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As someone who has published a book over the past year, I have been well aware of the great works of others published in 2021. The many excellent contributions reflecting emerging trends in technology, the acceleration of digital transformation, the healthcare of the clients. the centricity and importance of remaining aware of the relevance of various trends to the evolution of one’s business, all were represented in numerous important volumes in the past year. here are ten that stood out.
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ai 2041: ten visions for our future, by kai-fu lee
artificial intelligence is perhaps the most important technology of our time. How will the world change in the next 20 years? In his latest book, Kai-fu Lee, author of the bestselling “AI Superpowers” and former head of Google China, provides an immersive look at how artificial intelligence will transform aspects of our daily lives.
amazon unbound: jeff bezos and the invention of a global empire, by brad stone
In a follow-up to his 2013 bestseller, The Everything Store, Bloomberg News’ Brad Stone offers insight into how the company’s innovation and acquisition strategy have propelled it to become the world’s largest e-commerce company. biggest of the world.
The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Age of Capitalism, by Hubert Joly
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As President and CEO of Best Buy from 2012 to 2019, Hubert Joly led the electronics retailer’s hugely successful transformation. In his latest book, The Heart of Business, Hubert discusses his “human magic” philosophy to illustrate how the people at Best Buy created a customer-centric company and successfully competed against some of the most successful digital native competitors in the world. the process.
Play Nice but Win: A CEO’s Journey from Founder to Leader, by michael dell
Successfully managing a company through a rapidly changing business landscape requires a healthy dose of courage and a leader ready to face some setbacks. From bedroom CEO to leader of a global tech giant, Michael Dell traces the evolution of his namesake computing company and shares his perspectives on the corporate struggles that defined him as a leader.
The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology Is Transforming Business, Politics, and Society, by azeem azhar
We are living through a period of unprecedented technological change, and the pace of change is accelerating. azeem azhar, creator and host of the popular exponential view newsletter and podcast, explores the widening gap between the pace of change and our ability to adapt, offering a new framework for understanding the impact of technology on economics, politics and the future.
risk: user guide, by general stanley mcchrystal and anna butrico
general stanley mcchrystal understands risk at its core, having served in the highest ranks of the us military. In recent years as a business consultant, he has advised executives on how best to apply what he has learned on the subject to the business world. He and his co-author, Anna Butrico, define ten risk dimensions or controls that we can adjust at any given time. the authors provide the mechanics for building a healthy risk immune system to anticipate, identify, analyze, and act on the possibility that things may not go as planned.
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know, by Adam Grant
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To succeed in today’s changing world, we must not only be continuous learners, but also unlearners and re-learners. we must develop this capacity and inclination both in ourselves and in our teams. In Think Again, Wharton professor and bestselling author Adam Grant gives us tips and tools for challenging our assumptions, staying curious, and developing more agile and flexible mindsets.
The Age of AI: And Our Human Future, by Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher
How will artificial intelligence transform our society? In this book, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Dean Daniel Huttenlocher explore how economics, politics, security, and even knowledge themselves are reinventing themselves in the age of AI. They draw on his diverse experiences as a statesman, CEO, and academic to highlight the dramatic changes that AI will usher in and ultimately transform the way we all experience reality.
Future-proofing: 9 rules for humans in the age of automation, by kevin roose
With the growing influence of artificial intelligence and algorithms, some fear that automation will threaten jobs. In Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation, New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose lays out a hopeful future where humans can successfully thrive in the age of AI, sharing what skills are necessary in a world increasingly influenced by algorithms and argues that we need to focus on being more human rather than becoming more like machines.
The cloud revolution: how the convergence of new technologies will unleash the next economic boom and a prosperous 2020, by mark p. mills
There are plenty of pundits writing convincingly about a dystopian future brought about by runaway technological advances, with concerns about how the companies and the technology they unleash will continue to change our society for the worse. Mark Mills of the Manhattan Institute offers a counterpoint to that view, positing that we are on the cusp of a second “roaring 20s” sparked by radical advances in three primary technological domains: microprocessors, materials, and machines. accelerating and enabling all of this is the cloud, the largest infrastructure in history, built on the building blocks of next-generation microprocessors and artificial intelligence. With a historian’s knack for connecting dots across the past century, as well as a futurist’s knack for articulating big bets on the future, Mills offers perspectives worth contemplating.
peter high is president of metis strategy, an IT and business advisory firm. he has written two best-selling books and the third, getting to nimble, was recently published. He also moderates the Technovation podcast series and speaks at conferences around the world. follow him on twitter @peterahigh.
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