Loath as I am to admit it, I’ve come around. A book did it. I’ve come around to Starbucks and the book that did it is Onward, How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul – in which CEO Howard Schultz describes his return to the top job and how he guided the [...]
It’s not often I settle in with a book on Canada’s Supreme Court. Yet recently I did just that. Mighty Judgment: How the Supreme Court of Canada Runs Your Life by Philip Slayton is a good read – even if you think court’s not exactly your thing. Slayton, a retired lawyer and academic who clerked [...]
I believe that a good media story can take you a long way. So does Greg Mortenson. Much has been written about Mortenson and his 2006 book (with David Oliver Relin), called Three Cups of Tea. What struck me while reading this book (besides the over-wrought prose) was the turn-around his fortunes took once his [...]
Remember the Whole Earth Catalogue? A few weeks ago I went to a talk by its author, Stewart Brand. What an engaging speaker! Brand spoke for over an hour – barely referring to notes and using visuals that weren’t Power Point. I guess it was a book tour – his latest is The Whole Earth [...]