Book Giveaways

Leading With Heart: Five Conversations That Unlock Creativity, Purpose, and Results

Two veteran executive coaches dispel the myth of one-size-fits-all leadership, showing instead how truly successful leaders allow themselves to be endlessly curious and inquisitive—the key to finding the strategies and insights that transform organizations.

Staff Picks

Last Summer on State Street: A Novel

By Emily Porter

Toya Wolfe graces us with her debut novel, a coming-of-age story set on the South side of Chicago, showing it as, yes, a hardened and dangerous neighborhood, but also a strong and resilient community.

ChangeThis

The Challenge of Power

By Jeffrey Pfeffer

Many books and research studies that are ostensibly about power are fundamentally ambivalent about embracing techniques to make people more powerful. Many commentaries on power, while optimistic and uplifting and often quite popular, are, in their Panglossian views of human behavior and the social world, remarkably untethered from the empirical realities of social life.

New Releases

Books to Watch | June 14, 2022

Book Giveaways

The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization

2019 was the last great year for the world economy.

Interviews

A Q&A with Madeleine Trebenski

By Madeleine Trebenski, Gabbi Cisneros

Madeleine Trebenski's new book of essays is full of insight and humor. And so is my recent Q & A with her.

Editor's Choice

Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source

By Dylan Schleicher

Kathryn Judge's new book shows the benefits and costs of the modern middleman economy, giving us a clear picture of how it functions, how we can make it function better for all of us, and reconnect to one another in the process.

Interviews

A Q&A with Abi Ishola-Ayodeji

By Abi Ishola-Ayodeji, Emily Porter

In our interview, Abi Ishola-Ayodeji opens up about her debut novel, touching on how she incorporated her own experiences, and those of her friend's, throughout the story bringing this book to life.

Interviews

Ada Limón in Conversation with Sally Haldorson

By Emily Porter

We invite our reading community to come along as we take a deeper look at The Hurting Kind and learn more about author Ada Limón through this live-streamed interview.

ChangeThis

How Should I Pay My Interns? A Look at Compensation, Creativity, and Morality in Business Today

By Nir Bashan

Many new businesses and startups find themselves in a tricky position—trying to move forward without having the ability to pay someone for the help they so desperately need. And today more than ever, the need for specialty labor may mean the difference between success and failure. So what is any enterprise—big or small—to do?