Book Reviews
METASKILLS: Five Talents for the Robotic Age Marty Neumeier New Riders (2012) A brilliant examination of superior thinking by a superior thinker Note: There are a few books that I re-read at least once year because they have had such…
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Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries Safi Bahcall St. Martin’s Press (March 2019) If an idea doesn’t sound loony, it probably needs much more development…and protection. In this compellingly entertaining as…
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Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership Susan MacKenty Brady, Janet Foutty, and Lynn Perry Wooten McGraw Hill (April 2022) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith Susan MacKentry Brady, Janet Foutty, and Lynn…
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A One-Legged Stool: How Shareholder Primacy Has Broken Business (And What We Can Do About it) Ed Chambliss Best Friends Brand, LLC (March 2022) Useful insights and suggestions that help to get priorities in proper alignment The metaphors are obvious:…
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The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas Gal Beckerman Crown (February 2022) How to discover or create anew the stages on which the incubation of radical ideas depends Think of an idea as a seed. Even under…
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention — And How to Think Deeply Again Johann Hari Crown (January 2022) How to focus on what is most important, not just on what is urgent or easy In their classic work, The…
Read MoreViva la Repartee: Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts from History’s Great Wits and Wordsmiths Mardy Grothe Collins/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2005) Viva Grothe! Those who have already read Grothe’s Oxymoronica will thoroughly enjoy this volume in which he shifts…
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The Double Bottom Line: How Compassionate Leaders Captivate Hearts and Deliver Results Donato Tramuto with Tami Booth Corwin Fast Company Press (April 2022) “Your people won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt…
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The Great Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious ScriptsSilvia Ferrara, Translated by Todd Portnowitz Farrar, Straus & Giroux (March 2022) “As long as there are emotions, there will be written letters…living letters.” The title attracted my attention…
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It’s Time to Talk about Race at Work: Every Leader’s Guide to Making Progress on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Kelly McDonald Wiley (June 2021) Channeling Thomas Edison, “Affirmation of DEI without execution is hallucination.” The original meaning of the word…
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