News & Opinion
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News & Opinion
Stolen Focus | An Excerpt from the 2022 Porchlight Personal Development & Human Behavior Book of the Year
By Johann Hari
The 2022 Personal Development & Human Behavior book of the year is Stolen Focus by Johann Hari, published by Crown.
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News & Opinion
Inspired | An Excerpt from the 2022 Porchlight Innovation & Creativity Book of the Year
By Matt Richtel
The 2022 Innovation & Creativity book of the year is Inspired by Matt Richtel, published by Mariner Books.
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News & Opinion
How Minds Change | An Excerpt from the 2022 Porchlight Marketing & Communications/Sales & Influence Book of the Year
By David McRaney
The 2022 Marketing & Communications/Sales & Influence book of the year is How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion by David McRaney, published by Portfolio.
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News & Opinion
Dare to Un-Lead | An Excerpt from the 2022 Porchlight Leadership & Strategy Book of the Year
By Celine Schillinger
The 2022 Leadership & Strategy book of the year is Dare to Un-Lead: The Art of Relational Leadership in a Fragmented World by Céline Schillinger, published by Figure 1.
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News & Opinion
The 2022 Porchlight Business Book Awards Shortlist
By Dylan Schleicher
There isn’t anywhere better to slow down, to dive deeper into things, to learn about and reflect upon the world, than in a book. The best books transcend their time and space, even as they help us define our present moment and put it in context.
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News & Opinion
Inside the 2022 Longlist | Big Ideas & New Perspectives
By Jasmine Gonzalez
When we take a look beyond our own front doors to learn from the world around us, we might find that the ideas that feel like mere pipe dreams now can—and in some places, already have—become our reality.
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News & Opinion
Inside the 2022 Longlist | Leadership & Strategy
By Sally Haldorson
Our Managing Director Sally Haldorson calls upon a short story of Raymond Carver's to help us understand why it seems so impossible, and why it's so important, to talk about leadership.
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News & Opinion
Inside the 2022 Longlist | Personal Development & Human Behavior
By Emily Porter
We are creatures that need guidance, love, compassion, and (we believe in) books that bring us back to considering and working on ourselves, which is what this category is all about.
Categories: news-opinion, personal-development-human-behavior
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News & Opinion
Inside the 2022 Longlist | Narrative & Biography
By Dylan Schleicher
Like fiction, narratives and biographies can help us empathize with and even inhabit, for a brief moment in the pages of a book, the mindsets and experiences of other people. It allows us to peek into the lives of individuals, see inside organizations, and visit other places without having to leave our reading chair.
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News & Opinion
Inside the 2022 Longlist | Innovation & Creativity
By Gabbi Cisneros
These five books will prompt you to ask questions about yourself and the world around you, and it is in this inner-searching and outward observation that we will find, innovate, and create a better world for us all.
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