This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. Be sure to tell the author who you are, what organization you are with, how many books you need, how they will be used, and the number of reviews, if any, you would be able to provide.
Reviewed by Gordon D. Durich for Readers' Favorite
Creative Leadership: Born from Design (Designing Now), Rama Gheerawo’s nonfiction work explores the contemporary conflict between leadership and more dated methods. The author examines the tools of design and asks whether designers can be leaders or not. With a new outlook in the 2020s, looking for new models of leadership, Gheerawo offers an answer by involving more human values such as empathy and clarity as well as the overriding creativity model. Case studies and color photographs and images are liberally used to illustrate the points he presents.
Creative Leadership spoke to me and Rama Gheerawo’s work was a valuable reference. It made me ponder whether designers can be leaders, and if they can, is this due to their creative capabilities? I appreciate and enjoy the collaborative approach. This book appealed to me in terms of the value placed on creativity, and the equally important ones of empathy and clarity. Designers need to think “outside the box” continually and Gheerawo uses case studies to illustrate the principles of improved communication. I would recommend this book to designers and business leaders as a useful resource and reference. It is presented in an appealing visual style that would not be out of place on any public or educational library shelf with other books on design. As a graphic designer and writer, I would add this to my collection and recommend it to my Graphic Design teacher and mentor. I also liked the simple but effective cover.
