Book Reviews
More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources―and What Happens Next Andrew McAfee Scribner (October 2008) How and why human prosperity and planetary health are NOT mutually-exclusive According to Andrew McAfee, “This book…
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Need a briefing on the basics of getting the right work done effectively? Look no further. Getting Work Done is one of the volumes in the 20 Minute Manager series created by the editors at Harvard Business Review Press. About…
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The Infinite Game Simon Sinek Portfolio/Penguin (October 2019) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb I have read all of Simon Sinek’s previous books and reviewed most of them.…
Read MoreThomas Edison, sometime between 1870 and 1880.CreditBrady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Here is a brief excerpt from David Oshinsky‘s review of Desmond Morris‘ recently published biography of Thomas Edison, featured in The New York Times. * * * Edmund…
Read MoreThe Intelligent Leader: Unlocking the 7 Secrets to Leading Others and Leaving Your Legacy John Mattone Wiley (October 2015) How to embrace and then complete the inner work that high-impact leadership requires This is my favorite passage in Lao-tse’s Tao…
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Agility: How to Navigate the Unknown and Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption Leo M. Tilman and General Charles Jacoby Missionday (October 2019) Here’s how to identify, assess, and then respond to severe marketplace disruption with high-impact However different…
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Teams Unleashed: How to Release the Power and Human Potential of Work Teams Phillip Sandahl and Alexis Phillips Nicholas Brealey Publishers (October 2019) Great Teams: Here’s a model and methodology to create one According to Phillip Sandahl and Alexis Phillips,…
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LeaderSHOP Volume 2: Workplace, Career, and Life Advice From Today’s Top Thought Leaders Rodger Dean Duncan Maxwell Stone Publishing (September 2019) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt Organizations — including…
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Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction Thomas M. Siebel Rosetta Books (July 2019) Creative disruption and natural selection in the 21st century Years ago, Charles Darwin observed: “It is not the most intellectual of the…
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The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee W.W. Norton & Company (2014) “Technology is not destiny. We shape our destiny.” Opinions vary as to the timeframe of the…
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