All articles tagged: book reviews

Conflict resolution expert Donna Hicks explores the poorly understood and underutilized power of dignity.

Writers at strategy+business pick the year’s best books in seven categories.

Our picks for the best business books of 2018 in seven categories. See also Top Shelf Picks: Best Business Books 2018.

Revising the Managerial Playbook. See also Top Shelf Picks: Best Business Books 2018.

In the 18th edition of strategy+business's Best Business Books section, our writers identify the three most compelling reads in seven genres. See also Top Shelf Picks: Best Business Books 2018.

Professors Vijay Govindarajan and Ravi Ramamurti offer U.S. healthcare providers a prescription for reverse innovation from India.

In their new book, a trio of Rotman School professors demystify artificial intelligence for business leaders.

In his exuberant new book, the management guru sums up 50 years of experience with exhortations to pursue excellence.

A selection of books perfect for your commute — or the beach.

In their new book, Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl argue that rethinking the ownership of assets can lead to greater economic efficiency and equality. See also “Summer Reading: 8 Business Books – in Pictures”

The more complex and tightly coupled the system, say authors Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik, the more urgent the need to manage the risk of meltdowns.

In his new book, Andrew Santella explores procrastination, and why it is that whenever there is a job to do, you can count on someone putting it off. See also “Summer Reading: 8 Business Books – in Pictures”

History professor Jerry Muller reminds us that not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. See also “Summer Reading: 8 Business Books – in Pictures”

In her book on inventive genius, Melissa Schilling delves into the personality traits that lead to breakthroughs. See also “Summer Reading: 8 Business Books – in Pictures”

In his magisterial new biography of the ultimate Renaissance man, Walter Isaacson provides important insights into the nature of creativity and innovation. See also “Summer Reading: 8 Business Books – in Pictures”

In her new book, Harvard Business School Professor Tsedal Neeley examines the challenge of establishing a lingua franca in global companies.

Seven books that will help you kick off 2018 on a sound footing.

Freek Vermeulen of the London Business School offers contrarian nuggets for innovation-hungry leaders. See also “Summer Reading: 8 Business Books – in Pictures”

Chip and Dan Heath explain how to add defining moments to your customer experience.

Our writers’ selection of the year’s best business book in seven categories.

Our picks for the best business books of 2017 in seven categories.

In the 17th edition of our Best Business Books section, our crack team of reviewers has ferreted out the most inspiring, illuminating, and entertaining volumes of the past year. See also Best Business Books 2017 — in Pictures.

A selection of books perfect for your commute — or the beach.

In his new book, Daniel McGinn investigates the ways people prepare themselves to perform, taking us beyond the clichés of yoga poses, centering exercises, and nap rooms.

The remarkable gains in productivity in growth in the post–World War II years ground to a halt in the 1970s — and we’re still living with the fallout.