{"id":526,"date":"2012-03-05T20:33:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T12:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shiningarrow.com\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2021-05-20T02:31:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:31:51","slug":"book-reviews-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/book-reviews-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charter Schools and their enemies by Thomas Sowell<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

\"\"On page iii of the book, the words \u201cTo those children whose futures hang in the balance\u201d are inscribed. As I had already been listening to the audiobook online, the sight of those words brought a feeling perhaps best described as \u201cUrgent Fury\u201d to my being. It is why I have taken so long to read it. I had to leave off from time to time to cool down and remind myself that all men are liars who devour widows\u2019 houses and for a pretence make long prayer. Read more…<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A Beautiful Constraint by Adam Morgan and Mark Barden<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"book-pic\"Several years ago, I came across an expression in Reader’s Digest that went something like “If you don’t have an education, you’ll just have to use your head.” It is simply amazing how the entire known world seems to think of not having an education, or, more accurately, not having been schooled, as a debilitating limitation. “A Beautiful Constraint” turns that around by applying that Reader’s Digest expression in so many ways. Read more…<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brick by Brick by David C. Robertson<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"brickbybrick-3dleft1\"The world is full of people scrambling frantically to get out of imaginary boxes so that they can pursue the maxim \u201cThink out of the Box.\u201d In studying how LEGO rewrote the rules of innovation and conquered the global toy industry, David C. Robertson shows us how Innovation doesn\u2019t just exist \u201coutside the box.\u201d In this bandwagon-crazy world, we would probably do well to innovate \u201cinside the box\u201d first.<\/span> Read more…<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Connectography by Parag Khanna<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"connectography\"I came across this book while reading a STRATFOR post on what STRATFOR themselves happened to be reading. STRATFOR\u2019s philosophy, or, at least, founder George Friedman\u2019s[1]<\/a> philosophy, is that geopolitics is an impersonal force that shapes humanity whether we like it or not. It is therefore best not to attempt to oppose this force but recognize it for what it is, and posture to benefit as much as possible from the inevitable. Read more…<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Culture Map by Erin Meyer<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Someone recommended Erin Meyer\u2019s \u201cThe Culture Map\u201d to me, so I borrowed a copy from the National Library and read it. I\u2019ve since decided to purchase the book, and this brief review shows why.<\/span> Read more…<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Leadership Team Coaching by Professor Peter Hawkins<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"Peter<\/a><\/span><\/strong>It took me quite a while to read this book. Part of the reason lay in my own neglect in maintaining my own edge in eruditeness. Attempting to assimilate a work assembled by as sharp a mind as Professor Hawkins\u2019 is challenging if the reader\u2019s has not been continuously worked, laid to the grindstone at regular intervals, and perhaps re-forged in the fires of actual coaching\/ consulting practice. Having said that, I did find the experience remarkably gratifying. Read more…<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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