Book Reviews
Book Review: Three Books about Habits
Reviewed by Susan Fader, FaderFocus, New York Metro Area, susanfader@faderfocus.com […]
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Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long & Well You Live by Becca Levy, William Morrow, 2022 and Stage (Not Age): How to Understand and Serve People Over 60 by Susan Wilner Golden, Harvard Business Review, 2022
The world’s population is getting older, but businesses struggle to address this consequential shift. Two new books, Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long & Well You Live, and Stage (Not Age): How to Understand and Serve People Over 60, explore the many negative ageist perceptions and self-perceptions that constrain business opportunities within the aging population. […]
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Making Numbers Count by Chip Heath and Karla Starr, Avid Reader Press, 2022
A quick read with easy-to-adopt concepts and excellent examples that help readers think about how to frame numbers so they carry more weight for their audiences. […]
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Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise by Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz, Harper Wave, 2022
Did you know that silence is not actually an absence of sound, but an absence of noise confounding the “signal” or focus point? Zorn and Marz’s new book helps us think about silence and its broader context. […]
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Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown, Random House, 2021
Book Reviewer Brandale Mills Cox discusses why Brené Brown’s latest book, Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience, will resonate, especially with the BIPOC community. […]
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The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021
Qualitative Researcher and book reviewer Oana Rengle shares why she believes The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul is the best nonfiction book she has read in years. […]
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Winning on Purpose: The Unbeatable Strategy of Loving Customers by Fred Reicheld, Harvard Business Review Press, 2021
Book reviewer Melanie Brewer says this book will change how you think about the Net Promoter Score (NPS) and why many companies use it wrongly. Author Fred Reicheld originated the NPS. […]
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Choose Your Story, Change Your Life: Silence Your Inner Critic and Rewrite Your Life from the Inside Out by Kindra Hall, Harper Collins, 2022
Book Reviewer Susan Fader highly recommends this book on how self-stories we tell ourselves—many times subconsciously—can impede our happiness and success and what we can do to change our self-stories to create more positive outcomes. Fader provides examples of why this is a must-read book. […]
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Wonderworks by Angus Fletcher, Simon & Schuster, 2021 — And — The Sea We Swim In by Frank Rose, W. W. Norton & Company, 2021
To supercharge your storytelling skills, reviewer Susan Fader suggests you check out Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature, by Angus Fletcher and The Sea We Swim In: How Stories Work in a Data-Driven World, by Frank Rose […]
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97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know, edited by Dan Berlin, O’Reilly Media, 2021
Kay Corry Aubrey reviews 97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know. QRCA member and UXer Dan Berlin edited this highly insightful and absorbable collection of short essays by seasoned UX practitioners on a vast range of UX topics. […]