Interviews
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Interviews
A Q&A with Rob Walker, Author of The Art of Noticing
By 800-CEO-READ
Rob Walker's latest book is "an imaginative, thought-provoking gift book to awaken your senses and attune them to the things that matter in your life."
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Interviews
Q&A with Steven Clifford, Author of The CEO Pay Machine
By Dylan Schleicher
Steven Clifford's new book describes what has caused CEO compensation to explode over the last four decades, how it damages companies, the economy, and our democracy, and what we can do about it.
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Interviews
A Q&A with Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant about Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
By Sally Haldorson
Our General Manager, Sally Haldorson, recently sent Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant five carefully considered questions about their new book. They responded in kind.
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Interviews
A Q&A with Leslie Michelson about The Patient's Playbook
By Sally Haldorson
Our general manager, Sally Haldorson, sent Leslie Michelson some questions about The Patient's Playbook.
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Interviews
Shadow Courts: The Tribunals That Rule Global Trade
By 800-CEO-READ
In Shadow Courts, Haley Sweetland Edwards reports on the particulars, and the particular problems, of Investor-State Dispute Settlement, the shadow courts that rule international trade.
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Interviews
A Q&A with Charles Duhigg, author of Smarter Faster Better
By Dylan Schleicher
Charles Duhigg's first book, The Power of Habit, changed the way we view how habits form and how they change. His new book, Smarter Faster Better, released last month, is having a similar impact in the areas of motivation and performance. We sent him some questions about it all.
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Interviews
Adam Grant on Business and Books
By Dylan Schleicher
We wrap up our Thinker in Residence with Adam Grant by asking him what unanswered question he has about business, and what books have inspired him in the work he does.
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Interviews
A Q&A with Adam Grant
By Dylan Schleicher
Adam Grant's new book, Originals, drops today. He was kind enough to take some time during what's surely a busy launch to answer some questions for us.
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Interviews
Cal Newport on Work Culture and Books
By Dylan Schleicher
In the second part of our interview with Cal Newport, we ask him what his biggest question about work culture is, and what books have influenced him.
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Interviews
A Q&A with Cal Newport
By Dylan Schleicher
Cal Newport has a penchant for challenging accepted wisdom and exposing a deeper truth in our work lives. His new book explains why the technology taking over our work is undermining our ability to do it to our greatest ability.
One of the best things about working at Porchlight is the opportunity to form relationships with the authors who write the books we sell. One of the great things about forming those relationships is that it allows us, when time permits, to ask the authors about their work.