Book Award Winner: Containing Big Tech: How to Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, and Democracy by Tom Kemp

Congratulations on your gold book award! Synopsis The path forward to rein in online surveillance, AI, and tech monopolies Technology is a gift and a curse. The five big tech companies―Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google―have built innovative products that improve many aspects of our lives. But their intrusiveness and our dependence on them have […]

Book Excerpt: The Integrator: A Change Management Framework for Achieving Agile IT Project Success

Book Title: The Integrator: A Change Management Framework for Achieving Agile IT Project Success Author: Scott R. Coplan Publishing Information: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022 Link to Buy Book: Amazon Synopsis: When a $145 million IT project failure pushes Los Angeles to the edge of financial meltdown, the County CEO asks Max McLellan, a […]

Book Review: I Think, Therefore I am a Machine

I Think Therefore I Am a Machine: Exploring the “Thinking-of-the-Other” By Yoram Har-Lev Reviewed by Roy T James The book begins with an apt thought: “..failures are more due to the inability to presuppose the others’ reactions.” It then goes on to discuss the human mechanisms behind thinking and forming opinions. Next chapter analyzes the […]

Author Interview: John Rowe, Author of Firmly Anchored in Midair, The Handbook of Wireless Site Acquisition and Permitting

Author Name: John Rowe Book Title: Firmly Anchored in Midair, The Handbook of Wireless Site Acquisition and Permitting Website URL: https://book.telecombirddogs.com/ Link to book page on Amazon: Amazon What is your book about? This is a comprehensive mindset and how-to handbook about the process of developing/preparing wireless facilities a/k/a cell sites from real estate assignment […]

Member of the Week: Scott R. Coplan, author of The Integrator: A Change Management Framework for Agile IT and Project Success

Author Name: Scott R. Coplan Book Title: The Integrator: A Change Management Framework for Agile IT and Project Success Synopsis When a $145 million IT project failure pushes Los Angeles to the edge of financial meltdown, the County CEO asks Max McLellan, a harried IT project manager, aka The Integrator, for help. The County Board […]

Author Interview: Adan K. Pope and Peter J. Buonfiglio, Authors of Respect the Weeds: Digital Transformation Rooted in Principled Leadership, Vision and Innovation

Author Names: Adan K. Pope and Peter J. Buonfiglio Book Title: Respect the Weeds: Digital Transformation Rooted in Principled Leadership, Vision and Innovation Website URL: www.taraxalabsllc.com Link to book page on Amazon: Amazon Social Media Links: www.linkedin.com/company/taraxalabs What is your book about? Respect the Weeds helps leaders struggling to transform their organizations in times of […]

Author Interview: Richard Turrin, Author of Cashless: China’s Digital Currency Revolution

Author Name: Richard Turrin Book Title: Cashless: China’s Digital Currency Revolution Website URL: richturrin.com Link to book page on Amazon: Amazon Social Media Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/turrin/ What is your book about? Cashless is the first and only book that dives deep into the design and use of China’s new central bank digital currency. This represents a […]

BOOK AWARD WINNER: RESPECT THE WEEDS: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ROOTED IN PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP, VISION AND INNOVATION

Nonfiction Book Award Status: SILVER Synopsis Respect the Weeds offers a holistic, yet pragmatic roadmap for digital transformation, designed to provide you with the insights you need to get out of your comfort zones and make the hard decisions needed to drive your business model forward. In this book you will find: A new perspective […]

Author Interview: Carey Parker, Author of Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons

Author Name: Carey Parker Book Title: Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Security and Privacy for Non-Techies Website URL: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/ Link to book page on Amazon: Amazon Social Media Links: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0aUElaV7hDubXSpDJkiSrA https://www.facebook.com/Firewalls-Dont-Stop-Dragons-105005911488731 https://www.linkedin.com/in/firewall-dragons/ https://twitter.com/FirewallDragons What is your book about? My book aims to educate regular, everyday, non-technical people about cybersecurity and online […]