On the Bookshelf: Brain Surgery for Suits

By Chris Cochran

One of the public libraries near me maintains an entire aisle for its “friends” group’s ongoing used book sale, outside of the special events a couple of times of year where they essentially create a pop-up store to bring out the used book “big guns” – the collectible editions they’ve received, oversized art and photography books, or items pertinent to the local area. But the ongoing aisle sale is still chock full and gets re-stocked regularly.

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On the Bookshelf: Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry

By Chris Cochran

One of my professional development goals is to have a business book of some kind in the reading mix at all times. Mostly I’m successful at that – although there may be a couple of days in between finishing one book and starting the next. One of my organizational development consultant friends would probably suggest I come up with a quarterly reading “plan” to help facilitate this goal.

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