Using research and case studies from large and small companies, a behavioral economist and business strategy expert shows how employees who feel respected invest more of themselves in a company's mission and impact customer loyalty. Despite investor and analyst griping about labor costs, these human-centric companies are also more profitable than those that treat employees simply like an expense. Joe Knezevich's excellent performance strikes the right balance between enthusiastic optimism and intellectual confidence. His positive tone and comfortable phrasing make this easy to hear from start to finish. He sounds like he has a deep understanding of the business professor's noble mission to promote a more humane balance between labor and the interests of owners and other stakeholders.
Pub Date: Oct. 15, 2024
Duration: 8 hrs, 45 mins
DD ISBN: 9781668644430
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
An engaging experience.
This audiobook deals with everything from the historic investments that led to world-dominating companies, such as the Chinese technology company Tencent, to predicting the products and services of the future. An audiobook of such complexity requires a narrator who can handle the task, and David Thorpe manages it admirably. Thorpe uses his masterly voice, which sits somewhere between that of a BBC World Service presenter and an easy, relaxed Home Counties accent, to guide listeners through a sea of numbers, acronyms, and terms such as YP, RPS, and market cap. Rather than simply reading, Thorpe presents the work with excitement and enthusiasm, and this enjoyment transfers to the listener.
An engaging experience.Pub Date: Feb. 20, 2026
Duration: 13 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781668103425
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Review Posted Online: March 17, 2026
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