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Release Date: March 12, 2026
138 pages
Paperback ISBN: 979-8994503614
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The Biology of Business

Why do some companies adapt and thrive while others crumble under pressure?

Not because of better plans or smarter slides--but because of how their internal systems respond when reality hits.

In The Biology of Business, John Patrick Brogan reframes how we understand organizations. Drawing on his experience as a business owner, Brogan reveals that companies don't function like machines--they behave like living systems. Leadership, culture, decision-making, stress, feedback, and resilience all shape whether a business survives or collapses.

Through grounded insights and real-world clarity, this book shows you how to:

Recognize early signals of systemic breakdown before it's too late
Restore operational control when complexity and stress rise
Align people, incentives, and processes so the whole organization can adapt
See the business not as abstract strategy, but as a living, evolving organism

If you lead a business, sit on a board, or are responsible for its long-term health, The Biology of Business will change bow you diagnose problems and make decisions--inside out, under pressure.

review

“Set in a lush and vividly rendered landscape, Crystal Springs is a poignant exploration of belonging and betrayal, of the secrets we keep and the families we choose. As loyalties fray and truths unspool, love—sometimes unspoken, sometimes unrequited—surfaces in unexpected ways. With unsparing prose and quiet emotional force, Lesser’s debut lays bare the tangled bonds of friendship and the echoes of loss and longing that shape us.”

“Lesser’s probing debut is warm and alive…[an] incisive novel of aging, compromise, and Pioneer Valley life.”

In Don Lesser’s debut novel, he has created Steven Bennett, the everyman character who finds a world of poets and artists as he searches for his own perch in a forty-year journey. If Steven thinks he can subdue the power of the past, he has underestimated the long game that the past plays, especially for those he loves. Peril simmers beneath the surface in Crystal Springs.”

“Lesser does a masterful job of exploring our choices in life and where they take us. Set in a small college town in New England in the late 70s, Lesser takes us on a decades-long journey through the eyes and experiences of a small group of friends as they navigate their place in the world. From artists to academics, these creative, yet deeply flawed characters wind their way through each other’s lives. Not everyone lives happily ever after, and through his characters, Lesser gives us an in-depth view of what makes us who we are.”

“Soaring across forty years in its characters’ lives, Crystal Springs manages to portray the magic of youthful friendship—and its descent into cynicism and pain. Powerful prose, wry and unflinching. No one spared, least of all the reader.”