by Kevin Brimhall | Aug 28, 2023 | Book Summaries
I became interested in the book Innovation is Everybody’s Business because it takes a different tact than most do on the subject. Instead of focusing on what the company, organization, or leadership can do to spur innovation, it focuses on what you, the employee, can...
by Kevin Brimhall | Feb 20, 2023 | Book Summaries, Personal Improvement
Essentialism has been on my “to read” list for quite a while and I’m glad that I finally took the opportunity to dive in. In this book, subtitled The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, author and British business strategist Greg McKeown challenges some norms that many...
by Kevin Brimhall | Jan 5, 2021 | Book Summaries, Personal Improvement
With all the change that occurred in 2020 (such as the pandemic and related public health issues, disruptions to business operations and to our lives in general, economic misfortunes, the presidential election, social unrest, extreme weather), we thought we’d...
by Kevin Brimhall | Jul 6, 2020 | Book Summaries, Personal Improvement
Subtitled, Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload, this book deals with topics that are both “hot” these days and also part of the fabric of our everyday lives and of business: brain functionality, time management, social media, organization, and...
by Kevin Brimhall | Mar 10, 2020 | Book Summaries, Personal Improvement
This book, subtitled “A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace,” was recommended to me by my longtime friend and colleague Robyn Rickenbach of Springboard International. The author worked at Hallmark Cards for 30 years in a variety of creative roles (even...
by Kevin Brimhall | Dec 3, 2019 | Book Summaries, Organizational Excellence
Being a long-time GE employee (albeit from more than 15 years ago), I was interested to dig into this book, as it has been on my reading list for a while. It’s all about execution…and, as the authors discuss at length, I too have seen many terrific...
