Judgment Calls
Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Valuable perspectives on the role of the leader in creating and then sustaining a culture within which…
Read MoreIn his career as an organizational consultant, relationship counselor, and hostage-negotiation trainer, Mark Goulston has found what works, consistently, to reach all kinds of people in any type of situation. In his book Real Influence: Persuade Without Pushing and Gain…
Read MoreLoonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries Safi Bahcall St. Martin’s Press (March 2019) If an idea doesn’t sound loony, it probably needs much more development…and protection. In this compellingly entertaining as…
Read MoreCollective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Valuable perspectives on the role of the leader in creating and then sustaining a culture within which…
Read MoreOpen Strategy: Mastering Disruption from Outside the C-Suite Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Kurt Matzler, and Stephen Friedrich von den Eichen The MIT Press (October 2021) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go…
Read MoreDiversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business Pamela Newkirk Bold Type Books (October 2019) How and why “a willful negation of our shared humanity” must be eliminated In Judgment Calls, Thomas Davenport and Brooke Manville explain how and…
Read MoreLoonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries Safi Bahcall St. Martin’s Press (March 2019) If an idea doesn’t sound loony, it probably needs much more development…and protection. In this compellingly entertaining as…
Read MoreThe Wise Advocate: The Inner Voice of Strategic Leadership Art Kleiner, Jeffrey Schwartz, and Josie Thomson Columbia Business School Publishing (January 2018) Here are the neural dynamics of decision-making for those in leadership positions As I began to read this…
Read MoreCreating Great Choices: A Leader’s Guide to Integrative Thinking Jennifer Riel and Roger L. Martin Harvard Business Review Press (September 2017) The alchemy of making great decisions If you did not buy your copy of this book from Amazon (mine…
Read MorePaid to Think: A Leader’s Toolkit for Redefining Your Future David Goldsmith with Lorrie Goldsmith BenBella Books (2012) A one-volume library of business information, insights, and wisdom Note: The title is somewhat misleading because the scope and depth of the…
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