Archive for the ‘Business Books’ Category
Monday, August 15th, 2011
Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other(© 2011, Basic Books: New York, NY) is Sherry Turkle’s third book that explores our lives on the digital terrain. Sherry has conducted hundreds of interviews to gather her data. She explores how the technology that lets us do anything anywhere with anyone can drain us as we try to do everything everywhere and are always on call. She looks at how relentless connections lead to a new solitude and impacts our emotional lives. She also sees hope as people seek to sustain direct human connection.
Tags: Alone Together, Sherry Turkle
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Friday, July 29th, 2011
Always On: How the iPhone Unlocked the Anything-Anytime-Anywhere Future and Locked Us In by Brian X. Chen (© 2011, Da Capo Press: Cambridge, MA), is an insightful look at technology’s all-in-one revolution and its consequences. Will we give more control to individual companies and sacrifice privacy and freedom in the process? This is the first book to take on the possible future that products like the iPhone may portend. Brian writes the regular Apple column for Wired Magazine. In order to write this book, Chen interviewed many of the top technology thinkers, innovators, and researchers.
Tags: Always ON, Brian X. Chen, iPhone
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
This eye-opening book features the big idea that embracing mistakes can make us happier and more productive in every facet of our lives. It examines the tension between the idea that we must make mistakes to learn, and the fact that we often get punished for them. © 2011, Riverside Books: New York, New York
Tags: Alina Tugend, Better By Mistake, Book Summary
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, (©2010, CROWN: New York, NY.) is about six everyday illusions that profoundly influence our lives. They are the illusions of attention, memory, confidence, knowledge, cause, and potential. These are distorted beliefs we hold about our minds that are not just wrong, but wrong in dangerous ways. Once you know about these illusions, you will view the world differently and think about it more clearly. You will recognize when people are taking advantage of illusions in an attempt to obfuscate or persuade. Seeing through these veils will help connect you with reality. I will soon post a summary of Cathy Davidson’s Now You See It which draws heavily on this book.
Tags: Christopher Chabris, Daniel Simons, Invisible Gorilla
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
Living Large: From SUV’s to Double D’s, Why Going Bigger Isn’t Going Better by Sarah Wexler, is a well researched, well written, and humorous tale of America’s fascination with all things large. Sarah immerses herself in her subjects and by so doing, gives us an understanding of ourselves that should open our eyes. Topics include: houses, weddings, breast implants, hotels, landfills, churches, shopping, and debt. This book is ideal for leaders, educators, parents, and students from middle school on up.
Click here for my summary of Living Large.
Tags: implants, Living Large, McMansion, Megachurch, Sarah Wexler, weddings
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Managing the Millennials: Discover The Core Competencies for Managing Today’s Workforce by Chip Espinoza, Mick Ukleja, & Craig Rusch is a must read for leaders, teachers, and parents who have to deal with a generation raised at a very different time. It is based on abundant research and a two-year study conducted by the authors.
Tags: Chip Espinoza, Craig Rush, Managing the Millennials, Mick Ukleja
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention WIll Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn by Cathy N. Davidson (© 2011, Viking Penguin: New York, NY) shows how the phenomenon of attention blindness shapes our lives, and how it has led to one of the greatest problems of our historical moment. Many of us toil in schools and workplaces that were designed for the last century. Cathy believes we will find the answers we need in places where disruption and distraction are producing exciting results. She paints a picture of the future of work and education as she introduces us to visionaries whose ideas will effect us all. Drawing from the fields of brain science, psychology, education, management science, technology, and more, she presents a picture of an interactive world where each of us can make a valued contribution.
Tags: Cathy N Davidson, Now You See It
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Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Outliers: The Story of Success (©2008, Little Brown: New York, NY) is Malcolm Gladwell’s third mega best seller after The Tipping Point and Blink, both of which are summarized here. Gladwell looks at many notable situations where people or populations stand out from the crowd. He finds that circumstances and effort are more important than talent. There are many lessons here for educators and parents.
Tags: Bill Gates, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, The Beatles
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself, by William C. Taylor lives up to its title. Daniel Pink calls it “the most powerful and instructive change manual you’ll ever read.” Taylor, the cofounder of Fast Company Magazine tells engaging stories of the successful companies he studied and generalizes from their successes. Any leader or aspiring leader should read this book.
Click here for my summary of Practically Radical.
Tags: Change, Leadership, Practically Radical, William C. Taylor
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