Book Reviews
7 Rules for Positive, Productive Change: Micro Shifts, Macro Results Esther Derby Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2019) “Sacred cows make the best burgers.” Robert Kriegel Some authors of business books tend to play fast and loose with the word “rule” when in…
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Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments Stefan H. Thomke Harvard Business Review Press (February 2020) How to fully deploy the scientific method in almost any organization The potential power and value of experimentation in business would not be…
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Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt Arun Arora, Peter Dahlstrom, Klemens Hjartar, and Florian Wunderlich Amazon Publishing (February 2020) “The fog comes on little cat feet”…digital change sounds like a stampede of water buffalo Carl Sandburg’s…
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Built, Not Born: A Self-Made Billionaire’s No-Nonsense Guide for Entrepreneurs Tom Golisano with Mike Wicks HarperCollins Leadership/An imprint of HarperCollins (February 2020) Here’s a GPS for entrepreneuers but they have to complete their own journey Written with the substantial assistance…
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Fearless Innovation: Going Beyond the Buzzword to Continuously Drive Growth, Improve the Bottom Line, and Enact Change Alex Goryachev Wiley (January 2020) The Power of Pragmatic Innovation In the Introduction, Alex Goryachev suggests, “It’s time to take a breath, step…
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The Innovation Ultimatum: Six strategic technologies that will reshape every business in the 2020s Steve Brown Wiley (February 2020) These technologies can be your best friends or worst enemies. That’s up to you. I agree with Steve Brown that the…
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Formula X: How to Reach Extreme Acceleration in Your Organization Jurriaan Kamer and Rini van Solingen Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press (January 2020) Here are ingredients of the “secret sauce” of success There are few business fables I hold in high regard.…
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Creating Progress in a World of Change Dean Lindsay World Gumbo Publishing (November 2019) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford Change and growth are frequently viewed as synonymous with progress. In fact,…
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Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines Thomas H. Davenport and Julia Kirby BHarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (2016) How the most productive workplaces combine talented people with sophisticated machines in high-impact augmentation [Note: I…
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The 7 Secrets of Responsive Leadership: Drive Change, Manage Transitions, and Help Any Organization Turn Around Jackie Jenkins-Scott Career Press (February 2020) How to balance “carpe diem” with “festina lente” All great leaders throughout history have been proactive and responsive…
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