Book Reviews
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe Brian Greene Knopf (February 2020) Here’s “a story that, at its core, stirs the soul” and the mind. What motivated Brian Greene to create…
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Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln Edward Achorn Atlantic Monthly Press (March 2010) “Now he belongs to the ages.” Edward M. Stanton Here is the context of the title of this book, from Abraham Lincoln’s…
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A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy Jonathan Israel Princeton University Press (2011) On Radical Enlightenment’s ongoing, multidimensional “opposition to mainstream thinking” Having read two of Jonathan Israel’s recent works, The Enlightenment…
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Create the Future: Tactics for Disruptive Thinking Jeremy Gutsche Fast Company Press (March 2020) “The future is already here — It’s just not very evenly distributed.” William GIbson This volume serves as Part 1 of the operations manual for Jeremy…
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Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say–and What You Don’t L. David Marquet Portfolio/Penguin (February 2020) Earn respect and trust by what you do and how well you do it, and that includes communication As I began…
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The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time Jim McKelvey Portfolio/Penguin (March 2020) This methodology produced the greatest breakthroughs throughout history…and will continue to do so The term “stack” may seem irrelevant in the context…
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The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind Jonah Berger Simon & Schuster (March 2020) “If you want to truly understand something, try to change it.” Kurt Lewin Years ago while in Washington (DC), I attended a reception for the new…
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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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