Big Bet Leadership
John Rossman is making his second appearance on CFO Bookshelf. We interviewed him two years ago for one of our top 10 books of 2022, The Amazon Way, Amazon's 14 Leadership Principles. John's newest b...
2 Mars 202442min
Built to Beat Chaos
Gary Harpst co-founded the ERP solution Solomon Software, which was ultimately sold to Great Plains. The CFO Bookshelf enjoys Gary's work and past books, including Six Disciplines for Excellence and S...
27 Jan 202459min
Beautiful Constraints
A Beautiful Constraint by Morgan and Barden: is it a marketing, branding, psychology, or management book? Or is it all four? In this episode, Willy Donaldson (Simple_Complexity and Estimated Time of ...
20 Jan 202445min
Our Favorite Books in 2023
Since starting the CFO Bookshelf podcast, I have released a ‘favorite books’ show each January. I’ve always been reluctant to do so because my reading tastes may differ from yours. However, these epis...
13 Jan 20241h 8min
Pricing Strategy vs. Pricing Tactics
Many pricing books are heavy in ideas, abstractions, and behavioral science mind-shifting. Others are focused merely on simple tactics. Jean-Manual Izaret's (JMI) book, Game Changer, fills a void by ...
7 Jan 20241h 4min
The Wisdom of Finance
CFO Bookshelf considers The Wisdom of Finance one of its favorite 25 business books. Mihir Desai combines abstract and obtuse finance concepts with literature, history, movies, and poems in his book,...
16 Dec 202350min
CEO Empire Builder
One of the best books we've read on private equity is by Adam Coffey. The title is The Private Equity Playbook. Adam's newest book is based on a two-day presentation he gave on how to roll up an indu...
8 Dec 202351min
The Growth Story of Dunkin' Donuts
Since I am not a customer of Dunkin' Donuts, I know very little about their origin story. When Around the Corner, Around the World hit my reading radar, I was intrigued and was compelled to read it. I...
2 Dec 202339min
