Book Reviews
Lessons from the Titans: What Companies in the New Economy Can Learn from the Great Industrial Giants to Drive Sustainable Success Scott Davis, Carter Copeland, and Rob Wertheimer McGraw-Hill (July 2020) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshal…
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Startup Communities, Second Edition: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City Brad Feld John Wiley & Sons (2020) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford I read this second edition of a pioneering…
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Lifeboat: Navigating Unexpected Career Change and Disruption Maggie Craddock New World Library (August 2020) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford Maggie Craddock selected an historical event — the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic…
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Dewey Defeats Truman: The 1948 Election and the Battle for America’s Soul A. J. Baime Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (July 2020) Another brilliant achievement by a cutting-edge thinker who tells a great story In 1948, I delivered 65 Chicago Daily Tribunes…
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It’s All Possible: How to lead an epic life and unleash the high performance hero within you Rob Hartnett Major Street Publishing (October 2019) Street smarts on steroids Years ago during an interview by Richard Brown, Rod Steiger was asked…
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Digital Supply Networks: Transform Your Supply Chain and Gain Competitive Advantage with Disruptive Technology and Reimagined Processes Amit Sinha, Ednilson Bernardes, Rafael Calderon, and Thorsten Wuest McGraw-Hill (July 2020) “Although many parts, one body.” Saint Paul in a letter to…
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The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial System Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway John Wiley & Sons (July 2020) “Do or do not. There is no try.” Yoda Brad Feld coauthored this book with Ian Hathaway, published on the same…
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Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life Bill Perkins Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2020) Practical advice on how to make your life grow wider and deeper than you may now think possible Bill Perkins is…
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The Gumbo Coalition: 10 Leadership Lessons That Help You Inspire, Unite, and Achieve Marc Morial HarperCollins Leadership (May 2020) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt Like cooking gumbo, development of…
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Step Back: How to Bring the Art of Reflection into Your Busy Life Joseph L. Badaracco Harvard Business Review Press (2010) Here are “practical everyday ways of reflecting that help you work better and live better” I have read all…
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