Book Reviews
The Autonomous Revolution: Reclaiming the Future We’ve Sold to Machines William Davidow and Michael S. Malone Berrett-Koehler Publishers (February 2020) Changes each day “are transforming the terms of life for billions in every corner of the world.” in the Introduction,…
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Washington’s End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle Jonathan Horn Scribner (February 2020) The end of “the American Cincinnatus” and the beginning of a city “that no one could control” There are two periods in U.S. history that have received…
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Margin 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” In my review of The Essays of Warren…
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The Enlightenment That Failed: Ideas, Revolution, and Democratic Defeat, 1748-1830 Jonathan I. Israel Oxford University Press (January 2020) A brilliant examination of previously unexplored dimensions of the Radical Enlightenment thesis Those who have a passionate interest in world history are…
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What’s Your Problem?: To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Harvard Business Review Press (March 2020) If you don’t solve the right problem, you’ve only created many more problems. What is the thesis of this…
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson Crown (February 2020) Popular narrative nonfiction of the very highest order Having read all of Erik Larson’s previous books, I have stopped trying…
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The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work Michelle P. King Atria Books/An imprint of Simon & Schuster (March 2020) “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” Margaret Mead Michelle King…
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Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (March 2020) How and why “putting gratitude at the center of everything you do is the key to a happy life”…
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Charismatic Leadership: The Skills You Can Learn to Motivate High Performance in Others Kevin Murray KoganPage (February 2020) Charisma without integrity and substance attracts attention and then contempt Originally, charisma was believed to be a divine gift that only a…
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Mark Twain’s America Then and Now Laura DeMarco Pavilion (October 2019) You are invited to take a magic carpet ride with Samuel Clemens I became a book lover at a very early age when my mother read stories to me.…
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