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The Best Innovation & Creativity Books of 2024

With compelling voices, these books excite readers to investigate problems, acuminate ideas, and lead with an open-mind and the desire to change the world for the better.

December 18, 2024

The 2024 Porchlight Business Book Awards Longlist

The 40 books on this year's list of best business books provide a bastion against the tide of overwhelm that we all feel, grounding us with clear-eyed practical and practiced ways to do the work that will effectively bring positive change to our own personal and professional spaces and places.

December 12, 2024

'This Is Strategy': An Interview with Seth Godin

Watch our hour-long interview with Seth Godin on his new book.

October 28, 2024

5 Essential Building Blocks for Improving Organizational Culture

While it may seem that workplace culture develops spontaneously, Thomas Krause asserts that leaders can and should actively shape it to benefit everyone.

December 11, 2024

The Essentialism Planner: A 90-Day Guide to Accomplishing More by Doing Less

Do less and accomplish more in all areas of your life with this 90-day planner based on the million-copy bestseller Essentialism.

December 09, 2024

An Excerpt from <i>Extraordinary Learning for All</i>

An Excerpt from Extraordinary Learning for All

The leadership team at Transcend Education highlights insights from innovators in education and presents a framework for creating a more meaningful schooling experience for all students.

December 10, 2024

How to Raise a Citizen (and Why It's Up to You to Do It)

In her new book, political science professor Lindsey Cormack delivers a practical guide for cultivating civic engagement in young people.

August 02, 2024

The 2023 Porchlight Business Book Awards

These 40 books spoke to us—and we believe speak to each other—in a way that furthers the conversations we need to have in the organizations we work in, the communities we live in, and the societies that shape us. With them as a guide, we can make decisions that better shape each, in turn.

November 30, 2023