I just finished Malcom Gladwell’s most recent book Talking to Strangers , which is another great read in keeping with many of his other books. The audiobook is a cutting edge approach to…
Category: Negotiation
Quick Review: Preparing For Peace
As I have been working through many of the books of Peace Studies scholar-practitioner John Paul Lederach, here’s one from the late 90’s. Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures, as the…
Quick Review: The Little Book of Conflict Transformation
This fall one of my academic goals was to immerse myself in the work of John Paul Lederach, one of the giant voices as a scholar and practitioner in the realm of…
Quick Review: Building Peace – Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies
I have been wanting to read much more of John Paul Lederach’s work, but just haven’t made it happen – until now. I read through his Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies,…
Quick Review: Leading Multicultural Teams
I’ve been crashing through different resources as I prepare for a new leadership course on teams and just finished Leading Multicultural Teams by Evelyn & Richard Hibbert. This is a book on…
Quick Review: Building the Bridge As You Walk On It
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…
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…