Business Book Talk

Join us as we talk about great business books and how they change the way people do business. Each week we chat with a local entrepreneur  and find out more about a book they have read recently. Why did they buy it? What was a great "learning" from the book? How long did it take them to read it? Get real feedback o a book to help you save time and money on your next book commitment.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship A Growth Model for Europe Beyond the Crisis by Daria Tataj To increase productivity and create value, businesses and companies need to innovate. But how is innovation created? And how can entire regions, countries, and continents innovate in a fast changing world where the old economies have broken down? Dr. Tataj proposes…

If You Really Want to Change the World A Guide to Creating, Building, and Sustaining Breakthrough Ventures by Henry Kressel, Norman Winarsky Silicon Valley’s latest trend for creating new ventures is based on trial and error: test market needs with new product concepts and a minimum amount of capital, expect that the product may not…

RE:THiNK 11 surprising things you should do now to win retail customers in the digital age by Jennie Gilbert, James Kane Jr. Independent retailers of durable goods like appliances, furniture, mattresses and home electronics don’t have time or money to waste trying to adopt the latest broader retail fads. You need practical, actionable advice that…

Driven by Difference How Great Companies Fuel Innovation Through Diversity by David Livermore Today’s workforce is more diverse than ever before. But despite new perspectives and talents, the promise of increased innovation rarely materializes. Why are so few businesses seeing results? Studies show that diverse teams are more creative than homogenous ones, but only when…

Collective Disruption How Corporations & Startups Can Co-Create Transformative New Businesses by Michael Docherty Too often, disruption is a bad word something you don’t see coming. It doesn’t have to be that way. This book is about changing that paradigm and learning to embrace disruption through collaboration. Whether you’re an executive trying to drive growth…

Join us as we talk about great business books and how they change the way people do business. Each week we chat with a local entrepreneur  and find out more about a book they have read recently. Why did they buy it? What was a great "learning" from the book? How long did it take them to read it? Get real feedback o a book to help you save time and money on your next book commitment.

Operational Empowerment Collaborate, Innovate, and Engage to Beat the Competition by Shawn Casemore In today’s competitive global environment, it takes more than the pursuit of operational excellence for a business to succeed. If you want to maximize your potential, improve your productivity, and increase your profits you need to engage the people who offer the…

Millennials Who Manage How to Overcome Workplace Perceptions and Become a Great Leader by Chip Espinoza, Joel Schwarzbart Millennials will be our next great generation of leaders. Today, however, as they move into management, they face difficult practical challenges. Millennials Who Manage is a complete, research-based guide to overcoming those challenges, delivering outstanding performance, and…

Your Strategy Needs a Strategy How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach by Martin Reeves, Knut Haanaes, Janmejaya Sinha Executives are bombarded with bestselling ideas and best practices for achieving competitive advantage, but many of these ideas and practices contradict each other. Should you aim to be big or fast? Should you create a…