Book Reviews
All In: How Obsessive Leaders Achieve the Extraordinary Robert Bruce Shaw HarperCollins (July 2020) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb In his previous book, Extreme Teams, Robert Bruce…
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The Business of Getting Business: The Digital Marketing Guide for Small Businesses Joe Manausa LID Publishing (May 2020) “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” Peter Drucker Presumably Joe Manausa agrees with Drucker. Business success requires…
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Humankind: A Hopeful History Rutger Bregman Translated from the Dutch by Elizabeth Manton and Erica Moore Little, Brown & Company (June 2020) How and why it’s time for a new view of humankind According to Rutger Bregman — in a…
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Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs–from Delhi to Detroit–Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley Alexandre Lazarow Harvard Business Review Press (April 2020) “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.” Steven Wright As Alexandre Lazarow…
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The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter Harvard Business Review Press (June 2020) “A republic — if you can keep it.” Benjamin Franklin That was Franklin’s…
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Winning Now, Winning Later: How Companies Can Succeed in the Short Term While Investing for the Long Term David M. Cote HarperCollins Leadership (June 2020) It’s not “Either/Or”; it’s “Both” In his latest book, The Three-Box Solution: A Strategy for…
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The Accidental Business Nomad: A Survival Guide for Working Across a Shrinking Planet Kyle D. Hegarty Nicholas Brealey Publishing (June 2020) A primer for “strangers doing business in a strange land” Some people aspire to become an international “business nomad,”…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2020) “Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems.” Tim Brown This book is one of the most recent volumes in…
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Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light: 100 Art Writings 1988-2018 Peter Schjeldahl, Edited with an Introduction by Jarrett Earnest Abrams Press (June 2020) “A lot of education is like teaching marching; I try to make it more like dancing.” Peter Schjeldahl With…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Strategy (Vol.2) Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (March 2020) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter: This book is a long-overdue companion to a volume first published in 2011…
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