We are all confronted with the fact that the scale and bureaucracy that once made our organizations strong are liabilities in this era of constant change.

his is a deep dive into a rather narrow, but foundational, subject. Eurich makes the case for why self-awareness is at the core of every leader’s success (or failure).

Utilizing “on the map” and “off the map” as two ways that leaders must understand their challenge, Bolsinger challenges the reader to reconsider how leadership itself works in today’s environment. In a readable format, this book summarizes much of contemporary leadership theory.

The authors draw on a significant data set of over 17,000 CEO interviews to draw conclusions about what makes a CEO successful. The book is filled with quotable observations and illustrations from industry.

This is an immensely important book about the epistemological models driving our economy and Google in particular. It reveals the values behind Google and the outcomes of their vision of a “free stuff” world. Gilder warns that security and privacy are impossible when the collection of data is the goal and delivering data about you to others is the product.

In The Culture Code, Coyle documents the ways that highly effective groups, whether they are teams of soldiers or high-tech startups, cooperate for effectiveness. The overarching theme of this book is that group culture dictates how well the group performs.