Book Reviews
Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz Harper Wave/An imprint of HarperCollins (May 2022) “If speech is of silver, then silence is of gold.” King Solomon As I began to read this…
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Broken to Better: 13 Ways Not to Fail at Life and Leadership Michael Kurland Houndstooth Press (July 2022) How to focus firmly on vision, purpose, and core values to “BE BETTER” Whatever their size and nature may be, all organizations…
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The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man (1945-1953) Jeffrey Frank Simon & Schuster (March 2022) A honey badger in the Oval Office With regard to his middle name, Harry Truman told reporters that…
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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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