Currently Reading (E-book Version)

When I recently took inventory of my to-read list, I was surprised to find that I haven’t ordered a physical book since August. Meanwhile, my e-reader is getting a little overwhelmed. Here’s what is loaded up—we’ll see how much progress I make while on vacation this week. The titles below all have links to their Kindle versions.

Design Thinking: Business Innovation by MJV Press

143 Visuals To Inspire You to Take Action by Scott Torrance and Mirka Volakova

The Big Shift in IT Leadership: How Great CIOs Leverage the Power of Technology for Strategic Business Growth in the Customer-Centric Economy by Hunter Muller

Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time by Jeffrey Pfeffer

Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love by Jon Kolko

24 Hour Mindfulness: How to be calmer and kinder in the midst of it all by Rohan Gunatillake

The Positive Organization: Breaking Free from Conventional Cultures, Constraints, and Beliefs by Robert E. Quinn

Leading Continuous Change: Navigating Churn in the Real World by Bill Pasmore

Know What’s Next Magazine 2015: Strategies for Transforming Your Business and Future by Daniel Burrus

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations by Rich Karlgaard and Michael S. Malone

Currently Reading (Print Edition)

Since I last reported on my reading habits, my pending pile—or what I affectionately call the guilt pile— is growing. Here’s a sampling.

The Road to Reinvention: How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation by Josh Linkner delves in the pitfalls of failing to change and provides strategies for reinvention.

Six Simple Rules: How to Manage Complexity without Getting Complicated by Yves Morieux and Peter Tollman gets into the intricacies of dealing with complex situations and offers a solution for companies that is based on leveraging the potential of their human resources.

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande shows how one’s end of life can be managed with more compassion and dignity than currently provided with today’s standards of care. His powerfully delivered message results in three important questions about your mortality:  What is your biggest fear? What is your greatest hope? What trade-offs are you willing to make (or not make)?