Book Reviews
The Enlightenment That Failed: Ideas, Revolution, and Democratic Defeat, 1748-1830 Jonathan I. Israel Oxford University Press (January 2020) A brilliant examination of previously unexplored dimensions of the Radical Enlightenment thesis Those who have a passionate interest in world history are…
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What’s Your Problem?: To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Harvard Business Review Press (March 2020) If you don’t solve the right problem, you’ve only created many more problems. What is the thesis of this…
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson Crown (February 2020) Popular narrative nonfiction of the very highest order Having read all of Erik Larson’s previous books, I have stopped trying…
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The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work Michelle P. King Atria Books/An imprint of Simon & Schuster (March 2020) “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” Margaret Mead Michelle King…
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Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (March 2020) How and why “putting gratitude at the center of everything you do is the key to a happy life”…
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Charismatic Leadership: The Skills You Can Learn to Motivate High Performance in Others Kevin Murray KoganPage (February 2020) Charisma without integrity and substance attracts attention and then contempt Originally, charisma was believed to be a divine gift that only a…
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Mark Twain’s America Then and Now Laura DeMarco Pavilion (October 2019) You are invited to take a magic carpet ride with Samuel Clemens I became a book lover at a very early age when my mother read stories to me.…
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HBR Guide to Managing Strategic Initiatives Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (February 2020) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison As you probably know already, most of the volumes in the “HBR Guide to” series are anthologies of articles…
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The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey Into the Business of Shared Leadership Kevin Hancock Post Hill Press (February 2020) “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” Margaret Mead With all due respect to C-level executives, every…
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Beyond Good and Evil: The Philosophy Classic Friedrich Nietzsche Introduction by Christopher Janaway; Edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone, A Wiley Brand (February 2020) “What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.” Friedrich Nietzsche As do…
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