20 Quotes from the Business Books You Missed in 2014
Few of us have time to read multiple business books each month. We might pick up a few books and make our way through them, but if your library is like mine, it's stuffed with those you want to read but never found the time. I'm here to help correct that problem. These quotes from five of the best business books of 2015 include four quotes from each one to give you a sense for what the author is saying. If any of them catch your fancy, investigate the book further.
Note: These quotes were provided by the site GetAbstract.com, which provides detailed summaries of books to save you time. The summaries also help you decide if you want to read the whole book (or you can use the summary to get the basic idea of the book you missed). Just search on the GetAbstract site for the book you want.
From The Butterfly Defect: How Globalization Creates Systemic Risk and What to Do About It
Authors: Ian Goldin and Mike Mariathasan
"Increasing connectivity means growing complexity."
"Societies ignore systemic risk at our peril."
"Environmental instabilities can trigger broader systemic risks in food systems, health systems and, as we see in the case of climate change, cities and nations."
"Resilience is a national and global objective."
From F.I.R.E.: How Fast, Inexpensive, Restrained, and Elegant Methods Ignite Innovation
Author: Dan Ward
"Faster, better, cheaper--pick two."
"The future will be surprising; prepare accordingly."
"You can't design anything without revealing your values."
"To finish early, start early."
From Hello My Name Is Awesome: How to Create Brand Names That Stick
Author: Alexandra Watkins
"Your brand name makes a critical first impression."
"Don't get locked into a name that you may outgrow."
"Invest...in a well-planned identity system from the start."
"If it's not spelled the way it sounds, scratch it off the list."
From Leadership Blindspots: How Successful Leaders Identify and Overcome the Weaknesses That Matter
Author: Robert Bruce Shaw
"Visionary leadership...comes with some degree of delusion that pushes an individual forward, but...contains the potential for his or her destruction."
"Mistakes often point to areas in which we lack self-awareness of a weakness or threat."
"A whole lot of us go through life assuming that we are basically right, basically all the time, about basically everything."
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world."--Sign in Caterpillar's executive offices
From Lead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis
Author: Jeffrey A. Krames
"If you lead people, then they are your top priority."
"Francis lives on the frontier while still exercising power and living by a self-imposed code of radical humility."
"The frontier is not a place; it is more of a positive and broad-minded attitude coupled with courage and audacity."
"Francis does not see the world as a static place but as an ever-changing landscape."
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