It’s one of my favourite times of the year! I share recommendations on what to read or (listen to) as we head into 2021, and leave a troubled year behind. I would love to hear about your favourites, so feel free to drop me a line!
TOP READS
Popular Non-Fiction
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
In spite of having travelled to India and experiencing the caste system, before reading this excellent book, I had not made the connection to the extensive castes that exist in North America.
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
A compelling story about the potential for mercy and deeper understanding. Also, a clarion call to end mass incarceration — from an inspiring man. I was struck again by how much influence one person can have to change the world.
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Women often believe all their striving is a requirement. Often, it leaves them feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. Some great lessons for yourself and/or to pass on to the young women in your life.
Business
Grow The Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose And Profit by Alex Edmans
This book explains how to embed purpose into practice so that it’s more than just a mission statement, and discusses the critical role of working collaboratively with a company’s investors, employees, and customers.
Reimagining Capitalism: How Business Can Save The World by Rebecca Henderson
Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University, argue that business can simultaneously make a positive impact on the world. Their premise is that we must confront the realities of our environmental crisis and need to address social and economic inequality, while also delivering the sustained economic growth that brings prosperity and wellbeing to society as a whole. This is not an easy transition.
Uncharted: How To Map The Future Together by Margaret Heffernan
Margaret Heffernan explores the people and organizations who aren’t daunted by uncertainty.
Personal Development
Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee
This book challenged some of the misconceptions that I and many of my clients still hold, about productivity in the workplace.
The Long Win: Search For A Better Way To Succeed by Cath Bishop
The book explores our cultural obsession with winning and how it affects the way we approach work, participate in sport, our education systems and more.
The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Edith Eger’s powerful first book, The Choice, told the story of her survival in the concentration camps, her escape, healing, and journey to freedom.
The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
In The Gift, Eger expands on her message of healing and provides a hands-on guide to change the thoughts and behaviors that may be keeping us imprisoned in the past.
Fiction
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
A heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of all of us. An excellent read and provided me with valuable perspective during a difficult year for so many.
TOP PODCASTS 2020
Brené Brown with Aiko Bethea on Inclusivity at Work: The Heart of Hard Conversations
Enabling diversity, equity and inclusion is a common topic on board agendas. Brown and Bethea provided me with further understanding to navigate this topic with my clients and boards.
Rabbit Hole (NY Times)
What is the internet doing to us? The Times tech columnist Kevin Roose discovers what happens when our lives move online.
WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork
Hosted by David Brown of the hit podcast Business Wars, WeCrashed is a six-part series about the rise and fall of WeWork.
Bill Gates and Rashida Jones Ask Big Questions
Bill Gates teams up with actress and writer Rashida Jones to create a podcast that tackles some of the biggest questions facing us today.
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