Finance, disaster, and you
The Financier, an overlooked 1912 volume by iconic novelist Theodore Dreiser, has a great deal to teach businesspeople about hubris, adversity, and redemption.
s+b Blogs: Business Literature
Yes, Henry David Thoreau Was an Industrial Innovator
We can learn valuable lessons from the transcendentalist writer’s forays into the family pencil business.
Google in Paperback Form: The 50th Anniversary of the Whole Earth Catalog
The entrepreneurial credo at the heart of Stewart Brand’s underground publication has shaped our world.
Nir Eyal’s Required Reading
The author of Hooked recommends four books for the leaders of consumer companies seeking to create habit-forming products and services.Susan David’s Required Reading
The author of Emotional Agility recommends four books that leaders can read to better understand and harness their own and others’ emotions.Samuel Bacharach’s Required Reading
A veteran management professor at Cornell University’s ILR School recommends four books that can help leaders hone the ability to achieve their agendas.Required Reading: Human Nature and Networks
The executive director of the Institute for the Future calls out books that explore human nature and networks.Margaret Heffernan’s Required Reading
An author, speaker, and former CEO calls out books that will make you a better leader.Nilofer Merchant’s Required Reading
The “Jane Bond of Innovation” recommends a reading list for value creation.Amy Edmondson’s required reading
An expert on teaming from Harvard Business School shares three books for leaders who want to encourage collaboration in their organizations.John Kotter’s Required Reading
The eminent expert on leading change describes how three classics — including one of Freud’s major volumes — influence his thinking.
How to Become an Ambidextrous Leader
Can simultaneous exploitation and exploration resolve the innovator’s dilemma?Steve Blank’s Required Reading
A Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur whose ideas inspired the lean startup movement shares some of his favorite books.
ElBulli and the Limits of Corporate Innovation
A new book examines star chef Ferran Adrià’s systematic pursuit of technological and culinary reinvention.Jo Ann Jenkins’s Required Reading
The chief executive officer of AARP discusses the books that have contributed to her worldview.
My Company Is My Therapist
A new book argues that companies can thrive by focusing on the human development of their employees.George Barbee’s Required Reading
A veteran executive calls out the books that most influenced him in a career driven by innovation.
A Not-So-Elementary Exploration of Brand Insight
In Small Data, Martin Lindstrom recounts his adventures in brand building.Judith Rodin’s Required Reading
The president of the Rockefeller Foundation discusses the best books for understanding and nurturing organizational resilience.
Mind Over Matter
In his new book, Charles Duhigg demonstrates that making the right choices is the key to boosting personal productivity.
How to Become a Talent Magnet
Superbosses examines the talent practices of those rare leaders whose protégés go on to dominate industries.John Elkington’s Required Reading
A leading light of the corporate responsibility movement calls out a reading list for building a sustainable economy.
External talent needs management, too
In Agile Talent, Jon Younger and Norm Smallwood lay out a system for getting more from external talent.Cass Sunstein’s Required Reading
The legal scholar and coauthor of Nudge calls out four must-reads on decision making.
How to Whistle While You Work
In The Happiness Track, Emma Seppälä describes six strategies that will make you happier and more successful at work.
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