Book Summaries

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is here and it will change business and life as we know it.

The Power of Mandate explains the basic principles and philosophy of Mandate Driven Leadership, including creative disruption and sheer willpower, to implement a vision and strategy.

By following six new rules of innovation, you can reset your company’s strategy to become a digital disruptor and carve your future leadership position.

Tangible steps to find and safeguard the plans that will deliver the sustainable business-changing impacts - new customers, new relationships, new sources of value and growth - their businesses need.

Masumba suggests three categories of innovation skill sets that are essential for leading employee-driven innovation: innovative thinking skills, innovation engagement skills, and innovation management skills.

In Innovation by Design, authors Thomas Lockwood and Edgar Papke share the results of their study of some of the world’s most innovative organizations including the 10 attributes leaders can use to create and develop effective cultures of innovation

Executives from The Second City, the world’s premier comedy theater and school of improvisation, provide a toolkit for individuals and organizations to use to thrive in a world increasingly shaped by speed, social communication, and decentralization.

In Smartcuts, Shane Snow shatters common wisdom about success, revealing how conventions like “paying dues” prevent progress, why kids shouldn’t learn times tables, and how, paradoxically, it’s easier to build a huge business than a small one.

Technology innovator Jay Samit describes the unique method he has used to invent new markets and expand established businesses. He demystifies the mechanics of disruption for individuals and businesses alike while offering empowering advice for anyone with a big idea.