May 2023 MBR The Business Shelf

The Business Shelf

Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Elias G. Carayannis, editor
Evangelos Grigoroudis, editor
Edward Elgar Publishing
9 Dewey Court, Northampton, MA 01060-3815
www.e-elgar.com
9781839106743, $305.00 hc / $65.00 ebook, 474pp

https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-of-research-on-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-9781839106743.html

Synopsis: Collaboratively compiled and co-edited by Elias G. Carayannis and Evangelos Grigoroudis, the contributors to "The Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence, Innovation and Entrepreneurship" collectively focuses on the theories, policies, practices, and politics of technology innovation and entrepreneurship based on Artificial Intelligence (AI). It examines when, where, how, and why AI triggers, catalyzes, and accelerates the development, exploration, exploitation, and invention feeding into entrepreneurial actions that result in innovation success.

Individual chapters explore the factors that shape and drive innovation and entrepreneurship, including modalities (such as the Internet of Things (IoT)), challenges (such as privacy and safety concerns), and opportunities (such as augmenting the efficacy frontier of technological solutions enabled by AI).

The "Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence, Innovation and Entrepreneurship" provides comprehensive coverage of AI, technology, and innovation and entrepreneurship for academics, policy makers, practitioners, and students.

Critique: An up-to-date textbook on artificial intelligence and its impact on everything from business to politics, cybersecurity to 'smart cities', and digitally driven social transformation, "Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence, Innovation and Entrepreneurship" is informatively enhanced with the inclusion of a complete listing of the contributors and their credentials. Comprehensive, timely, and impressively organized/presented, "Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence, Innovation and Entrepreneurship" is unreservedly recommended as a core addition to personal, professional, corporate, governmental, college, and university library Artificial Intelligence collections and supplemental curriculum AI studies lists. The eBook version is $65.00 from eBook vendors while the print book can be ordered from the Edward Elgar Publishing website.

Editorial Note #1: Elias G. Carayannis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_G._Carayannis) is the Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, School of Business, George Washington University, US.

Editorial Note #2: Evangelos Grigoroudis (https://www.pem.tuc.gr/index.php?id=5195) is the Professor of Quality Management, School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Greece.

International Human Resource Management, fifth edition
Christopher Brewster, et al.
CIPD
c/o Kogan Page Inc.
8 W 38th Street, Ste 902, New York, NY 10018
www.koganpage.com
9781398603554, $210.00, HC, 488pp

https://www.amazon.com/International-Resource-Management-Christopher-Brewster/dp/1398603554

Synopsis: Packed with global examples and case studies to support learning., this newly updated and expanded 5th edition of "International Human Resource Management" by co-authors Christopher Brewster, Dr Elizabeth Houldsworth, Paul Sparrow, and Guy Vernon explores all aspects of international human resource management from global talent strategy, recruitment and knowledge management to the difference in reward systems across cultures and managing expatriate assignments making it essential reading for students on both CIPD and non-CIPD accredited courses.

Supported by 'theory and practice' boxes in every chapter and with reflective activities and learning questions throughout, "International Human Resource Management" ensures that students without real-world business experience fully understand the main concepts and how they apply in the world of work. This new 5th edition now includes new coverage of the impact of the gig economy on international HRM, how technology is impacting HRM across countries and new material on workforce diversity. Of special note are the online resources wich include an instructor's manual, lecture slides and additional case studies.

Critique: An ideal textbook for courses in international business, investing, and human resources, "International Human Resource Management 5th Edition" is impressively comprehensive and exceptionally effective in organization and presentation. While an essential and unreservedly recommended addition to corporate, college, and university library International Business collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists, it should be noted for MBA students, academia, and corporate executives that "International Human Resource Management 5th Edition" is also available in a paperback edition (9781398603530, $64.36, www.amazon.com) and in a digital book format (Kindle, $61.14).

Editorial Note #1: Chris Brewster (https://www.henley.ac.uk/people/professor-chris-brewster) is a professor of International HRM at Henley Business School, UK.

Editorial Note #2: Elizabeth Houldsworth ( is a member of the HR/OB faculty at Henley Management College working across a range of qualification and research programmes. Her individual research interests include aspects of HR, particularly performance management, adult management learning, and the application of technology within the learning process. She previously worked for a number of years as an HR consultant specialising in performance management. (https://www.henley.ac.uk/people/dr-elizabeth-houldsworth)

Editorial Note #3: Paul Sparrow (https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/people/paul-sparrow) is the director of the Centre for Performance-Led HR and professor of International HRM at Lancaster University Management School, UK.

Editorial Note #4: Guy Vernon is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at Southampton University, UK. (www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5x55qm/doctor-guy-vernon)

Beyond Disruption
W. Chan Kim, author
Renee A. Mauborgne, author
Harvard Business Review Press
60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163
http://hbr.org/books
9781647821326, $30.00, HC, 240pp

https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Disruption-Displacing-Industries-Companies/dp/1647821320

Synopsis: Disruption dominates innovation theory and practice. But disruption, for all its power, is destructive -- displacing jobs, companies, and even entire industries. Are we missing an alternative approach to innovation and growth?

The result of three decades of research by co-authors Strategy, W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, "Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs" reveals another way to innovate and grow as it redefines and expands the existing view of innovation by introducing a new approach, nondisruptive creation, that is free from the destructive displacement that happens when innovators set out to disrupt.

Kim and Mauborgne collaboratively reveal the distinct advantages of nondisruptive creation to business and society, showing how this new approach to innovation allows companies to grow while also being a force for good.

With examples that reach across all sectors of the economy and a practical framework for guiding innovation efforts, "Beyond Disruption" shows: Why nondisruptive creation matters to all of us and why it is likely to become even more important in the future; How it complements disruption and how you can identify and execute on nondisruptive opportunities; How companies can more thoughtfully pursue their growth and innovation strategies in a way that better balances business and society.

Critique: A practical guide for driving innovation and growth, the rich research behind "Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs", coupled with its frame-breaking message, make it essential reading for innovators, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and business managers. While recommended as a core addition to personal, community, corporate, and academic library Business Development & Growth collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of MBA students, academia, business professionals, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "Beyond Disruption" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $14.99).

Editorial Note: W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne are professors of strategy at INSEAD and codirectors of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute in Fontainebleau, France. They are also the authors of "Blue Ocean Strategy", which is recognized as one of the most iconic and impactful corporate strategy books ever written. These co-authors were named the most influential management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. To learn more, visit www.blueoceanstrategy.com and twitter.com/blueoceanstrtgy

The Four Workarounds
Paulo Savaget
Flatiron Books
https://www.flatironbooks.com
9781250789402, $28.99, HC, 304pp

https://www.amazon.com/Four-Workarounds-Strategies-Scrappiest-Organizations/dp/1250789400

Synopsis: For a long time now, global corporations have been lecturing small organizations and not-for-profits on how to get things done. As it turns out, it should have been the other way around. "The Four Workarounds: Strategies from the World's Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems" is groundbreaking book by the award-winning researcher Paulo Savaget, who shows how the most valuable lessons about problem-solving can be learned from the scrappiest groups.

Savaget draws most of his examples from small organizations dedicated to social action that have made an art form out of subverting the status quo and have proved themselves adept at achieving massive wins with minimal resources. Through his research, Savaget identified the four workarounds that these groups commonly employ: the piggyback, the loophole, the roundabout, and the next best. With vivid and fascinating examples from his life and travels, he demonstrates how each one works and how to know which one to use when.

"The Four Workarounds" shows how seemingly intractable problems (from public urination to the challenges of delivering lifesaving medicine to remote communities) were addressed using unconventional tactics. Some of the world's biggest and most admired companies are already using Savaget's research to transform the ways they do business. And these same lessons can also revolutionize the ways we approach the challenges we all encounter every day of our lives.

Critique: An extraordinary and iconoclastic study, "The Four Workarounds: Strategies from the World's Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems" should be brought to the attention of every corporate executive, business manager, and entrepreneur with an interest in business decision making and problem solving. Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, and also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $14.99), "The Four Workarounds: Strategies from the World's Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems" is highly recommended for personal, professional, community, corporate, college, and university library Business Management collections and supplemental MBA curriculum studies lists.

Editorial Note: Paulo Savaget (https://paulosavaget.com) is associate professor at Oxford University's Engineering Sciences Department and the Said Business School. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar and has a background working as a lecturer, consultant, entrepreneur, and researcher finding innovative solutions for a more inclusive world. As a consultant, he worked on projects for large companies, non-profits, government agencies in Latin America, and the OECD.

Make Work Healthy
John S. Ryan, author
Michael J. Burchell, author
Wiley
c/o Wiley Professional Trade Group
www.wiley.com
9781119989806, $28.00, HC, 304pp

https://www.amazon.com/Make-Work-Healthy-Organization-High-Performing/dp/1119989809

Synopsis: With the publication of "Make Work Healthy: Create a Sustainable Organization with High-Performing Employees", a team of distinguished organizational transformation professionals delivers an insightful how-to manual for improving organizational performance with a new approach to workforce management. "Make Work Healthy" offers organizations, leaders, and managers with the knowledge, data, frameworks, and methodologies they need to radically transform how they approach day-to-day operations into a sustainable and resilient business success model.

The co-authors John S. Ryan and Michael J. Burchell focus on workplace health (in a broad sense) as a way of focusing organizational attention on culture, building work capacity, productivity, and sustainability. They explain the tangible business value that comes from focusing on wellbeing as well as the symbiotic relationship between organizational health and employee health.

"Make Work Healthy: includes: Strategies for moving beyond typical "wellness" initiatives such as just addressing illness and absence reduction to a more holistic understanding of "healthy work"; Ways to locate, attract, recruit, and retain talent over the long-term by aligning organizational goals with employee health; Tactics to help managers of dispersed, hybrid, and remote teams manage feelings of pressure and isolation.

An indispensable, effective, and holistic new take on organizational and employee health, "Make Work Healthy: will earn a place in the hands of managers, executives, board members, and other business and human resources leaders who seek impressive gains in company productivity and fulfilment.

Critique: Informatively enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of an Introduction (A Critical Moment), six pages of Notes, a twelve page Appendix (Assessment and Impact), a two page listing of Acknowledgments, and a nine page Index, "Make Work Healthy: Create a Sustainable Organization with High-Performing Employees" is a core contribution to personal, professional, corporate, community, and academic library Business Management collections and supplemental curriculum Human Resources & Personnel Management studies lists. It should be noted for MBA students, academia, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs that "Make Work Healthy" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $17.00).

Editorial Note #1: John S. Ryan (https://ie.healthyplacetowork.com/work-healthy) is the Chief Executive Officer at Healthy Place to Work. He formerly led Great Place to Work Ireland and was a broadcast journalist. He is a regular international speaker and media contributor in Wellbeing, Trust, and Organizational Performance.

Editorial Note #2: Michael J. Burchell (https://www.michaelburchell.com/about) is an independent consultant and executive coach. He is an expert in organizational change, well-being, team effectiveness, and DEI. He is the co-author of No Excuses: How You Can Turn Any Workplace Into a Great One and The Great Workplace: How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why It Matters.

Decision Sprint
Atif Rafiq
McGraw Hill
c/o McGraw Hill Professional
www.mhprofessional.com
9781264609598, $28.00, HC, 304pp

https://www.amazon.com/Decision-Sprint-Innovate-Strategy-Action/dp/1264609590

Synopsis: It is well known that successfully operating a business has become dramatically more complex and uncertain in our modern era. Constant exploration of new territory by teams is the name of the game. Yet most companies are stuck with yesterday's approach to problem solving. Problem solving needs to be reinvented to meet today's challenges. The future of business depends on it.

Having reached the highest levels of the Fortune 500, digital disrupter Atif Rafiq has written "Decision Sprint: The New Way to Innovate into the Unknown and Move from Strategy to Action" to pull the curtain back on the hidden management systems within your organization that impact how people think, collaborate, and make decisions.

Talent is vital to any company's advancement, but it's the collaboration and problem solving systems that separate industry leaders from the rest. Systems designed to embrace unknowns are the quickest, most enduring way to foster growth, continuous innovation, and results. Learn how teams begin with upstream work (the phase of a promising idea or initiative where the unknowns predominate) to problem solve anything, thus unlocking downstream actions from alignment to decision making to execution.

With Rafiq's guidance in "Decision Sprint", corporate executives and entrepreneurs can overtake their competitors by moving upstream, embracing workflows that convert unknowns to clear recommendations, alignment, and action. In addition to receiving direct advice from the CEOs/presidents of H&R Block, Volvo, Peacock, Restaurant Brands, Orange Theory Fitness, among others -- and learn from in-depth case studies such as Amazon's disruption of publishing, the massive digital transformation of McDonald's, the secret of launch of Apple Pay, Volvo's push for sustainability, and so much more.

Critique: Impressively informative, insightful, and 'real world' practical, "Decision Sprint: The New Way to Innovate into the Unknown and Move from Strategy to Action" by Atif Rafiq is thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation, making it an ideal and motivationally inspiring addition to personal, professional, community, corporate, college, and university library Business Management & Entrepreneurship collections. It should be noted for MBA students, academia, corporate managers, and entrepreneurs that "Decision Sprint" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $21.49).

Editorial Note: Atif Rafiq (https://twitter.com/atifatif) has blazed trails in Silicon Valley and the Fortune 500 for over 25 years. After rising through digital native companies like Amazon, Yahoo!, and AOL, Atif held C-suite roles at McDonald's, Volvo, and MGM Resorts. Rafiq was the first Chief Digital Officer in the history of the Fortune 500, a pioneering role he held at McDonalds, and he rose to the president level in the Fortune 300. Atif is passionate about helping companies push boldly into the future. He accomplishes this through Ritual, a software app revolutionizing how teams innovate and problem-solve, and through his work as keynote speaker, Board member, and CEO advisor.

Strategic Risk and Crisis Management
David Rubens, author
Simon Ruegger, author
Kogan Page Inc.
8 W 38th Street, Ste 902, New York, NY 10018
www.koganpage.com
9781398609778, $168.00, HC, 336pp

https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Risk-Crisis-Management-Modelling/dp/1398609773

Synopsis: All corporate senior risk and crisis managers face a similar challenge: maximizing their organization's ability to prepare for a potential high-impact event. With the publication of "Strategic Risk and Crisis Management: A Handbook for Modelling and Managing Complex Risks", co-authors David Rubens and Simon Ruegger shows how implementing the right frameworks and capabilities means businesses will not only survive but respond and recover at a time of maximum chaos and confusion.

"Strategic Risk and Crisis Management" covers the integration of multiple stakeholders and the importance of information exchange and critical decision-making under pressure at strategic, tactical and operational levels. It also includes case studies with detailed analysis of organizational failures and the lessons learned, including COVID-19, the WannaCry Attack, the Texas Snowstorm, and the Gatwick Airport Drone Incident.

Blending rigorous research with practice, "Strategic Risk and Crisis Management" offers a range of realistic solutions for any operational environment. Authored by a recognized global authority on the strategic management of complex events, "Strategic Risk and Crisis Management" must be considered as an essential read for professionals working in risk, security and crisis management and emergency response. It will also be a core textbook for university students taking modules on risk, security, emergency and crisis management.

Critique: Also readily available for MBA students, academia, and corporate officers in a paperback edition (9781398609754, $56.24) and in a digital book format (Kindle, $38.39), "Strategic Risk and Crisis Management: A Handbook for Modelling and Managing Complex Risks" is a complete and comprehensive course in the art and science of Risk Management and confidently recommended for personal, professional, corporate, college, and university library Business Management collections and supplemental curriculum Business Systems & Planning studies lists.

Editorial Note: David Rubens is Executive Director of The Institute of Strategic Risk Management and the CEO of Deltar Training Solutions Ltd, based in London, UK. He is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth and a Visiting Lecturer on Strategic Leadership at Cranfield University. He is a recognised authority on the strategic management of complex events. He is a member of the UK Critical Infrastructure Resilience Executive Steering Committee and has served twice as a Main Board Director of the UK Security Institute.

Editorial Note #2: Simon Ruegger is Assistant Director at Ernst and Young (EY) and is based in Zurich, Switzerland. At EY, he leads the corporate security functions for Switzerland and Austria and sits on the working groups for strategic global resilience and security initiatives. He is also a member of the Europe West CBS Young Leadership Board.

The Deal Paradox
Michel Driessen, author
Anna Faelten, author
Scott Moeller, author
Kogan Page Inc.
8 W 38th Street, Ste 902, New York, NY 10018
www.koganpage.com
9781398608139, $154.00, HC, 240pp

https://www.amazon.com/Deal-Paradox-Mergers-Acquisitions-Transformation/dp/1398608130

Synopsis: Taking a dynamic storytelling approach, "The Deal Paradox: Mergers and Acquisitions Success in the Age of Digital Transformation" by co-authors Michel Driessen, Anna Faelten, and Scott Moeller navigates the transition from traditional and ingrained methods to new techniques, showing how AI, big data, and machine learning can be used to generate new opportunities and how technology can be used to enable diversity.

The reader is taken through the attributes and skills needed in this new landscape and how M&A professionals can build them into their approach, from finding and executing deals to making sure they deliver the desired outcomes.

"The Deal Paradox" draws on impressive industry knowledge: the three co-authors have more than 60 years' combined experience of cutting-edge deal making, built on landmark deals ranging from Morgan Stanley's IPO at the height of the 1980s banking boom and Kraft's takeover of Cadbury to key tech deals including the 1bn sale of financial data intelligence company Acuris to ION.

Of special note is that each chapter comprising "The Deal Paradox" is richly illustrated throughout with real-world examples featuring organizations such as Apple, Google, S&P Global and SoftBank Vision.

Critique: Expertly written, organized and presented, "The Deal Paradox: Mergers and Acquisitions Success in the Age of Digital Transformation" is an ideal MBA curriculum textbook and well suited for DIY on-the-job in-service training studies lists on the subject of corporate business/finance and consolidations/mergers, "The Deal Paradox" is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, corporate, college, and university library Business Management collections. It should be noted for MBA students, academia, corporate training programs, entrepreneurs, and non-specialist general readers with an interest inthe subject that "The Deal Paradox" is also available in a paperback edition (9781398608115, $49.99) and in a digital book format (Kindle, $39.99).

Editorial Note #1: Anna Faelten (https://www.ey.com/en_uk/people/anna-faelten) is an experienced corporate finance Partner at EY, based in London, UK. She leads EY's Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) Corporate Finance practice, working with high-growth companies and investors. She has more than 10 years of corporate finance and consulting experience, spanning public to private sector, private equity-backed, founder owned and corporate buy-side and sell-side transactions. Anna holds a PhD degree from Tilburg University.

Editorial Note #2: Michel Driessen (www.koganpage.com/author/michel-driessen) is a Senior Partner in EY's Strategy and Transactions group, based in London, UK, and focuses on complex transactions in the fast-moving technology and consumer products and retail sectors. He has previously held senior executive positions at Accenture, Visa and Rabobank. During his 15 years at EY he has worked on and led over 100 multi-billion pound transactions with the world's largest corporations and private equity firms on some of the biggest and most complex cross-border engagements. He is an Honorary Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School in London.

Editorial Note #3: Scott Moeller is a Professor in the Practice of Finance at the Bayes Business School in London, UK, and is the founder and Director of the M&A Research Centre. He teaches 'Mergers & Acquisitions' in the MBA and MSc programmes. Prior to joining academia, he had a highly successful banking career with Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan. (https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/faculties-and-research/experts/scott-moeller).

Real-Time Leadership
David Noble, author
Carol Kauffman, author
Harvard Business Review Press
60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163
http://hbr.org/books
9781647823931, $30.00, HC, 288pp

https://www.amazon.com/Real-Time-Leadership-Winning-Moves-Stakes/dp/1647823935

Synopsis: The hardest part of corporate leadership is mastering the inevitable high-risk, high-stakes challenges you will face. Whether you're making a split-second decision when your business is knocked sideways or you're finding the best strategy to navigate business-critical long-term circumstances, how can you be in peak form in those most crucial moments?

With the publication of "Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High", leadership coaching legends David Noble and Carol Kauffman collaborate to show you how with their innovative new framework, MOVE, which equips you with the tactics you need to slow down high-stakes situations before they speed you up.

You will learn to master the moment, generate response options, and quickly evaluate those options before acting. As you get better and better at using the framework, you'll find you can recognize these moments as they arrive, like a great athlete who can read the field as a play unfolds or a great conductor who anticipates what's needed to deliver a great performance.

Noble and Kauffman bring decades of experience coaching thousands of leaders, along with a deep base of research, to show why their unique two-on-one coaching method works and how it's done. The MOVE framework comes to life in these pages through the personal stories of real leaders living through their own crucible moments.

"Real-Time Leadership" is a compelling and demystifying look at how the MOVE framework delivered positive results for them -- and how it can for you, too.

Critique: Expertly written, organized and presented, "Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High" is one of those critically important studies that will prove to be of enormous benefit to both novice and experienced business managers, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs. Featuring twelve pages of Notes and a ten page Index, "Real-Time Leadership" is unequivocally recommended for personal, professional, community, corporate, college, and university library Leadership/Motivation, Business Mentoring/Coaching, and Decision-Making/Problem Solving collections. It should be noted for MBA students, academia, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs that "Real-Time Leadership" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.90).

Editorial Note #1: David Noble (https://davidnoble.org) is the founder of View Advisors, a consulting firm that works globally with CEOs, their teams, select C-suite leaders, boards of directors, investors, and star athletes on leadership and strategy. He also serves as a senior adviser to Egon Zehnder, the Institute of Coaching, and Oliver Wyman Group and was previously on the management advisory board of TowerBrook Capital Partners, the first B Corp private equity fund. In 2021 Noble was named by Thinkers50 as one of the world's top coaches. He is also a member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches community of leaders and coaches.

Editorial Note #2: Carol Kauffman (www.carolkauffman.com) is an international leader in the field of coaching and has more than 40,000 hours of practice with C-level leaders and their teams, elite athletes, and creatives. She was short listed by Thinkers50 as one of the top eight coaches in the world. She is a founding member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, where she was ranked as the number one leadership coach in the world. Carol is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, a visiting professor at Henley Business School, and a senior leadership adviser at Egon Zehnder. She is founder of the Institute of Coaching.

Purposeful Empathy
Anita Nowak
Broadleaf Books
510 Marquette Avenue N, Minneapolis, MN 55402
www.broadleafbooks.com
9781506485058, $28.99, HC, 253pp

https://www.amazon.com/Purposeful-Empathy-Superpower-Personal-Organizational/dp/1506485057

Synopsis: Empathy has never been more important, yet we're living in an era of a massive empathy deficit. At the same time, workplace culture has changed dramatically. Leaders, who have already been stretched to the limit, are now being called on to create and nurture genuine connection, psychological safety, and well-being across their organizations -- all while adapting to the values of a new generation that won't compromise on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

With the publication of "Purposeful Empathy: Tapping Our Hidden Superpower for Personal, Organizational, and Social Change", author and educator Anita Nowak shows, human beings are wired to care, and we can become more empathic with practice. Empathy increases dopamine, reduces stress, boosts self-esteem, heightens the immune system, and enriches our relationships. Empathy also improves business key performance indicators. This means that leveraging empathy on purpose can lead to better health, happier and more productive workplaces, and a more meaningful life. That's why empathy is our superpower.

Through inspiring stories; interviews with experts, including business leaders, neuroscientists, activists, social entrepreneurs, and spiritual leaders; a new model rooted in positive psychology and coaching; and self-development exercises at the end of each chapter, "Purposeful Empathy" offers wisdom and practical advice to foster personal, organizational, and social transformation.

Critique: Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "Purposeful Empathy: Tapping Our Hidden Superpower for Personal, Organizational, and Social Change" is a choice and unreservedly recommended addition to professional, corporate, community, and academic library Business Management/Leadership/Motivation collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of MBA students, academia, corporate executives, business managers, entrepreneurs, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "Purposeful Empathy" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $20.49).

Editorial Note: Anita Nowak (https://anitanowak.com) is an empathy expert, speaker, podcaster, award-winning educator, certified coach, and founder of Purposeful Empathy by Design, a boutique global advisory firm that helps purpose-driven organizations create cultures of empathy and social impact. Passionate about mentoring the next generation of changemakers, she teaches leadership, ethics in management, and social entrepreneurship and innovation at McGill University.

A Place for T
Robert H. Lengel, author
Cindyj M. Teske, author
Linda Curtis, illustrator
FriesenPress
https://www.friesenpress.com
9781039151376, $46.99, HC, 340pp

https://www.amazon.com/Place-Giving-Voice-Tortoise-Hare-Brained/dp/103915137X

Synopsis: With the publication of "A Place for T: Giving Voice to the Tortoise in Our Hare-Brained World", Professor Robert H. Lengel offers a thought provoking twist on Aesop's Hare-Tortoise fable reframing it as a Human Race pitting our Hare-brained heads against our Tortoise-inspired hearts.

As we run faster and faster in our Hare-like pursuits of wealth, power and status, we are leaving no place for the slow and steady Tortoise to speak for our humanity. As a result, Professor Lengel poses the possibility we are creating a world with our intellects and technology that we can't relate to emotionally and spiritually. We might be outrunning our humanity and setting the stage for the Hare to win this human race by default. Our inability to engage each other in civil and respectful conversations, the hate and violence infecting our culture and leadership failures in organizations might be evidence this sinister end is fast approaching.

"A Place for T" is a hard hitting and at times poetic invitation to step back from our busy lives, sit with the author on his front porch, and question our lives and work. It is an inspirational reminder of Mahatma Gandhi's warning that "there is more to life than simply increasing its speed." In a conversational format, Professor Lengel guides us down a hopeful path forward - a path illuminated by what he calls divergent thinking. His words are a 'siren call' to wake up and realize we can't afford Hare- brained progress at the cost of our souls.

Professor Lengel's principle message is that we need 'A Place for T' in our lives 'now', in order to be able to account for the unaccountable while we still have time!

Critique: Fascinating, informative, insightful, thoughtful and thought-provoking, "A Place for T: Giving Voice to the Tortoise in Our Hare-Brained World" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, corporate, and academic library Business Development & Management collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of MBA students, academia, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in Sustainable Business Development and Environmental Economics that "A Place for T" is also available in a paperback edition (9781039151369, $34.99) and in a digital book format (Kindle, $13.99).

Editorial Note: Dr. Robert H. Lengel (https://leaderworkinc.com/robert-h-lengel-bio) holds a BS and MS in aerospace engineering, an MBA, and a PhD that blended oceanography, environmental management, leadership and organizational dynamics in business. His research work in developing the concept of 'media richness' has been referenced over 10,000 times in scientific and practice journals. Building on this research and his eclectic background, he has been a pioneer in blending the first-person languages of the arts and humanities with the third-person languages of the sciences and engineering to deepen our understanding of leadership and communication theory and practice. He is the co-author with Dick Daft of "Fusion Leadership: Unlocking the Subtle Forces that Change People and Organizations " (Berrett Koehler 1997) and author of "The Front Porch Revolution: Reclaiming the Time and Space to Slow Down, Talk to Each Other, and Lead in an Over-Managed World" (Friesen Publishing 2018). He is currently an Associate Professor emeritus at the University of Texas at San Antonio and president of his consulting firm LeaderWork Inc.

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