Book Review: Becoming Wise
Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living by Krista Tippett Recommended By: Maurie Lawrence Courageous Questions/ Intellectual Scavenger Hunt A guarantee to shed light on something important to you. A guarantee to synthesize in useful ways lots of complex ideas from many sources. A guarantee to bring implications to how you…
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Book Review: Being Mortal
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande Recommended By: Wallace Lightsey One of the best, and most inspiring, books that I have read recently is “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,” by Atul Gawande, a surgeon and writer who practices medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in…
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Book Review: Everybody Matters
Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family by Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia Recommended By: Rita Bolt Barker I recently read “Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family,” by Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia. The book rejects the traditional notion that employees are fungible, to be…
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Book Review: The Song Machine
The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory by John Seabrook Recommended by Chris Schoen Some people love pop music, some people hate pop music, and a lot of us hate the fact that we love pop music. If you have ever asked the fundamental question, “why is this dumb song stuck in my head?” let…
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Book Review: Switch
Switch by Chip Heath & Dan Heath Recommended By: Jo Watson Hackl I first read Switch as part of a Liberty Fellowship Summit to address some of the challenges facing our state as it moves forward. It has quickly become one of my favorites and I’ve used its principles to effect change in both business and non-profit…
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Book Review: This Republic of Suffering
This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust Recommended By: Marshall Winn Look, I’m an English major and I like to read really dense novels, and often experimental ones. But this is my book to recommend. This is Civil War history, but that is an overly simplified description. Drew Gilpin Faust, who is President of…
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Book Review: The Art of War
The Art of War by Sun Tzu Recommended By: Troy A. Tessier This is one of the classics. A book on military strategy and tactics, but the wisdom in it is much more broadly applicable, and many business leaders find it to be a helpful resource in running a successful company and competing in the…
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Book Review: A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again
A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace Recommended By: Ted Gentry If it is possible to be at once deeply amused and deeply uneasy, then that’s how I felt upon reading David Foster Wallace’s acclaimed essay, A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again. A Supposedly Fun Thing chronicles and dissects Wallace’s experience…
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Book Review: John Adams
John Adams by David McCullough Recommended By: Henry Parr David McCullough’s John Adams is so good that I hated to come to the end. After a slow start, the book gives a compelling account of the wisdom, strengths and weaknesses of the people who formed our nation. This is a must for anyone with any remote interest…
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Blog Review: McMansion Hell
Blog Recommendation by Ted Gentry Works don’t have to be pretentious to be profound, and they don’t have to be utterly earnest to have an impact. Having a good laugh is often reason enough to read something, but humor is better when it is infused with a message. A reader might find the way to…
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Blog Review: McMansion Hell
Blog Recommendation by Ted Gentry Works don’t have to be pretentious to be profound, and they don’t have to be utterly earnest to have an impact. Having a good laugh is often reason enough to read something, but humor is better when it is infused with a message. A reader might find the way to…
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