First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
Can we talk about racism? At noon today, I will present my synopsis of Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women from Little Rock by David Margolick. Two weeks ago, I presented my synopsis of Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Unequal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903 by Lawrence Goldstone. I did not enjoy reading either book. [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
One of the several joys of reading a wide variety of books is that their authors share quotations that were previously unfamiliar and are worthy of inclusion with those chestnuts from the usual sources such as Sun Tzu, St. Paul, William Shakespeare, and Yogi Berra. “Only those who take leisurely what the people of the [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Great Companies Jim Stengel Crown Business (2011) How and why “maximum growth and high ideals are not incompatible. They’re inseparable.” Jim Stengel begins the first chapter with two separate but related questions: “What makes a business grow beyond the competition? What powers an enterprise to [.].
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