Book Reviews
Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better Clive Thompson The Penguin Press (2014) How and why humans and technology can achieve much more when their respective strengths are in creative collaboration Note: Here is…
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The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War Benjamin Carter Hett Henry Holt (August 2020) How and why the Second World War emerged out of “a shocking new world” According to Benjamin Carter Hett, Italy, Germany,…
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Beyond Great: Nine Strategies for Thriving in an Era of Social Tension, Economic Nationalism, and Technological Revolution Arindam Bhattacharya, Nikolaus Lang, and Jim Hemerling PublicAffairs (October 2020) To paraohrase Marshall Goldsmith, “What got you great won’t keep you great” For…
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Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time & Live a Happier Life Ashley Williams Harvard Business Review Press (October 2020) “Happiness is not the subject of this book. It’s the product.” Do you value time more than money or money…
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Lead Care Win: How to Become a Leader Who Matters Dan Pontefract Figure 1 Publishing (September 2020) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers) I have read and reviewed each of Dan Pontefract’s three previously…
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The Entrepreneur’s Faces: How Makers, Visionaries, and Outsiders Succeed Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp Snowball Narrative Press How a seven-stage process using multidimensional perspectives can achieve high impact results Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp would be among the first to…
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Reaganland: America’s Right Turn 1976-1980 Ron Perlstein Simon & Schuster (August 2020) In the land of cynics, the faith of a patriot can sometimes shine a light on enduring values I have read and reviewed Christopher Leonard’s Kochland and view…
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Transfluence: How to Lead with Transformative Influence in Today’s Climates of Change Walt Rakowich Post Hill Press (September 2020) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt I was again reminded of…
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Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman Penguin Random House (September 2020) Here are generally neglected and underappreciated lovers of wisdom in the ancient world Most adults with at…
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When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America’s Obsession with Economic Efficiency Roger L. Martin Harvard Business Review Press (September 2020) Democratic capitalism is not — or at least should not be — an oxymoron Long before the Declaration of Independence,…
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