Book Reviews
Quality Sharedholders: How the Best Managers Attract and Keep Them Lawrence A. Cunningham Columbia Business School Publishing (November 2020) Why managers in public companies usually get the shareholders they deserve, for better or worse Years ago, Jackie Huba and Ben…
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Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012: A Fortune Magazine Book Carol J. Loomis Portfolio/Penguin Group (2012) “When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.” Warren Buffett Note: I…
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The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (Fifth Edition) Warren Buffett Selected, Arranged, and Introduced by Lawrence A. Cunningham Carolina Academic Press (2019) “It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair…
Read MoreMargin of Trust: The Berkshire Business Model Lawrence Cunningham and Stephanie Cuba Columbia Business School Publishing (January 2020) Value investing depends on “margin of safety”; organizational health depends on “margin of trust” I have just re-read this book and, if…
Read MoreDriving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business Sunil Gupta Harvard Business Review Press (August 2018) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith In fact, I am convinced that what got you here won’t even allow…
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In Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, Keith Sawyer suggests that there are eight stages to the creative process. He is convinced by extensive research (including his) that when most organizations conduct a brainstorming session, it isn’t very effective.…
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Hitler: Downfall: 1939-1945 Volker Ullrich and translated by Jefferson Chase Knopf (September 2020) “If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” Adolph Hitler This is the second of two volumes within which…
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Collision Course: Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire Hans Greimel and William Sposato Harvard Business Review Press (June 2021) Here is what many view as “a tale of two Ghosns, both found in one man”…
Read MoreTen Steps Ahead: What Separates Successful Business Visionaries from the Rest of Us Erik Calonius Portfolio/Penguin Group (2011) Dreamers think about it…visionaries see it and then make it happen, at whatever cost Note: I recently re-read this book and think…
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The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta PublicAffairs (July 2021) A major challenge for all organizations: Build and then retain the trust of stakeholders Note: Although Sandra J.…
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