Staff Picks
We are known for our business book expertise, but most of our staff started working here because of our passion for books, not business. 800-CEO-READ is a company filled with voracious readers—talented, creative individuals who know books, and who excel at getting the right books into the hands of the right people. Whenever we can, we like to do that by telling you about the books we’ve been reading.
Grit to Great : How Perseverance, Passion, and Pluck Take You from Ordinary to Extraordinary
By Sally Haldorson, published
September 10, 2015,
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9:00 AM
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Personal Development & Human Behavior
How do we learn to have grit if excellence is held higher as a virtue than persistence?
Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
By Michael, published
September 9, 2015,
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10:45 AM
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Management & Workplace Culture
Linda Tirado's first-hand experience as a serial minimum-wager stands in contrast to the elusive American Dream.
A Q&A with Geoff Colvin, Author of Humans Are Underrated
By Dylan Schleicher, published
August 19, 2015,
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10:30 AM
– Filed under:
Current Events & Public Affairs, Innovation & Creativity, Leadership & Strategy, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Geoff Colvin answers a few of our questions about how humans are underrated in an age of rapid technological advancement.
The Superhuman Mind: Free the Genius in Your Brain
By Michael, published
August 18, 2015,
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10:00 AM
– Filed under:
Innovation & Creativity, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Berit Brogaard and Kristian Marlow provide tricks and tools to tap the higher mental abilities we usually associate with savants.
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy
By Michael, published
July 28, 2015,
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10:00 AM
– Filed under:
Innovation & Creativity, Management & Workplace Culture
Stephen Witt's tale of the music business is one of technological disruption, piracy, and an old industry coming into the modern age.
Television is the New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media in the Digital Age
By Ryan Schleicher, published
July 21, 2015,
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11:49 AM
– Filed under:
Management & Workplace Culture, Marketing & Sales
Michael Wolff's new book details why the television industry, despite presentation changes, still reigns supreme.
Muse: A Novel: A Review
By Michael, published
July 14, 2015,
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9:00 AM
– Filed under:
Management & Workplace Culture
Jonathan Galassi, the President of Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, gives us a beautiful tale of publishing and poetry, and the important difference between the two.
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies
By Sally Haldorson, published
July 9, 2015,
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10:00 AM
– Filed under:
Leadership & Strategy
Not unexpectedly, there are plenty of leadership lessons, or perhaps warnings, one can draw out of these two Booker Prize winning novels about Thomas Cromwell's 'reign' as King Henry the VIII's primary advisor.
The Perfection of the Paper Clip: Curious Tales of Invention, Genius, and Stationary Obsession
By Dylan Schleicher, published
July 7, 2015,
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2:00 PM
– Filed under:
Innovation & Creativity, Management & Workplace Culture, Marketing & Sales, Narrative & Biography
James Ward weaves a narrative of invention, entrepreneurship, and sometimes empire through the everyday objects all around us.
What is your favorite summer reading?
By Blyth Meier, published
June 23, 2015,
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9:01 AM
– Filed under:
The Company
Our staff picks summer reading—what they recommend, what they are looking forward to, and what they just cleared their decks to pay attention to.
The Great Disruption: How Business Is Coping with Turbulent Times
By Dylan Schleicher, published
June 19, 2015,
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11:00 AM
– Filed under:
Current Events & Public Affairs, Innovation & Creativity, Leadership & Strategy, Management & Workplace Culture, Narrative & Biography
Adrian Woolridge's Shumpeter column for The Economist has been mined for the best material and published as a book.
The Fly Trap
By Michael, published
June 9, 2015,
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2:00 PM
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Swedish entomologist Fredrik Sjöberg shares ruminations born from a life spent collecting, cataloging, and studying one very specific creature.
