Over the past month, I mentioned to a few folks that I was reading a book on introversion, and for the most part their reactions made me feel like I’d said I was interning at a leper colony. Why is that? “We live in a value system that I call the Extrovert Ideal – the omnipresent belief that the ideal self is gregarious, alpha, and comfortable…
Author: Chris Bond
Book Review – Creative Thinkering by Michael Michalko
As the nuns used to say, put on your thinking caps. Remember that, when you’d have to fake-tie on your cap? (No, well this would be a good time to make fun of me, now wouldn’t it?) This month’s selection, Creative Thinkering by Michael Michalko, is like one long session with Sister Helen Margaret and the thinking cap. Michalko takes the reader through numerous experiments and…
Book Review – Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright
Your challenge this month is to determine what type of leader you are and what kind of organization you want to run. The first step is picking up a copy of Tribal Leadershipby Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright. This is a sometimes humorous and highly meaningful read on building your tribe (defined herein as 20 – 150 people) in such a way…
Book Review – The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
Well, it’s Election Day and whether or not your favorite candidates win, we can all be thankful for the end of political ads for a while, no? And that’s the theme here, one of appreciation. For what and who else are you thankful? Here’s one for me: All of the books reviewed in this space are ones that were suggested by friends, and…
Book Review – The Idea Hunter by Andy Boynton and Bill Fischer
After 18 months or so of doing these business book summary reviews, the question I’m most frequently asked is whether or not I actually read the books. That is something I haven’t been asked since 6th grade, when Ms. Dowling accused me of fudging a book report. Not only do I read these books, my reading comprehension is so bad – no better than…