Our top summer reads for Digital Leaders
August 2019
Digital Leaders share their top summer reads
Every year we ask our advisors, renowned experts and other digital leaders to share their top reads for the summer break.
We have published the first nine books from Emma McGuigan, Jacqueline de Rojas and Chris Yiu. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing more books worth picking up on wherever you are taking a well-earned break.
Tony Blair, Executive Chairman of the Institute for Global Change and former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is reading ‘Thank You for Being Late‘, by Tom Freidman.
Sherry Coutu, Executive Chair of the Board, Founders4Schools and Non-Executive Director, London Stock Exchange, suggests ‘Atlas Shrugged‘, by Ayn Rand.
Paul Van Zyl, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at The Conduit, recommends ‘Anatomy of a Miracle‘, by Patti Waldmeir
Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is reading ‘Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success‘, by Matthew Syed.
National Technology Adviser for HM Government, Liam Maxwell’s choice for summer reading is ‘Content Design‘, by Sarah Richards
Emily Ackroyd and Hazel Hobbs, Joint Directors of Strategy & Engagement at the Government Digital Service and Members of the Digital Leaders Advisory Board, recommend ‘Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World‘, by Jennifer Palmieri.
The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
Daniel Susskind and Richard Susskind
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t
Simon Sinek
The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results
Stephen Bungay
Rachel Neaman, Digital Leaders Advisory Board Member, chose ‘Digital Dominance: The Power of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple’, edited by Martin Moore and Damian Tambini
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
Adam Greenfield
Emma McGuigan, Group Technology Officer for Accenture Digital, chose ‘Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI’, by Paul R. Daugherty and H. James (Jim) Wilson.
Chair of Digital Leaders, Jacqueline de Rojas’ choice for summer reading is ‘Signals: How Everyday Signs Can Help Us Navigate the World’s Turbulent Economy‘, by Pippa Malmgrem
Happiness for Humans
P. Z. Reizin
Why Mummy Swears
Gill Sims
(Pre-order) The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century
Chris Lewis & Dr Pippa Malmgren
Number One Chinese Restaurant
Lillian Li
Chris Yiu, Senior Policy Fellow at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, is recommending ‘Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age‘, by Nicolas Colin.
Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
Eric Glen Weyl and Eric Posner
The People Vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
Yascha Mounk
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