Book Reviews
Here is a brief except from John Eisenhower’s review of Emory M. Thomas’ superb Robert E. Lee: A Biography, featured in The New York Times (1995). To read the complete review, check out other resources, and obtain information about deep-discount…
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Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter R. Dutt Berrett-Koehler Publishers (September 2021) How to dedvelop the mindset needed to design vision-driven products and services I agree with Radhika Dutt that “product” is a way of thinking, not…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a book review by Claudia Roth Pierpont for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration by Tamara Shopsin; engraving from Hulton Archive / Getty *…
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Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being Rob Cross Harvard Business Review Press (September 2021) How to avoid “the death of a thousand cuts” from inefficient communication and collaboration According to Rob Cross,”We endure…
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The Long Game: How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world Dorie Clark Harvard Business Review Press (September 2021) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb I…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads 2021: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (October 2020) How to balance “today’s existential imperatives with leadership for the long term” Although these HBR articles…
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Equity: How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives Minal Bopaiah Berrett-Koehler Publishers (September 2021) How to design an organization for equity in a business world in which inequity continues to thrive In his classic work, Power: Why Some People Have…
Read MoreOn the Origin of Species: A Science Classic Charles Darwin with an Introduction by John van Wyhe; Edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone, A Wiley Brand (February 2020) Why The Origin of Species remains perhaps the most influential science book ever…
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Reset: A Leader’s Guide to Work in an Age of Upheaval Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. PublicAffairs (September 2021) How to think differently about thinking differently when leading change initiatives Much of what Johnny Taylor shares in this book is based…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Leading Digital Transformation Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (September 2021) “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Alvin…
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