Book Reviews
The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano: The Black History Classic Olaudah Equiano, with an Introduction by Michael Taylor and Edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone/A Wiley Brand (October 2021) Here’s “a painful and often shocking” but nonetheless riveting account of a…
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The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology Amy Webb and Andrew Hessel PublicAffairs (February 2022) How global leaders can resolve the most serious economic, geopolitical, and social challenges My undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate…
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Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley Berrett-Koehler Publishers (February 2022) How and why “simple truths” are the secret sauce to achieve superior achievements with a values-driven life…
Read MoreSprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz Simon & Schuster (March 2016) Here is a unique methodology “to solve big problems, test new ideas, get…
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What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence Stephen A. Schwarzman Avid Reader/an imprint of Simon & Schuster (September 2019) A man whose capabilities and achievements are for all seasons With substantial assistance from Philip Delves Broughton, Stephen Schwarzman…
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Choose Your Story, Change Your Life: Silence Your Inner Critic and Rewrite Your Life from the Inside Out Kindra Hall HarperCollins Leadership/An imprint of HarperCollins (January 2022) How and why the stories you tell about yourself can determine who you…
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The Storm of Creativity Kyna Leski The MIT Press (November 2018) “Wanting to know something that you do not know is the creative process” Kyna Leski To what does the title of this book refer? Kyna Leski suggests that a…
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The Brain: The Story of You David Eagleman Pantheon Books (2015) How and why our lives shape our brains and our brains shape our lives Those of us who watched the six-part PBS series based on this companion book are…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Across Cultures HBR Editors and various contributors Harvard Business Review Press (May 2016) How to end miscommunication and inefficiency throughout your enterprise by tapping into the strengths of your diverse workforce This is one…
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The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Public Affairs (January 2022) On “how the competition between popes and kings a thousand years ago led to Europe’s ‘exceptionalism.’” So, what is Bruce…
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