book reviews Archives

Speakership is Leadership: A Guide for Sudden Leaders Who Need to Lead with Their Words. Yesterday.

September 16, 2025 0

Margaret Watts Romney, author of Speakership is Leadership, takes you on a journey to uncover the truth behind your “speakership,” which goes beyond public speaking to embrace a holistic approach, as you guide others with your words. In the book, she describes the tools and insights required for speakership, including how to prepare for public speaking and how to understand your voice and body and the signals they give during moments of speakership. […]

Using Behavioral Science in Marketing: Drive Customer Action and Loyalty by Prompting Instinctive Responses

April 4, 2025 0

Review of the book Using Behavioral Science in Marketing: Drive customer action and loyalty by prompting instinctive responses, by Nancy Harhut, Kogan Page, 2022 […]

COLLABORATION IS THE NEW COMPETITION: WHY THE FUTURE OF WORK REWARDS A CROSS-POLLINATING HIVE MIND & HOW NOT TO GET LEFT BEHIND

December 5, 2024 0

Review of new book Collaboration is the New Competition: Why the Future of Work Rewards a Cross-Pollinating Hive Mind & How Not to Get Left Behind, by Priscilla McKinney […]

HOW TO KNOW A PERSON: THE ART OF SEEING OTHERS DEEPLY AND BEING DEEPLY SEEN

December 5, 2024 0

Review of How to Know a Person by David Brooks, focusing on the importance of empathy and deep connections in understanding others. […]

MISBELIEF: WHAT MAKES RATIONAL PEOPLE BELIEVE IRRATIONAL THINGS

December 4, 2024 0

Review of Dan Ariely’s latest work explores misbelief, emotional reasons for descending into misinformation, cognitive biases, and social dynamics. […]

What Your Customer Wants and Can’t Tell You by Melina Palmer, Mango (May 11, 2021) and What Your Employees Need and Can’t Tell You by Melina Palmer, Mango (October 11, 2022)

June 21, 2023 0

Karen Lynch reviews two books by the same author on the application of behavioral economics: one for anyone serving customers; the other for anyone managing a team or with a staff. Lynch gives both books a “must read” for qualitative researchers. […]

Don’t Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Dey Street Books, 2022

June 20, 2023 0

Mira Lares reviews this book which presents the importance of data-backed strategies in building better lives. Addressing everything from parenting to financial success, the author illustrates how big data can guide choices that help us become happier and avoid common misconceptions on the way to building our ideal life. An uplifting and inspiring summer read. […]

Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions by Batja Mesquita, W.W. Norton, 2022

June 14, 2023 1

Susan Fader reviews Between Us, a book from Batja Mesquita (a pioneer of cultural psychology), which dissects the way culture shapes our emotional world. Using MINE and OURS models of emotion, the author effectively challenges the belief that emotional cues, socially accepted reactions, and empathy are universal across societies. A must-read for researchers seeking to understand the cultural perspectives surrounding our work. […]

The Fire Starter: Igniting Innovation with Empathy by April Bell, New Degree Press, 2022

September 6, 2022 0

Mike Carlon reviews April Bell’s book, The Fire Starter: Igniting Innovation with Empathy. Carlon and Bell both work as qualitative researchers, and Carlon outlines why Bell strongly builds and then outlines why and how empathy should be the cornerstone for innovation. […]

Rethinking Users: How a Detailed Look at User Archetypes Can Change Your Outlook on EcoSystems by Michael Youngblood, Benjamin J. Chesluk, & Nadeem Haidary,BIS Publishers, 2021

September 6, 2022 0

Book reviewer Paula Rosecky, who is both a facilitator and coach, uses the context of a plane ride to share how Rethinking Users: How a Detailed Look at User Archetypes Can Change Your Outlook on EcoSystems, by Michael Youngblood, Benjamin J. Chesluk, and Nadeem Haidary, expands the reader’s view of user design. […]