One of the books I enjoyed over the summer was Building the Bridge As You Walk On It: Building the Bridge As You Walk On It by Robert E. Quinn. It’s an…
Category: Culture
Quick Review: Interfaith Just Peacemaking
I just finished not too long ago the book Interfaith Just Peacemaking: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on the New Paradigm of Peace and War edited by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite. This was…
Quick Review: Reframing Organizations
I read Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal last month and wanted to highlight it for my organizationally inclined friends. This is a classic…
Quick Review: Cultural Intelligence
I was able to read recently Cultural Intelligence: Surviving and Thriving in the Global Village by David C. Thomas and Kerr Inkson. There is a newer edition out than the one I…
Quick Review: The Culture Map
I’ve been going through Erin Meyer’s The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done and I’ve found extremely helpful for me in my context. If you’re just stopping by, I’m…
Quick Review: In the Name of Identity
I read this really interesting book this week, In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong by Amin Maalouf. Maalouf is Lebanese but has spent much of his life in France….
Quick Review: The Advantage
I’ve had this book for quite a while but never got around to reading it until last week. But it’s a great one-stop shop for organizational leadership. It basically is an integrated…
Quick Review: Tears We Cannot Stop
Last week I got a chance to read Michael Eric Dyson’s Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America. It is in the same vein as James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time and Te-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me, which were also quite powerful…
Quick Review: Culture & Conflict Resolution
I recently read Culture & Conflict Resolution by Kevin Avruch. This book is from the international negotiations realm but has some really good content on how to understand culture, identity, and conflict that extends into a lot…