Book Reviews
Twelve Years a Slave: The Black History Classic Solomon Northrup, with an Introduction by David Fiske and Edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone/A Wiley Brand (October 2021) After his enslavement ended, here’s the rest of his story. A few months ago,…
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Converted: The Data-Driven Way to Win Customers’ Hearts Neil Hoyne Portfolio/Penguin (2022) How and why strategic interactions with customers can build and strengthen relationships with them Jackie Huba and Ben McConnell wrote a book in which they explain how to…
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Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People Debbie Millman Harper Design/An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers (February 2022) “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” Steve Jobs In Song of…
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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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