(Oct. 2014) “We need to remember that our definition of what is right is, as often as not, simply the way that people in positions of privilege close the door on those on the outside. David has nothing to lose, and because he has nothing to lose, he has the freedom to thumb his nose…
An excellent book that reinforces much of what I believe about the value of giving. The pivotal idea in this particular book is that there is more than one way of being a “Giver.” Author Adam Grant, the youngest tenured professor at the Wharton School, presents compelling research on the nature of human interactions relative…
“He may be an asshole, but when he’s your asshole, that’s a very good thing.” Garet Bosiger. A wonderful book that is about the past, the present and the possibilities of the future. It’s a reality check for the global economic theories of the 21st century that look good on paper, and even make sense…
I loved this book! For so many reasons. Brigid Schulte is a reporter for the Washington Post. She lives here in the DC area and many of the experts she consulted are local to where I live. I know her commute and her community, which gives this an authenticity that may not resonate with every…
Subtitled: Dispatches from America’s Class War. This book is still relevant and important despite it’s publication date of 2007. Joe Bageant wrote this before Obama was elected, but the vast majority of what he has to say is still very true. Some of it has been true for hundreds of years. I saw myself in his…
(July 1, 2014) “Children are desperate to know that they are loved and accepted by their parents. You need to make the decision that your child’s happiness and safety is totally unrelated to his sexual orientation. The one place that kids cannot be afraid is in their homes.” – Judy Shepard, co-founder of the Matthew Shepard…
(June 17, 2014) “The future is not a destination, it’s a direction.” I loved this book for so many reasons. I heard Ed Catmull at Fast Company’s “Innovation Uncensored” Conference in NYC in April. He has an amazing story to tell about his lifelong interest in animation, his determination to use computers to make animated…
(May 15, 2014) “Confidence is more attractive than anything you could put on your body.” – Sophia Amoruso I LOVED this book! Sophia Amoruso has a wonderful life story to tell – a fascinating journey for someone who is just 30 years old, a high school dropout and the CEO of her own multimillion dollar online…
(May 13, 2014) I think this is singularly one of the most important books written in the last several years. Journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman have done an amazing job in both researching this subject and writing about it in a thoughtful and productive way. The Atlantic’s May 2014 cover story entitled “The Confidence Gap”…
(May 2, 2014) A collaborative effort by Jeffrey Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen and Clayton M. Christensen. The book is really good and I loved the concepts and the examples they use. I felt it was longer than it needed to be. The basic concept of “the innovator’s DNA” is that people engage in certain types of…
(March 27, 2014) “We must all start today to do little things for the good of others one day at a time. Let us all be the leaders we wish we had.” I loved his previous book “Start with Why” and would recommend reading that book before this one. His TED Talks on both books are…
(Jan. 12, 2014) Subtitled: “Why So Many Predictions Fail – But Some Don’t” Written by Nate Silver of the FiveThirtyEight Blog. Silver and his blog achieved a great deal of notoriety during Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign as he predicted – with stunning accuracy – how Obama would win. He is a “stat head” and his grasp of…
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