Blog / News & Opinion

Inside the 2019 Longlist: Leadership & Strategy

By Sally Haldorson

Porchlight General Manager and Chief Strategist, Sally Haldorson, takes us inside the best Leadership & Strategy books of 2019.

Blog / ChangeThis

Leadership Is an Inside Job

By Quint Studer

"Holding up the mirror and having the humility to embrace learning are keys to getting the insides right."

Blog / News & Opinion

The 2019 Porchlight Business Book Awards Longlist

By Dylan Schleicher

We are proud to announce the longlist for the 13th annual Porchlight Business Book Awards! These 40 books contain not only ideas that make businesses better, but a reflection of the entire biosphere that business exists within.

Blog / Book Giveaways

Hop, Skip, Go : How the Mobility Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives

By Porchlight

"Mobility expert John Rossant and business journalist Stephen Baker look beyond the false promises of the past to examine the real future of transportation and the repercussions for the world’s cities, the global economy, the environment, and our individual lives."

Blog / Staff Picks

The Sweetest Fruits

Book Review by Emily Porter

Emily Porter found the cover of Monique Truong's new book irresistible, and that it contained "the type of writing that makes you want to skip all of your responsibilities in order to ravish the pages until you take in every word."

Blog / ChangeThis

Merit-Based Egalitarianism for a Just Society

By Jonathan Rothwell

"The extreme inequality that exists in the contemporary United States and other countries is not the result of well-functioning markets or vast differences in natural ability. Rather, it results from political inequality and corrupted markets."

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | November 12, 2019

By Porchlight

Blog / Book Giveaways

Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars

By Porchlight

"From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader—an MIT-credentialed scientist, popular podcast host, and SpaceX mission manager—an illuminating chronicle of exploration that spotlights humans’ insatiable desire to continually push into new and uncharted territory, from civilization’s earliest days to current planning for interstellar travel."

Blog / Editor's Choice

The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed as You Are

Book Review by Dylan Schleicher

"Women are perceived as either strong and cold or weak and warm. An award-winning journalist and cohost of PBS’s Amanpour and Company examines likeability and empowers readers to reject an outdated image of leadership instead of reinventing themselves."

Blog / ChangeThis

How Money Became Dangerous

By Christopher Varelas, Dan Stone

"As the world of money continues to become a bigger and bigger part of our lives, we understand it less and less. … This is the most important discussion that we are not yet having."