Last week I finished Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. What a powerful book. I did this by audiobook, which was read by the author, and I think that made it even…
Category: systems
Quick Review: Crucial Accountability
After reading Crucial Conversations a couple months ago I wanted to also read Vital Smarts’ Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior. It used to be called Crucial…
Quick Review: Negotiating the Non-Negotiable
The best of the negotiation books I’ve read this year has been Daniel Shapiro’s Negotiating the Non-Negotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts. Shapiro heads the Harvard International Negotiation Program and was…
Quick Review: The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive
I love Patrick Lencioni and I love his books, wisdom, and style of communicating. He does a great job communicating some complex things in simple modes. The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary…
Quick Review: Community – The Structure of Belonging
I finished Peter Block’s Community: The Structure of Belonging last week and want to share some of his thoughts if it interests you. This book essentially is about community development and transformation. Block’s…
Quick Review: Smiling Tiger Hidden Dragon
I’ve read Dr. John Ng’s book on conflict management Smiling Tiger, Hidden Dragon over the past month and want to share some thoughts on it. I also had the opportunity to do…
Quick Review: The Tipping Point
A few weeks ago I finished reading Malcom Gladwell’s The Tipping Point: How Little things Can Make a Big Difference. I fully enjoy Gladwell’s books as they often popularize more complex ideas out…
Quick Review – Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas
I recently read David Cortright’s Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas as part of the Peace Studies PhD program I am currently in. I had not heard of the book prior, but it…
Quick Review: Outliers
I read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers last week and I really enjoyed it. If you looked at my recent posts you could see that I essentially am finding ways to read a bunch of…