Articles on Book Reviews

Driving Digital is one of the best books I've read on digital transformation. Rather than talk in theory, Isaac provides a game-plan for driving digital.

I received a review copy of Humanizing Big Data by Colin Strong a few weeks ago. The subtitle to the book is "Marketing at the meeting of Data, Social

One of the books that I use in my various consulting projects and academic work is titled "The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making" by Scott Plous.

A review of the new Marha Heller book CIO Paradox.

Wow...2011 went by fast didn't it? In Dec 2010, I put together a list of Recommended Books for the CIO / IT leader for 2011. That list was a good list

I received a copy of Humanize from the authors.  I don't recall there being a request for me to review the book...but I feel obligated to do

Note: I received a review copy of this book from the publisher / PR firm. I'm not an Apple 'fan-boy' and don't much like Steve Job's personality, but I

Last week the author of The Little Black Book of Leadership, Todd Dewett Ph.D., contacted me to say hello, complement me on my work here and offer up an

Late last week I received The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success, 2nd Edition by Scott Eblin (amazon affiliate link) from Daniel

I get the occasional request to review a book or two from publishers, PR folks and authors. Normally, I get less than one request a month for reviewing

I grabbed a copy of Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead (affiliate link) by Charlene Li for my business trip last week.

Hey CIO - if you want to survive, you need to figure out a way to fascinate your organization. I'm currently reading "Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to

While on vacation last month, I saw a review in US Airways' magazine for The Ambiguities of Experience by James G. March (affiliate link). The review was

I picked up Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh through the Amazon Vine program (love that program...free stuff to

I just put down SWAT - Seize the Accomplishment (Amazon affiliate link) by Timothy L. Johnson....and now want to pick it back up and read it again.  It's

A few weeks ago I received Leadership Test: Will You Pass? (amazon affiliate link) by Timothy R. Clark, Ph.D. to review The book is a small one (~99 pages

I asked "What's your focus?" last week and now I wanted to ask another question: What's your passion? I picked up Gary Vayernerchuk's book Crush It!: Why

Just finished reading Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges My review in two words: Excellent book! Whether

I was lucky enough to get a pre-release copy of Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation by IDEO CEO Tim

I was lucky enough to receive a pre-release copy of Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust by Chris Brogan and

I received the book Two Weeks to a Breakthrough: How to Zoom Toward Your Goal in 14 Days or Less from Lisa Haneberg a few weeks ago as a gift from Lisa

I just finished Toy Box Leadership: Leadership Lessons from the Toys You Loved as a Child...somewhat flawed but a good book nonetheless. Flawed may be a

I just finished reading Succession: Are You Ready? (Memo to the Ceo) by Marshall Goldsmith. While the subject was interesting, I think the audience for

I just finished reading The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything and have to say that I really enjoyed it. While the book spends a little

Last week I was looking for something to read on my Kindle and saw Guy Kawasaki's new book titled Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting,

A few months ago I ran across the IDEO Fellows website and saw a lot of really interesting authors listed and realized I'd heard of everyone on the page

Last month I received a review copy of NOBLE ENTERPRISE: The Commonsense Guide to Uplifting People and Profits by Darwin Gillett. I had my doubts about

Are you looking to improve your IT skills? Are you a business leader looking to make your IT organization more effective? If so, take a look at Simon

I received an email a few weeks ago asking if I would be interested in reviewing the new book from Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan titled "the three laws of

A few weeks ago I received a complimentary copy of Lead Well and Prosper: 15 Successful Strategies for Becoming a Good Manager from Nick McCormick, the

In November 2008 I was asked to take a look at Leading IT Transformation: The Roadmap to Success from Oulette & Associates (O&A) and thought the

Finished this book up earlier this week and I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed.  I feel as though a book by the man who defined the word

Supercapitalism, written by Robert Reich, is an amazing book and should be read by every single American citizen. The book is a historical look at

For the longest time, I've put off reading "Good to Great" by Jim Collins but finally decided to pick it up. Have you ever realized that your perception

Ever see a book in the bookstore that catches your attention and you realize it was a best-seller sometime in the past?  You realize you never picked it

I just finished reading the 30th Anniversary Edition of On Writing Well by William K. Zinsser and I'm wiser for having read it. I can sum this book up

The last book from my 'vacation reading list" is Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking by Tim Hurson. Some of you may remember a brief

I picked up Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to be Smart by Ian Ayres while on vacation...it looked like an interesting read...and

This book was recommended to me by an acquaintance a few weeks ago...I'm glad they mentioned it.  I grabbed this book to read while spending last week on

I ran across a great book at Half-Price Books last week.  The book, Small Giants: Companies that Choose to be Great Instead of Big by Bo Burlingham,

In July, I was approached by Andy King to see if I'd be interested in reviewing his new book from O'Reilly titled "Website Optimization: Speed, Search

OK...I probably don't have to review the The Fifth Discipline.  It's a classic...everyone has read it.  Bas de Baar had an excellent review of this book

John P. Kotter, author of "Leading Change" and "Our Iceberg is Melting" is set to release a new book titled "a sense of urgency" (release date September 3

Jim Champy's new book titled "Outsmart!: How to Do What Your Competitors Can't" is an interesting book.  It's short and easy to read...and full of some

Just finished reading "Moose on the Table"by Jim Clemmer. Before I get into the review, let me define "moose on the table."  According to the author, it

Just finished up reading "The Milkshake Moment" by Steven S. Little. This is an interesting, well-written book worth picking up.  It's easy to read with

I was browsing the local Half Price Books and noticed a book titled "The Program Management Office: Establishing, Managing And Growing the Value of a PMO"

This book,  with the full title of "Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies" is a must read for anyone trying to figure out how

I had some time this weekend and used it to catch up on some reading.  One of the books I read was Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson's "Why Work Sucks and

If you are interested in software development...read this book. If you aren't interested in software development...read this book. If you've always

I just finished reading The Strategic Project Leader: Mastering Service-Based Project Leadership by Jack Ferraro....not a bad book. In section two of his

Just finished reading the book "It's Your Ship" by Mike Abrashoff. At first glance, this book looks like it would be something that I wouldn't like at

I'm just finishing up "The Go-Giver" by Bob Burg and John David Mann. My review in two words: "Love it". The book is a 'business parable' (whatever that

I just finished reading "Reinventing Project Management" by Aaron J. Shenhar and Dov Dvir and I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. The full

I'm about half-way through an advance copy of David Maister's latest book titled Strategy and the Fat Smoker and I have to say I like what I've read so

I recently finished reading Mass Career Customization, the newly released book from Deloitte's Cathleen Benko and Anne Weisberg (published by Harvard

I just finished the book "Agile & Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide" by Craig Larman. This book provides a very good overview for managers of

Jack's Notebook, written by Gregg Fraley, is a business novel in the same vein as those by Patrick Lencioni and Eli Goldratt. This book uses a fictional