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Our decades worth of experience and extensive knowledge of business books allows us to put the latest releases in a larger context for readers. Our editorial director reviews the latest and greatest books in the genre—and those adjacent to it—each and every week to do just that.
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Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader's Guide to the Real World
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall expose nine lies about work that obfuscate the reality of what's going on there, and provide a new way of seeing our businesses and each other.
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The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Amy Webb's book is a look at where AI comes from and where it is going, laying out three scenarios—from "optimistic to pragmatic to catastrophic"—of where it could lead us in the next 50 years.
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Radical Kindness: The Life-Changing Power of Giving and Receiving
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Angela C. Santomero's new book calls on us to rediscover and re-engage with an essential human quality and knowledge we have within us—kindness.
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Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic's HBR article, "Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?" has become one of the most read in recent years. There is a reason for that, and an answer to the question he poses.
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The Power of Agency: The 7 Principles to Conquer Obstacles, Make Effective Decisions, and Create a Life on Your Own Terms
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Dr. Paul Napper and Anthony Rao, Ph.D., examine how we can regain agency and live a more independent, yet connected and fulfilled, life in an age of distraction.
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Burn: Using Fire to Cool the Earth
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Albert Bates and Kathleen Draper's new book explains how we can rebuild our economy and reverse climate change by reversing the flow of our carbon economy.
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No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy have written a book that can help us build a more emotionally mature workplace, and maybe even a kinder world.
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Bedtime Stories for Managers: Farewell, Lofty Leadership...Welcome, Engaging Management
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Henry Mintzberg offers 42 stories that will challenge and change the conventional wisdom we too often accept about the business world and its role in the society that it's supposed to serve.
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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Cal Newport offers a philosophy to combat the more damaging effects of a digital age dominated by "attention economy conglomerates," and strategies for living a more deliberate, intentional, and fulfilled life.
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Team Human
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Douglas Rushkoff diagnoses the structural problems of the digital age, and points the way toward human liberation.
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