April 14, 2025
By: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Allison Gilbert, Pierre Lehu
When Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm that loneliness “represents an urgent public health concern”—exacerbated by social media overuse, the residual effects of the pandemic, and the lack of meaningful relationships—trusted therapist Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer knew that her unique perspective and expertise could help. Long beloved for breaking stigmas around sexual problems, Dr. […]
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March 7, 2025
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Today’s business schools were designed for a world that no longer exists. Capitalism raised the standard of living for billions of people over the past 150 years, but is now causing systemic challenges it is unable to address, including climate change and inequality. And yet, business schools continue to teach ideas that are making things […]
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March 3, 2025
By: Patricia Grabarek, Katina Sawyer
Topic(s): Positive Culture
Through a straightforward, science-based approach, Leading for Wellness: How to Create a Team Culture Where Everyone Thrives explains the steps to become a Generator―the type of leader who people want to work for and organizations want to hire―by leading in a way that fosters trust and positive connections with employees. This book is based on two […]
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January 3, 2025
By: Ethan Kross
A myth-busting, science-based guide that addresses the timeless question of how to manage your emotional life using tools you already possess. Whether it’s anxiety about going to the doctor, boiling rage when we’re stuck in traffic, or devastation after a painful break-up, our lives are filled with situations that send us spiraling. But as difficult […]
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August 20, 2024
By: Jamil Zaki
Our culture treats cynicism as though it’s the price of being right, but cynicism is a contagion infecting our society—creeping into every corner of our lives, corroding our connections, and obscuring our hope for a brighter tomorrow. In his book, HOPE FOR CYNICS: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness (Grand Central Publishing; on sale; September […]
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June 10, 2024
By: Ella F. Washington
Two years ago, Dr. Ella F. Washington, organizational psychologist, Founder and CEO of DEI strategy consulting firm Ellavate Solutions, and Professor of Practice at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, shared her vision for a fairer, healthier, more productive “workplace utopia” with business leaders looking to make positive change in The Necessary Journey: Making Real Progress […]
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May 23, 2024
By: Emma Seppälä
The acclaimed author of The Happiness Track maps a bold and fresh, science-backed path to break the bonds of self-destructive patterns and beliefs and live a fuller, more authentic life. “Sovereign is one of the most influential books I have read in years. It’s loaded with ideas that will recharge your life and change the way you think […]
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May 16, 2024
By: Ace Volkmann Simpson, Miguel Pina e Cunha, Stewart Clegg, Arménio Rego, Marco Berti
Organizational compassion provides a multitude of benefits at individual, team, and organizational levels. These encompass heightened positive affect, trust, engagement, loyalty, performance, resilience, and recovery. This important book provides an accessible yet scholarly overview of key academic findings and theories on organizational compassion. It equips readers with tools for reflection, awakening, and practical application of […]
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February 27, 2024
By: Karen Golden-Biddle
Despite being a game-changer in powering human growth, discovery remains a mystery. How can it produce ahas and insights to meet the challenge of new realities and reimagine organizational management? This book lays out a process of inquiry that drives belief change and leads to discoveries, empowering leaders, groups, and the organization with a powerful tool for […]
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October 30, 2023
By: Adam Grant
We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how […]
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October 9, 2023
By: Brad Stulberg
A revelatory book on rethinking change, creating a rugged and flexible mindset and identity, and developing habits for life’s intensifying flux. From social disruptions like economic recessions, pandemics, and new technologies to individual disruptions like getting married, career transitions, and becoming a parent, we undergo change and transformation—both good and bad—regularly. Change is not the […]
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September 6, 2023
By: Amy Edmondson
We used to think of failure as the opposite of success. Now, we’re often torn between two “failure cultures”: one that says to avoid failure at all costs, the other that says fail fast, fail often. The trouble is that both approaches lack the crucial distinctions to help us separate good failure from bad. As a […]
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