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David Meyer

David N Meyer is a content editor at getAbstract and author of The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of, Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music, The Bee Gees: The Biography, and other books. You can find his essays on film and music at davidnmeyer.com

  • Review
    Visionary Thinking
    Lead from the Future
    Lead from the Futureby Mark W. Johnson and Josh Suskewicz Visionary Thinking

    Innosight’s Mark W. Johnson and Josh Suskewicz detail how every leader can develop future vision.

  • Review
    Practical Market-Based Solutions
    The Spirit of Green
    The Spirit of Greenby William D. Nordhaus Practical Market-Based Solutions

    Nobel Prize-winner William D. Nordhaus offers practical economic incentives for reducing carbon emssions.

  • Review
    Make Change Happen
    Change Management
    Change Managementby Jeffrey M. Hiatt and Timothy J. Creasy Make Change Happen

    In this evolved, worthwhile guide, change management leaders Jeffrey M. Hiatt and Timothy J. Creasey teach how to drive effective change.

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    Inspire Your Audience
    How Legendary Leaders Speak
    How Legendary Leaders Speakby Peter Andrei Inspire Your Audience

    Peter Andrei, a communications expert and prolific author on public speaking, relates examples of inspiring orators across history and tells how you can learn to…

  • Review
    Collaborate and Embrace Change
    Team of Teams
    Team of Teamsby Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell Collaborate and Embrace Change

    US Army General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal calls upon his lifetime of military leadership to provide fables and tales of leadership, all to help you appreciate…

  • Review
    The Haves and the Won’t-Gets
    Trade Wars Are Class Wars
    Trade Wars Are Class Warsby Michael Pettis and Matthew C. Klein The Haves and the Won’t-Gets

    Economists Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis reveal the surprising – and seldom reported – connections between ever-growing inequality and how governments deal with their trade surpluses.

  • Review
    Emotional Leadership
    Primal Leadership
    Primal Leadershipby Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis and Annie McKee Emotional Leadership

    Leadership scholars and authors Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee present a detailed breakdown of what makes up sound emotional leadership – the only…

  • Review
    Controlling the Internet
    The Great Firewall of China
    The Great Firewall of Chinaby James Griffiths Controlling the Internet

    CNN’s James Griffiths offers a modern horror story – the rapid conversion of China’s internet into a seamless tool of state repression, conformity and oppression.

  • Review
    Sail Into Wide Open Waters
    Blue Ocean Strategy
    Blue Ocean Strategyby W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Sail Into Wide Open Waters

    W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne’s updated, bestselling business classic guides you from stormy seas of constant competition to the calm waters of market dominance.

  • Review
    Lifequakes
    Life Is in the Transitions
    Life Is in the Transitionsby Bruce Feiler Lifequakes

    Best-selling author Bruce Feiler offers sound, compassionate strategies for dealing with lifequakes: powerful events that reshape your identity and your world.