Reviewed by Chris Wendel Those old enough to remember the early days of email may recall when the work days didn’t revolve around reacting to a back and forth volley of online messages. The original intention of email was to send written memos that expedited communication....
By Adam Grant/Reviewed by Chris Wendel Knowing where to look for the book “Think Again” by Adam Grant in my local bookstore presented me with a challenge: Which section of the store would I find it? Part business, part self-help, part science; this nebulous category likes...
By Alec MacGillis/Reviewed by Chris Wendel Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux; March 2021; 402 pages In a nutshell: A scathing throwdown of the behemoth company Amazon, including profiles of the people and communities the company impacts. Who’s it for? General audiences and readers. It was announced recently that...
Reviewed by Chris Wendel By Dan Price, published by Gravity Payments, Inc., April 2020 In a Nutshell: As the book’s subtitle states, an upstart entrepreneur takes the bold step to cut his salary in order to pay all of his employees $70,000 in annual pay. Who’s it for?...
By Scott Galloway; reviewed by Chris Wendel Published by Portfolio/Penguin Books, 255 pages, Nov. 2020 In a Nutshell: “Post Corona” takes stock of the flaws in our economic system while charting the course recent upheaval will take us next. Author’s Quote: “There are decades where nothing happens, and...
The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket - By Benjamin Lorr. Published by Avery Press; 336 pages; September 2020 Reviewed by Chris Wendel In a nutshell: The evolution of the American grocery store experience is explained by detailing the complicated paths food takes getting there...
Reviewed by Chris Wendel In a nutshell: Podcast-turned-best selling book reveals how 200-plus business owners navigated their way to business success. (Published by Houghton Mifflin, 2020; hardcover $28.) Guy Raz is an award-winning CNN reporter and host of National Public Radio’s “TED Radio Hour” podcast. He admittedly...
[caption id="attachment_57099" align="alignleft" width="192"] Published by Ballantine Books, 2019; 251 pages, $27[/caption] Reviewed by Chris Wendel Is entrepreneurial success more luck or hard work? I couldn’t help but wonder how Sarah Frey, the founder of the large Frey Farms, would answer such a question. In her memoir...
[caption id="attachment_56385" align="alignleft" width="162"] 256 pages; published by HarperOne, 2017[/caption] Reviewed by Chris Wendel In a nutshell: Most standards used to measure success are based on how we stack up against the average. Researcher and author Todd Rose explains why this is wrong and suggests what we can...
Published by Little Brown and Co., 2019; 336 pages; hardcover $29 By Marc Randolph In a nutshell: The inside story of how Netflix grew from a quirky car ride conversation into a major communications company. Who’s it for? General interest, a good read for business owners, managers, aspiring...
