Editor's Choice
Looking for a new book to dive into? Our in-depth reviews cover some of the best new books being released into the world and use those books to gain a better understanding of the world, helping guide where to go—and what to read—next.
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Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
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In his new book, Jonah Berger tells us how profoundly our decisions and behaviors are affected by those around us, and how to navigate and use that "invisible influence."
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Pathways to Possibility: Transforming Our Relationship with Ourselves, Each Other, and the World
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Rosamund Stone Zander's follow up to her classic book, The Art of Possibility, teaches us about the entrenched stories we tell ourselves that hold us back, and helps us find pathways to a more mature.
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The Founder's Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth
Book Review by Porchlight
Chris Zook and James Allen have a new book on strategy, and is the first of theirs that turns the company focus inward.
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Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story
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Veteran investigative journalist John Bloom tells the story of Iridium, which is by turns ambitious, stranger than fiction, cautionary, and instructive, and always completely engrossing.
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That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall—And Can Rise Again
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John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber take us out into the desert of Africa to teach us some valuable lessons about leadership and change.
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The Greats on Leadership: Classic Wisdom for Modern Managers
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Jocelyn Davis uses great literature to impart invaluable lessons on leadership.
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Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life
Book Review by Porchlight
Amy E. Herman has turned her wildly successful class on the art of perception into a book perfectly suited for observing, surviving, and getting the most out of business and in life today's fast moving and ever-changing world.
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Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World
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In Blockchain Revolution, Don and Alex Tapcott have provided laypeople with a primer on a technology that is on the verge of transforming the world.
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
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Angela Duckworth has written a book that teaches us all how to maximize our talent and, perhaps, make the world a little happier place to live in the process.
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Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work
Book Review by Porchlight
Dave Isay and StoryCorps carry the torch of Studs Terkel and advance the oral history of American workers of all stripes in the new book, Callings.
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