Management and Knowledge Management Book Reviews
by Dr. Moria Levy

The Lessons Learned Handbook presents a comprehensive lifecycle for transforming experience into organizational improvement. It outlines how to systematically collect, analyze, document, act on, and disseminate lessons, supported by strong governance and culture. By integrating learning into workflows and decision-making, organizations turn project experience into sustained performance, risk reduction, and continuous knowledge growth. " The Lessons Learned Handbook: Practical Approaches to...

Knowledge Management for Lawyers presents legal knowledge management as more than document reuse, extending it to collaboration, change management, and support for legal project execution. Its practical value lies in helping firms improve knowledge sharing, strengthen legal service delivery, and position knowledge management as a strategic enabler in professional practice. An interesting opening to this summary might be its appendix: " How Some Knowledge Management Professionals Got...

Who Killed Change? frames failed change as the result of breakdowns across sponsorship, culture, commitment, communication, and accountability rather than a single cause. Its practical value lies in helping leaders diagnose resistance systematically, strengthen change conditions, and improve the odds of sustainable organizational transformation. " Who Killed Change " marks a noteworthy addition to Ken Blanchard's accessible managerial book series. Co-authored in 2008 by John Britt, Pat...

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy defines strategy as diagnosing the real challenge, choosing a focused guiding policy, and executing coherent actions—not setting vague goals. Its practical value lies in helping leaders distinguish true strategy from rhetoric, make sharper choices, and drive meaningful change through focused, coordinated action. " Good Strategy - Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters " is an exceptional, some might even say groundbreaking, book authored by Richard Rumelt...

Who Kidnapped Excellence defines excellence as a disciplined combination of desire, competence, flexibility, communication, and responsibility rather than isolated talent. Its practical value lies in helping leaders and teams diagnose performance erosion, strengthen everyday behaviors, and sustain high performance through continuous improvement rather than relying on short-term success. " Who Kidnapped Excellence: What Prevents Us from Giving and Being Our Best " was co-authored in 2014 by...

Leaders Eat Last defines leadership as creating psychological safety, trust, and shared purpose so people can perform collectively at their best. Its practical value lies in showing that leaders build stronger teams and sustainable performance by prioritizing people, fostering belonging, and treating profitability as an outcome of healthy culture, not the primary goal. " Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together, and Others Don't " is a book by Simon Sinek, renowned for his bestseller...

The Power of Habit defines habits as loops of cue, routine, and reward that shape behavior at personal, organizational, and social levels. Its practical value lies in showing that lasting change comes not from eliminating habits, but from replacing routines, leveraging keystone habits, and using structured repetition to drive sustainable transformation. The book " The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business " was written in 2012 by Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer-prize awarded...

Start with Why defines leadership as aligning purpose (why), principles (how), and actions (what) to inspire trust, loyalty, and sustained commitment. Its practical value lies in showing that organizations create stronger differentiation and long-term impact when purpose drives strategy, culture, and decisions- rather than treating products or profit as the starting point. " Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action " stands as a bestselling book penned by Simon Sinek...

The Secret Lies in People defines leadership as building success through exceptional people, disciplined management, customer service, and values-driven contribution. Its practical value lies in showing that sustained organizational performance grows from hiring outstanding talent, placing people at the center of decisions, and combining operational rigor with long-term purpose. The book "The Secret Lies in People: On Management and Leadership," originally titled "It's All About Who You...

Decisive defines better decision-making as expanding options, testing assumptions, managing emotional bias, and preparing for adjustment after the choice is made. Its practical value lies in providing a structured process that improves judgment, reduces predictable errors, and helps individuals and organizations make more resilient, evidence-based decisions. " Decisive: How to Make Better Decisions " represents the third installment in a series penned by the Heath brothers, Chip and Dan....

Inside the Box defines innovation as a disciplined process driven by constraints, patterns, and structured thinking rather than unbounded brainstorming. Its practical value lies in showing how methods like subtraction, division, task consolidation, and dependency creation can systematically generate repeatable breakthroughs in products, services, and problem solving. " Inside the Box: A Proven System of Creativity for Breakthrough Results ," authored by Drew Boyd and Jacob Goldenberg in 2013,...

The Brain That Changes Itself shows that neuroplasticity is the brain’s capacity to reorganize through learning, experience, and targeted practice. The book demonstrates practical ways to improve cognition, support recovery, and reshape habits, offering actionable insight for personal development, rehabilitation, and lifelong learning. " The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science ," authored by Norman Doidge in 2007, possesses only a partial...