Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change Audiobook

Quotes

• “They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. I say that’s also a pretty good definition of the typical business meeting. If you’d like to short-circuit the meeting loop and energize your team’s ability to solve real problems and create new visions, then Moments of Impact is the book you need.”

  — Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of To Sell Is Human

• “This is a guide every frustrated meeting goer should read, with advice they should all implement.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Ertel and Solomon have crafted a compelling methodology to making critical decisions in any company…The authors do a darn good job of stepping readers through the process.”

  — Booklist

• “Strategy is one of the most overused, poorly understood words in the business lexicon. Ertel and Solomon set out to make it meaningful again, drawing on decades of experience running real strategic conversations.”

  — Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody

• “Solomon and Ertel get it. We need to move beyond the blah blah blah dominating our meeting rooms today. We need strategic conversations—this book shows you how to design them.”

  — Alexander Osterwalder, author of Business Model Generation

• “If you are even remotely interested in 1) having a team that knows what each other is doing, 2) delivering a complex message in a clear way, 3) making sense of the mania that passes for so much of ‘business thinking’ these days, you must read this book.”

  — Dan Roam, author of The Back of the Napkin

• “Sean Pratt’s performance sounds engaged and relaxed—somewhat like that of a seasoned consultant offering advice and gently keeping everyone focused. His voice and emotional range fit this material well…This is intelligent analysis and step-by-step instruction on how to make important meetings more productive and enjoyable.”

  — AudioFile

• Tightly focused on one particular area of leadership, this is a guide every frustrated meeting-goer should [listen to], with advice they should all implement.

  — Publishers Weekly