The SQUEEZE: Many people say that confession is good for the soul. Confessing allows a person to endure the struggle of confronting the self, its problems and belief systems. However, confessing also has its drawbacks, as John Perkins comes to lea...

The SQUEEZE: In Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives, Christakis and Fowler examine the concept of social connectivity and base their investigation on a central topic: the spike in the mortality rate ...

The SQUEEZE: Kurt Eichenwald’s Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story is a financial and political thriller, detailing events surrounding the Enron scandal and the financing strategies that rocked the U.S. economy, Wall Street, and a major accounting f...

The SQUEEZE: Capturing and evaluating measurable behaviors has become a popular corporate strategy. In “Courage: The Backbone of Leadership,” Gus Lee explains the essence of leadership, using stories and case studies from popular companies such as...

The SQUEEZE: We often believe that in making decisions we do so on a rational level, but Kevin Hogan and James Speakman suggest otherwise in Covert Persuasion: Psychological Tactics and Tricks to Win the Game. Hogan and Speakman believe that we ma...

The SQUEEZE: In Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue that current views by environmentalists regarding the recycling process (i.e., reduce, reuse, and recycle) are narrow in the sense tha...

The SQUEEZE: Traditional capitalism has been ineffective in solving problems such as inequality and poverty, even though free markets continue to sweep the globe. It is within this context that Muhammad Yunus examines the concept of social busines...

The SQUEEZE: Nouriel Roubini predicted the current financial crisis before others saw it coming. In Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance, Roubini and Stephen Mihm reveal much about the methods they used to foretell the financi...

The SQUEEZE: The application of mathematics or science to social phenomenon is a current practice that allows for the study of parallels with respect to behavior specific to both social systems and natural physical laws. In Critical Mass: How One ...

The SQUEEZE: In Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior, Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, and Switzler explore the importance of accountability, offering recommendations for dealing with dis...