books
13 articlesTrailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change by Marc Benioff (Book Review)
A review of Trailblazer by Marc Benioff, exploring how Salesforce uses business as a platform for societal change through values-driven leadership.
Take Back Your Power by Deb Liu (Book Review)
A review of Take Back Your Power by Deb Liu, offering evidence-based leadership strategies for women and underrepresented groups in the workplace.
You Are What You Risk by Michele Wucker (Book Review)
A review of You Are What You Risk by Michele Wucker, exploring risk perception, risk empathy, and how our experiences shape our approach to uncertainty.
Humor, Seriously by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas (Book Review)
A review of Humor, Seriously by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas, exploring how humor serves as a leadership skill and workplace strategy.
Mandela’s Way: Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage (Book Review)
Review of Mandela's Way by Richard Stengel, a journalist's account of real-world leadership lessons from Nelson Mandela grounded in evidence, not fairy tales.
Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters by Jeff Sonnenfeld (Book Review)
Review of Jeff Sonnenfeld's Firing Back, a study of how leaders recover from major career setbacks through resilience, adaptability, and self-belief.
Your Brain At Work (Book Review)
Review of David Rock's Your Brain At Work, a neuroscience-based guide to improving professional performance, personal relationships, and daily productivity.
A Book That Changed How I Think About Meetings
Patrick Lencioni's Death by Meeting and the principle that has shaped my calendar discipline ever since: a meeting must solve a problem, make a decision, or sha
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Book Review)
A review of Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, a book about ultrarunning, the Tarahumara people, and why cooperation matters more than competition.
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance (Book Review)
A review of SuperFreakonomics by Levitt and Dubner, a book that challenges established wisdom using statistics and unconventional analysis.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Book Review)
A review of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, a gripping novel about friendship, culture, and immigration set in Afghanistan and San Francisco.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Book Review)
A 3/5 review of Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner: sensationalist but valuable for challenging conventional wisdom.
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Book Review)
A 4/5 review of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink, exploring intuition and split-second decisions, validating the idea that emotions involve subconscious analysis.