Book Recommendations
Book Recommendations

Book Recommendations

from our attending board members in 2024

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. Jordan B. Peterson

Tobias Guenthoer, Stada

Acquired. Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal (podcast)

Tiger Tyagarajan, Jabil, Kantar, Genpact

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. Shoshana Zuboff

JoAnn Stonier, Mastercard

The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment. Eric Siegel

Das Dasgupta, Starbucks

AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and The New World Order. Kai-Fu Lee

Alessandro Ventura, Unilever and Houssam Amer, Allegro MicroSystems

Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You. Carlye Adler and Suneel Gupta

Irina Novikova, TE Connectivity

A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI and the Five Breakthroughs that Made Our Brains. Max Bennett

Patrice Cochin, Michelin

Co-Intelligence. Ethan Mollick

Mike Maresca, Ulta Beauty

The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma. Mustafa Suleyman

Sanjay Srivastava, Genpact. Kshitij Kumar, Haleon

Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World. Dr Karim Lakhani and Dr Marco Iansiti

Simon Dunning, Applied Materials

Cutting Carbon. Dr Jeffrey Goldmeer and Brian Gutknecht (podcast)

Giorgio Piazza, GE Vernova

Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life. Bill Perkins

Naras Eechambadi, Universal Music Group

Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership. Isaac Sacolick

Brad Bodell, Ryan Specialty Group

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. Cal Newport

Amit Shah, Ahold Delhaize USA

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. Patrick Radden Keefe

Steve Mavin, Morgan Stanley

The End of the World is Just the Beginning. Peter Ziehan

Vikas Jain, PACCAR

Escape Velocity: Free Your Company’s Future from the Pull of the Past. Geoffrey Moore

Franzyska Bell, BP

The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society. Azeem Azhar

Jonny Leroy, Grainger

The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying about What People Think of You. Michael Gervais

Vikram Mahidhar, Apollo

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Patrick Lencioni

Michael Nirschl, Morgan Stanley

Fixable. Frances Frei and Anne Morriss (podcast)

Salumeh Companieh, Cushman and Wakefield

Focus, the ASML Way – Inside the Power Struggle Over the Most Complex Machine on Earth. Marc Hijink

Ronald Den Elzen, Heineken

Good Bad Billionaire. Simon Jack and Zing Tsjeng (podcast)

Sudeep Shetty, One Rock Capital

Good Power. Ginny Rometty

Annie Baymiller, Owens Corning

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t. James C.Collins

Angelica Tritzo, GE Vernova

HBR at 100: The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review's First Century. Michael E.Porter, Clayton M.Christensen

Gopalratnam VC, Philips

The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism. Hubert Joly

Sravan Kasarla, Thrivent and Vittorio Rossetti, Marelli

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. Bill Gates

Cesar Barba, Pepsico

How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going. Vaclav Smil

James Kugler, Merck EMD

Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization. Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey

Franzyska Bell, bp

Lead with Respect: A Novel of Lean Practice. Michael and Freddy Balle

Pascal Renouvin, GE Electrification

Lex Fridman. Lex Fridman (podast)

Torben Nyholm, Arla Foods

Living with the Algorithm: Servant or Master?: AI Governance and Policy for the Future. Tim Clement-Jones

Kshitij Kumar, Haleon

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others. Die Chip and Dan Heath

Anjana Harve, BJ’s Wholesale Club

The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Richard Rhodes

Gary Reiner, General Atlantic, Citigroup, HPE

Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs. John Doerr

Michael Nirschl, Morgan Stanley

The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities. Patrick Lencioni

Trey Keisler, GE Power

Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Thank They Take. Paul Polman and Andrew Winston

Torben Nyholm, Arla Foods

The Order of Time. Carlo Rovelli

Sanjay Macwan, Vonage Ericsson

Outlive. Bill Gifford and Peter Attia

Gary Reiner, General Atlantic, Citigroup, HPE

Pivot. Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway (podcast)

Brad Bodell, Ryan Specialty Group

Practical AI. Chris Benson and Daniel Whitenack (podcast)

Mourad Ajarti, Coca-Cola Hellenic

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. David Epstein

Murli Buluswar, Citi

The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China and The Next World War. Jim Sciutto

Rodolfo Quiroz, Coca-Cola Bottling Services

Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company. Bob Iger

Sandeep Sen, Linde

Tech Whisperer. Dan Roberts (podcast)

Chris Nardecchia, Rockwell Automation and Annie Baymiller, Owens Corning

Things Fell Apart. Jon Ronson (podcast)

Steve Mavin, Morgan Stanley

Turnaround Time: Uniting an Airline and Its Employees in the Friendly Skies. Oscar Munoz

Sigal Zarmi, ADT, GoDaddy and Hashicorp

Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders. L. David Marquet

Raghib Muhammad, Resolution Life and Michael Nirschl, Morgan Stanley

Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect. Will Guidara

Ranjit Kapila, Parametric Morgan Stanley

When Machines Become Customers: Ready or not, AI enabled non-human customers are coming to your business. How you adapt will make or break your future. Don Scheibenreif and Mark Raskino

Mike Krut, Penske

The Wisdom of the Bullfrog. William McRaven

Akash Khurana, Wesco