Uncategorized Posts
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Blog / Staff Picks
This is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon
Book Review by Sally Haldorson
Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers have written a speedy compendium of sports stories and human behavioral tendencies that serves up social science insight with agility and good humor.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / New Releases
Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works
By Porchlight
Jay Newton-Small presents an unprecedented examination into how women are changing the political, economic and social landscapes.
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / Book Giveaways
The Point Is : Making Sense of Birth, Death, and Everything in Between
By Porchlight
Lee Eisenberg offers up a guide to nothing less than the point of life, and how to narrate it.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Strategy That Works: How Winning Companies Close the Strategy-To-Execution Gap
Book Review by Porchlight
Paul Leinwand and Cesare R. Mainardi teamed up with Art Kleiner to tell us how to come up with a strategy that works for your unique and idiosyncratic organization.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / New Releases
The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption
By Porchlight
Farai Chideya presents a practical guide to navigating today’s volatile, fast-changing job market.
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / Interviews
Adam Grant on Business and Books
By Porchlight
We wrap up our Thinker in Residence with Adam Grant by asking him what unanswered question he has about business, and what books have inspired him in the work he does.
Categories: interviews
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Blog / Interviews
A Q&A with Adam Grant
By Porchlight
Adam Grant's new book, Originals, drops today. He was kind enough to take some time during what's surely a busy launch to answer some questions for us.
Categories: interviews
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World
By Porchlight
Al Pittampalli explains why persuadability and the ability to challenge your own beliefs is a key leadership trait.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Blog
January 2016 Business Book Bestsellers
By Porchlight
Our business book bestsellers for the month of January, 2016
Categories: the-company
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Blog / New Releases
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
By Porchlight
Jane Mayer discusses the interplay of big business and big government, and what that means for both business and government.
Categories: new-releases