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Book Review: Who Leads When AI Thinks? — Leadership, Judgment, and the Art of Problem Framing 0
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- August 10, 2026
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday business decision-making. From data analysis and forecasting to content creation and problem solving, leaders are increasingly being asked to determine how AI should fit into their organizations. While many books focus on the capabilities of AI, Adrian Wolfberg’s Who Leads When AI Thinks? takes a different
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Book Review: Essential Leadership – The Missing Dimension of Lean Leadership?0
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- August 3, 2026
What the Book Is About Leadership has never been easy, but today’s leaders face a unique combination of complexity, uncertainty, and relentless pressure. As organizations strive for better results, most leadership books focus on strategy, execution, communication, and organizational systems. Marc Inzelstein’s Essential Leadership: Practicing L.O.V.E. in Turbulent Times takes a different approach. Rather
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Alchemy of Adversity: A Leadership Book That Starts Where Most Don’t 0
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- July 27, 2026
Most leadership books begin with frameworks, models, and tools. Alchemy of Adversity by Sarah Staley takes a very different path—it begins with a deeply personal story of loss, trauma, and survival, then builds toward what leadership looks like on the other side of it. This is not a typical leadership playbook. It’s a raw, human
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Book Review: PROACTIVE Problem Solving — A Fresh Take on Building a Problem-Solving Culture 0
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- June 22, 2026
Stop Fixing Problems. Start Fixing Systems. Most organizations don’t suffer from a lack of problems. They suffer from a lack of people who feel empowered to solve them. Walk through almost any workplace and you’ll hear employees complain about inefficient processes, unnecessary bureaucracy, recurring mistakes, and frustrating workarounds. Yet many of those same employees
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Book Review: Building Culture the NASA Way 0
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- June 17, 2026
What NASA’s Mission Framework Can Teach Leaders About Building Better Organizations As a kid, I dreamed of becoming an astronaut. I attended Space Camp in Huntsville three different times, fascinated by rockets, space exploration, and the incredible accomplishments of NASA. While my career ultimately took a different path—engineering, manufacturing, and continuous improvement—that interest in
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Book Review: Rewriting Leadership for a More Human Workplace 0
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- June 3, 2026
A Review of Rewriting the Rules by Ron Sosa Leadership books often promise better productivity, stronger teams, or sharper execution. What makes Rewriting the Rules: A Leadership Model for a Neuroinclusive, Human-Centered Workplace different is that Ron Sosa starts with a different question entirely: What if the problem is not the people, but the systems
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