? Up front, I acknowledge with pride and…
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Unstuck: Reframe your thinking to free yourself from the patterns and people that hold you back Lia Garvin Topix Media Lab (April 2022) “The real superpower is not the ability itself — it’s knowing when to use it.” Lia Garvin…
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