strategy+business Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Can “boss-less” companies work? Not according to authors Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein, who make the business case for “the worst form of organization — except for all the others.” Theodore Kinni shares his take on their new book, “Why Managers Matter.” https://t.co/PASrTemgnN https://t.co/bQTEuSE8kz

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Heard of mimetic theory? It seeks to explain human relations and culture in terms of desire. Find out more in @TedKinni’s review of “Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life” by @lukeburgis. https://t.co/dEqC0YjZT5

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How to improve organizational #decisionmaking? “Decision Leadership” by Don Moore and Max Bazerman explores the connection between leadership success and designing a better decision factory. https://t.co/FaIIpz9C1l https://t.co/6GXwqbOjxP

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“Managers can always profit by reading a great novel, but they could hardly choose a more directly applicable—or enjoyable—one than Joshua Ferris’s.” @danakst on the 2007 novel "Then We Came to the End” https://sb.stratbz.to/Ferris #bookreview

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“Win from Within” by @HarvardHBS’s James Heskett sums up the insights he’s gleaned in more than 30 years of studying #CorporateCulture. See our 📚 review by @TedKinni. https://t.co/Kls4NlwcoD @ColumbiaUP

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Look to these 3 past leaders for inspiration: 19th century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, explorer Roald Amundsen and President Theodore Roosevelt https://t.co/RQWLXQ64qa @SBLeaders @PolarDecisions https://t.co/A4n0FpeBCu

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A book that "[distills] strategy into a beautifully simple premise." @Dlancefield selects "Better, Simpler Strategy" by Felix Oberholzer-Gee as a top 2021 business book. @HarvardBiz https://sb.stratbz.to/Strategy2021

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Dale Carnegie’s often-maligned self-help 📚, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” not only stands the test of time, it demands to be read again. https://t.co/b6aNHNmTDA #bookrecommendations #leadership https://t.co/BBTwAhupBV

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For your reading list: “The Rise of David Levinsky,” Abraham Cahan’s psychologically acute tale of a disorienting journey from the depths of poverty to the heights of business success in the fashion industry. https://t.co/vKL4U5YfrI #bookrecommendations

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Business leaders today are facing a “perfect storm.” A time-tested strategy can help, says @PolarDecisions, author of “When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic.” https://t.co/dks6ZuKSse