Book Reviews

Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

December 3, 2019

Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, and David Robertson Harvard Business Review Press (2006) Still the definitive source for cutting-edge thinking about the design of organizational excellence Here is another business…

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Brave Companions: A book review by Bob Morris

November 30, 2019

Brave Companions: Portraits in History David McCullough Simon & Schuster (1991) The consummate master of “painting with words” I read this book when it was first published and have since read and reviewed most of David McCullough’s other published works.…

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The Experience Economy: A book review by Bob Morris

November 29, 2019

The Experience Economy, With a New Preface by the Authors: Competing for Customer Time, Attention, and Money B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore Harvard Business Review Press (October 2019) How and why time has become the currency of…

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Sailing True North: A book review by Bob Morris

November 27, 2019

Sailing True North:Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character Admiral James Stavridis USN (Retired) Penguin Press (October 2019) Why “a constant process of self-examination is at the heart of improving our character” As I began to read James Stavridis’ latest…

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Game-Time Decision-Making: A book review by Bob Morris

November 26, 2019

Game-Time Decision Making: High-Scoring Business Strategies from the Biggest Names in Sports David Meltzer McGraw-Hill (October 2019) How and why you have to get out of your own way in order to get wherever you want to go There are…

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Create in a Flash: A book review by Bob Morris

November 24, 2019

Create in a Flash: A Leader’s Recipe for Breakthrough Innovation Roger Firestien Green Tractor Publishing (October 2019) Practical advice on how to achieve high-impact results with breakthrough innovation Whatever their size and nature may be, all organizations need effective leadership…

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Contagious You: A book review by Bob Morris

November 23, 2019

Contagious You: Unlock Your Power to Influence, Lead, and Create the Impact You Want Anese Cavanaugh McGraw-Hill (November 2019) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.”  Henry Ford To what does the title refer? According…

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How Money Became Dangerous: A book review by Bob Morris

November 22, 2019

How Money Became Dangerous: The Inside Story of Our Turbulent Relationship with Modern Finance Christopher Varelas and Dan Stone Ecco/An Imprint of HarperCollins (November 2019) How removing character assessment has stripped away much of the humanity from the financial world…

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This Could Be Our Future: A book review by Bob Morris

November 20, 2019

This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World Yancey Strickler Viking/An imprint of Penguin Random House (2019) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb First…

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Idea Makers: A book review by Bob Morris

November 20, 2019

Idea Makers: Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Some Notable People Stephen Wolfram Wolfram Media, Inc. (July 2017) An intellectual feast to which you are cordially invited Most of these personal perspectives are provided in the form of…

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