{"id":2192,"date":"2016-07-21T13:18:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T09:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessgeorgia.ge\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2016-07-21T13:20:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T09:20:23","slug":"business-101-a-reading-list-for-lifelong-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessgeorgia.ge\/ge\/business-101-a-reading-list-for-lifelong-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Business 101: A reading list for lifelong learners"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Nilofer Merchant, Business innovator \r\n<\/em><\/pre>\n
Nilofer Merchant has been helping to grow businesses — from Fortune 500s to web startups — for 20 years. She\u2019s worked for major companies (like Apple and Autodesk) and early web startups. Logitech, Symantec, HP, Yahoo, VMWare, and many others have turned to her guidance to develop new product strategies, enter new markets, defend against competitors and optimize revenue.<\/em><\/p>\n
First, read these 2 foundational books\u2026<\/strong>
\n1. The Change Masters<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\nRosabeth Moss Kanter
\nFree Press, 1985<\/p>\n
\u201cA foundational book for your collection. When a colleague recently switched careers, I lent her this incredibly dog-eared book from college days. Rosabeth Moss Kanter helped coined the idea and term \u2019empowerment\u2019 in the 1970s, a sure sign she was ahead of her time. Even though The Change Masters<\/em> was published forty years ago, it\u2019s relevant. Why? Because all progress is made by those that are change masters. Become one.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\nClay Shirky
\nPenguin, 2008<\/p>\n
\u201cA few years back, I took out Clay Shirky\u2019s book and found it filled with scribbles. While it\u2019s almost pass\u00e9 now to talk of how Obama organized a large community to sweep into the presidency, Shirky\u2019s book is textbook quality for what will happen next. It points to a new truth: Today, connected individuals can do what once only large organizations could. So look past the timeliness of his stories to see the timeless.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then, try these 4 to understand current needs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n
1. Opposable Mind: Winning through Integrative Thinking<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\nRoger Martin
\nHarvard Business Review, 2009<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m convinced that the way we create an abundant future of prosperity will require a global redesign of what is possible. And I think Roger Martin\u2019s idea here could be key. When you hold two ideas as opposites, you\u2019ll never find a way for both things to be true. But to go forward and reconcile some deep divides we have, we\u2019re going to have to find new solutions to old problems through new thinking. Martin\u2019s book is like yoga for the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. Redesigning Leadership (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\nJohn Maeda
\nMIT Press, 2011<\/p>\n
\u201cThe real question is: How will we reinvent the world around us? Well, fundamentally, it will involve having folks take the big step away from just being themselves (the thing we all know best) and join in doing something with others (the people we fear may let us down). John Maeda\u2019s book captures a modern leader\u2019s challenge to switch gears and become a social, collaborative leader.\u201d<\/p>\n
3. The Difference<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
Scott E. Page
\nPrinceton University Press, 2010<\/p>\n
\u201cComplex systems turn out to be adaptive and resilient, and therefore thriving, systems. Sounds like something our world needs more of, right? See how a math theorist argues for including difference \u2013- that is, cognitive difference \u2014 into our lives, our workplaces and ultimately what we create. The value of this difference is a proven truth, not a feel-good mantra, for how you shape both better ideas and new solutions. It\u2019s going to be central to what happens next.\u201d<\/p>\n
4. Finite and Infinite Games<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\nJames Carse
\nFree Press, 1986<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of the ways people think of business, politics or economics assume that if you win, others lose. I\u2019ve done thirteen years of schooling and realize that\u2019s how people teach this stuff. Those people view the world as a finite game. But there\u2019s another choice. After you read Finite and Infinite Games<\/em>, you may never look at any relationship or power dynamic the same way again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then, read this book to understand what comes next\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n
The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\nUmair Haque
\nHarvard Business Review, 2011<\/p>\n
\u201cHere\u2019s one theory of what comes next in our economy, written by a sharp mind and cultural critic. His book doesn\u2019t get everything right (How could it?), but it\u2019s an incredibly powerful read on the right questions all of us ought to be asking.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last…<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Illuminated Rumi<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\nJelaluddin Rumi, with translation by Coleman Barks and illustrations by Michael Green
\nBroadway Books, 1997<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I believe all of us need to be grounded in eternal wisdom, I\u2019d want you to have this book by your bedside with a prescription: Read daily.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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