(Oct 2017) I read Chip and Dan Heath’s first book, Made to Stick, months after it was published in 2007. I am still recommending that book to people today for it’s exceptional concepts and the way in which those ideas are presented. The Heath brothers have created another extraordinary book with The Power of Moments…
(Sept. 2017) The aspirational class members make decisions and establish norms that have far more pernicious outcomes for society than did previous leisure-class consumerism. Rather than buying silver spoons and going on long holidays, their investments in education, health, retirement, and parenting ensure the reproduction of status (and often wealth too) for their offspring in…
(Feb. 2017) I will never hear the phrase “jobs and the economy” again without thinking of this book. The steady advancement of technology into every aspect of our lives is slowly replacing much of our current labor force. There is no politician, no public policy, no regulatory voodoo or tax magic that is going “bring…
“Originals embrace the uphill battle, striving to make the world what it could be. Becoming original is not the easiest path in the pursuit of happiness, but leaves us perfectly poised for the happiness of pursuit.” Amen to THAT! An another amazing book by Adam Grant, author of Give and Take. What I love best…
I’m a Marshall Goldmsith fan. I loved his book “What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There” and have recommended it to many people. This book is useful only if you are focused on wanting to get more out of your life. It’s one of those instances where the student needs to be ready in…
“Organizations gravitate toward the questions they ask.” And that applies to countries, communities, families and individuals. We all live in the world our questions create. This is according to David Cooperrider, PhD, a professor of Social Entrepreneurship at Case Western Reserve University. I loved every aspect of this book. Author Warren Berger has done deep…
(October 1, 2014) Cameron’s Coffee & Chocolates celebrated their first year in business! A non-profit enterprise that was created to employ intellectually and developmentally disabled young adults, they now have 4 full-time and 6 part-time IDD employees on staff. It’s been a great year of many “firsts” and the community of Fairfax City has embraced…
(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 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…
(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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