In addition to our many courses, blog posts, webinars, and LinkedIn live events, another great way to connect with the research of our faculty is through their books. Check out these recent titles and more!
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Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition) by Ed Catmull (co-founder of Pixar), is an exciting update to his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership. Catmull reflects on the management principles that built Pixar’s singularly successful culture. Catmull teaches in the new course Embracing the Unexpected: Creative Transformation Amid Rapid Change.
Future Ready: The Four Pathways to Capturing Digital Value by Stephanie Woerner and Peter Weill is your playbook for becoming a top performer in the digital economy. Learn more in Digital Strategies for Transforming Your Business and Becoming a More Digitally Savvy Board Member.
Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity, by Simon Johnson and Daron Acemoglu, is a bold reinterpretation of economics and history that will fundamentally change how you see the world. Johnson teaches in the Global CEO Program as well as the self-paced online courses Economics for Business and Making AI Work.
The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone's Work by Zeynep Ton is a leadership guide for providing good jobs that offer a living wage and opportunities for growth—without hurting the bottom line. Ton shares insights from her new book in this recent webinar.
The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, A.I., and the Future of Work by Yossi Sheffi demystifies the arcane and vital supply chains that make the world work. The book also sheds lights on the use of modern technology in running these networks. Learn more in the related course Supply Chain Strategy and Management.
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Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization by Barbara Wixom, Cynthia Beath, and Leslie Owens is an engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Wixom teaches in Data Monetization Strategy.
The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results by Andrew McAfee shows how four great geek norms—science, ownership, speed, and openness—can be used by anyone to stay well ahead of the competition. McAfee teaches in Digital Business Strategy.
MORE GREAT READS
Step Up, Step Back: How to Really Deliver Strategic Change in Your Organization by Elsbeth Johnson challenges some of our most fundamental beliefs about how to lead change—and what “leadership” even means. Johnson teaches in Leading Strategic Change and the Women's Leadership Program.
Remote, Inc.: How to Thrive at Work . . . Wherever You Are by Bob Pozen and Alexandra Samuel provides the strategies and tools to help us make thoughtful choices about combining remote and office work. Pozen teaches the popular course Maximizing Your Personal Productivity.
The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health—and How We Must Adapt by Sinan Aral show us how social media affects our decision-making and shapes our world in ways both useful and dangerous. Aral teaches in the self-paced online courses Digital Marketing Analytics and Social Media Strategy.
Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do about It by Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen shares how unhealthy and unsustainable work situations can be changed. Kelly teaches in Leading a Diverse Workforce.
Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life by Hal Gregersen shares how you can achieve breakthrough insights by changing the question. Gregersen teaches in Questions Are the Answer and the new course Embracing the Unexpected: Creative Transformation Amid Rapid Change.
We hope to see you in a course soon!