A selection of business, fiction, and nonfiction reads for Fall 2020, to feed the strategist mind. It’s what I’m reading.
I’ll I’ll keep the list evergreen and pinned for quick reference, and if you’d like to see the full backlog of reads, hereyago!
Business
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE, Phil Knight. It’s not a how-to or lessons learned book; it’s the unvarnished story of how to build a business, and the personality that made it happen, recounted expertly.
Range, Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, David Epstein. One of my favorite reads, Epstein illustrates how learning to take experience and apply it to net new situations gives people more adaptability than specialists in an uncertain world.
Moonwalking with Einstein, Joshua Foer. A practical guide to remembering everything, narrated through the author’s quest to succeed at the US Memory Championships.
Non-Fiction
Genius: Life and Science of Richard Feynman, James Gleick. A captivating portrait of a brilliant man and curious mind, Gleick reveals Feynman – a theoretical physicist – in an approachable way.
Factfulness, Hans Rosling et. al. A book that shines light on how we perceive the world, and our innate biases that alter how we see facts. Appropos given the current deluge of information / media in our daily lives.
The Great Influenza, John Barry. A read fit for the times, Barry examines the great flu epidemic of 1918. Well researched and written, it shines light on pandemics, science, history, and the American response.
Fiction
A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles. The best book I’ve read this year, Towles takes you back in time to explore how aristocracy adapted, evolved, and survived in Russia, wrapped in flowing, immersive narrative full of insight on life and living well.
All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel, Anthony Doerr. A tour-de-force in describing the physical and natural, this captivating WWII-set novel asks us to see the ways in which humans try to be good to one another.
Articles
What It Takes To Be A Strategy Consultant In The New Normal, Jeroen Kraaijenbrink, as seen in Forbes.
How CIOs and CTOS can Accelerate Digital Transformations Through Cloud Platforms, McKinsey.
A Little-Known A.I. Method Can Train on Your Health Data Without Threatening Your Privacy, MIT Technology Review / Medium.
Solera Strategies 