Leaders are readers. Reading helps you discover ideas to try and expand your mental models. In this post, I point you to reviews of recent business books. You’ll find pointers to reviews of You Need A Manifesto: How To Craft Your Convictions And Put Them To Work, The Power of Wonder: The Extraordinary Emotion that Will Change the Way You Live, I, Human: AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique, The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs, and Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity. Plus there’s Michael McKinney’s preview of leadership books scheduled for release in April 2023.

From Stanford GSB: You Need a Manifesto: How to Communicate Your Convictions

“Burgess-Auburn is a designer, artist, educator, and the Director of Community at the Stanford d.school. With her recently published guide, You Need A Manifesto: How To Craft Your Convictions And Put Them To Work, she aims to help people identify their core values and then codify them to chart a course of meaning and purpose.”

From Monica Parker: The Extraordinary Emotion that Will Change the Way You Live

“Monica Parker has a Master’s in Sustainable Behavior and is considered an authority on the future of work. She is also the founder of HATCH, a global human analytics and change consultancy. Below, Monica shares 5 key insights from her new book, The Power of Wonder: The Extraordinary Emotion that Will Change the Way You Live,”

From McKinsey & Company: Author Talks: In the ‘age of AI,’ what does it mean to be smart?

“In this edition of Author Talks, McKinsey Global Publishing’s Raju Narisetti chats with Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic about his new book, I, Human: AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique (Harvard Business Review Press, February 2023). Chamorro-Premuzic explains why some AI algorithms model humanity as a simple species, how attention has become commoditized, and why the right questions are now more valuable than the right answers.”

From Theodore Kinni: Profiles in burnout

“In their new book, leading experts Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter bring academic rigor to organizational responses to employee overload.”

From Peter Attia: Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

“A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert.”

From Michael McKinney: First Look: Leadership Books for April 2023

“HERE’S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2023 curated just for you. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.”