Book Reviews
HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Leadership (Vol.2) Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (March 2020) “Your title makes you a manager; your people make you a leader.” Donna Dubinsky That is what Dubinsky said to her friend and colleague at…
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The Interpretation of Dreams: The Psychology Classic Sigmund Freud with an Introduction by Sarah Tomley Tom Butler-Bowdon, Series Editor Capstone/A Wiley Brand (May 2020) How to undertake “a high-risk adventure of self-revelation” to understand dreams Over the last 25-30 years,…
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The CEO’s Time Machine Geoff Thatcher with Zoe Thatcher (Illustrator) Casa Flamingo Literary Arts (April 2020) A garage unlike any other Here’s the basic situation. The COO of “the world’s fastest growing and most innovative company is about to become…
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Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos Darrell K. Rigby, Sarah Elk, and Steven H. Berez Harvard Business Review Press (May 2020) “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.” Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi achieved change of…
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Leadership in Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin Simon & Schuster (2018) Profiles of great leadership “not in turbulent times alone, but also in our everyday lives” I read this book when it was first published and recently re-read it after…
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The Prophet: A Spiritual Classic Kahlil Gibran with an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone/A Wiley Brand (May 2020) A “classic” at least in durable popularity, if not in timeless wisdom The man we know as Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) was born…
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Startup Myths and Models: What You Won’t Learn in Business School Rizwan Virk Columbia Business School Publishing (June 2010) Here’s a GPS for “Startup Land” At the moment, no one is learning anything in business schools. However, when classes resume,…
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How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking Smart About the Numbers Mihir Desai Harvard Business Review Press (April 2019) An offering of essential financial information on the other side of complexity Long ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. said he…
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How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom Matt Ridley Harper (May 2020) “Innovation offers the carrot of spectacular reward or the stick of destitution.” Joseph Schumpeter In the Introduction to his brilliant book, Matt Ridley cites a concept…
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Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing Joseph L. Badaracco Harvard Business Review Press (2002) The potential power and impact of “small and obscure deeds” Note: I just re-read it and all that Joseph Badaracco affirms is…
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