Book Reviews
Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better Clive Thompson The Penguin Press (2014) How and why humans and technology can achieve much more when their respective strengths are in creative collaboration Clive Thompson poses…
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Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation Gary P. Pisano PublicAffairs (January 2015) How and why human beings can modify their DNA, for better or worse When Charles Darwin discussed his concept of natural selection in his classic work, On the…
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2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything Mauro F. Guillén St. Martin’s Press (August 2020) “The future is not what it used to be.” Laura Riding and Robert Graves Here is the context for…
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Hyper-Learning: How to Adapt to the Speed of Change Edward D. Hess Berrett-Koehler Publishers (September 2020) “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw J. H. Flavell was probably the first to use the term…
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power Shoshana Zuboff PublicAffairs (January 2019) How to contest and interrupt, then contain and vanquish an unprecedented threat to the human race Note: Here…
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Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History’s Greatest Wordsmiths Mardy Grothe Collins/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2004) The Wit and Wisdom of Incongruity One of my best friends had an aunt — her name was Ginny — who, like Yogi…
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The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices Casper ter Kuile HarperOne (June 2020) How to increase and enrich a sense of meaning, reflection, sanctuary, and joy Long ago, I realized that rituals tend to be the habits…
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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Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams Stefanie K. Johnson HarperBusiness (June 2020) Why the efforts of many (most? leaders fail despite good intentions Stefanie K. Johnson conducted wide and deep research that she correlated with…
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The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers Eric Weiner Avid Reader Press (August 2020) How to embrace wonder, face regrets, and sustain hope with an occasional smile Many of us have “ghosts” that accompany us throughout…
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