Book Reviews
The Transformation Myth: Leading Your Organization Through Uncertain Times Gerald C.Kane, Rich Nanda, Ann Nguyen Phillips, and Jonathan R. Copulsky The MIT Press (September 2021) How companies strengthened by disruption use it to achieve high-impact innovations To what does the…
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Winning the Right Game: How to Disrupt, Defend, and Deliver in a Changing World Ron Adner The MIT Press (October 2021) How to understand the implications of change in order to manage the disruption it creates In my opinion, there…
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Alive at Work: The Neuroscience of Helping Your People to Love What They Do Daniel Cable Harvard Business Review Press (March 2018) “I wonder what my soul does all day when I’m at work.” — Graffiti in London Recent research…
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Gorillas Can Dance: Lessons from Microsoft and Other Corporations on Partnering with Startups Shameen Prashantham Wiley (September 2021) “There may be trouble ahead But while there’s moonlight And music and love and romance Let’s face the music and dance.” Seth…
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Sprint: 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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Drinking from a Different Well: How Women’s Stories Change What Power Means in Action Annette Simmons Collaborative Narrative Solutions (September 2021) A thorough and eloquent indictment of “unchecked competitive narratives and oppressive systems” The companies annually ranked among those most…
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Bias Interrupted: Creating Inclusion for Real and for Good Joan C. Williams Harvard Business Review Press (November 2021) Here are the “evidence-based tools” needed to eliminate systemic bias Joan C. Williams’ thesis: To eliminate systemic racism, organizations must change their…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Change Management, Vol.2 Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (2021) “If that’s way you’ve always done it, it’s probably wrong.” Charles Kettering This volume is one of several in a…
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Jump: Dare to Do What Scares You in Business and Life Kim Perell HarperCollins Leadership (November 2021) “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.” Steven Wright For every book there’s a buyer and…
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