The author's 30-plus years in crisis management give this audiobook momentum and the unmistakable ring of truth. Narrator Kevin Stillwell magnifies listening satisfaction with an appealing everyman voice and sensitivity to the book's drama and nuance. With believable vocal emotions, he modulates his tone without calling attention to his skill in doing so. The stories of people and organizations who have lost their way are part of the book's voyeuristic appeal. It's enlightening to hear the author's takedown of myths and clichés about managing negative information. Preferring prevention to damage control, he says today's instant and anonymous communication makes the weak strong and the strong powerless once bad news becomes common knowledge. This is an audio everyone in public life should hear.
Pub Date: Oct. 7, 2014
Duration: 9 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781478983033
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
The readers can't compensate for the unbearably pompous prose style of this extended parable about corporate politics and strategy.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 3 hrs
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Golden Voice narrator Cassandra Campbell explores Mattel's dark side in this unauthorized history that exposes spying, copyright infringement, and the true origins of Barbie. Hitt's investigative reporting asserts that Barbie's creator, Ruth Handler, was often ruthless. Handler claimed that the inspiration for Barbie came from her daughter, but Barbie was a near-identical copy of a German doll that was created four years prior to Barbie's debut. Hitt argues that while Handler faced sexism herself, she chose corporate profit over supporting women and minorities. Campbell invokes emotion where appropriate, as when she uses a barbed tone for Handler's remarks about people she hated and a flat voice to capture her matter-of-fact, uncaring attitude. Campbell's pace and tone let the writing shine.
Pub Date: Dec. 2, 2025
Duration: 12 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781797193847
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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