Book Reviews
Humanocracy: Creatiing Organizatuions as Amazing as the People Inside Them Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini Harvard Business Review Press (August 2020) How to build an organization “that’s fit for human beings, and fit for the future” In recent years, several…
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Negotiating from the Inside Out: A Playbook for Business Success Clint Babcock Sandler Training (July 2020) How to win “the inner game of negotiation” After President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin met for several days with…
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The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss Kathy Caprino HarperCollins Leadership (July 2020) “Others cannot make you feel inferior without your permission.” Eleanor Roosevelt The Roosevelt observation is generally true although there are exceptions. Here’s a personal…
Read MoreLessons from the Titans: What Companies in the New Economy Can Learn from the Great Industrial Giants to Drive Sustainable Success Scott Davis, Carter Copeland, and Rob Wertheimer McGraw-Hill (July 2020) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshal…
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Startup Communities, Second Edition: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City Brad Feld John Wiley & Sons (2020) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford I read this second edition of a pioneering…
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Lifeboat: Navigating Unexpected Career Change and Disruption Maggie Craddock New World Library (August 2020) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford Maggie Craddock selected an historical event — the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic…
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Dewey Defeats Truman: The 1948 Election and the Battle for America’s Soul A. J. Baime Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (July 2020) Another brilliant achievement by a cutting-edge thinker who tells a great story In 1948, I delivered 65 Chicago Daily Tribunes…
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It’s All Possible: How to lead an epic life and unleash the high performance hero within you Rob Hartnett Major Street Publishing (October 2019) Street smarts on steroids Years ago during an interview by Richard Brown, Rod Steiger was asked…
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Digital Supply Networks: Transform Your Supply Chain and Gain Competitive Advantage with Disruptive Technology and Reimagined Processes Amit Sinha, Ednilson Bernardes, Rafael Calderon, and Thorsten Wuest McGraw-Hill (July 2020) “Although many parts, one body.” Saint Paul in a letter to…
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The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial System Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway John Wiley & Sons (July 2020) “Do or do not. There is no try.” Yoda Brad Feld coauthored this book with Ian Hathaway, published on the same…
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