BOOK SPECIAL... 5 BOOKS TO KEEP YOU HOOKED

5 BOOKS TO KEEP YOU HOOKED



Penned by entrepreneurs, doctors and political advisors, these five books will keep you busy this summer season

1 The Industries of the Future by Alec Ross

As a former senior advi sor to Hillary Clinton (when she was Secretary of State), Alec Ross has some ideas about what 2026 will look like. In The Industries of the Future, Ross delves deep into that 10-year vision. Robotic automation, artificial intel ligence, cybersecurity, and renewable energy are just some of the fields that will come to define the 2020s, he writes. The book also proposes some ideas for dealing with that future.

2 Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance

Vance, now a successful venture capitalist, grew up poor in the hills of the Appalachia.

Hillbilly Elegy is his account of life during that time -dark moments, times of joy, and Vance's perspective on the culture that pervades life in America's forgotten towns.

The book has become a favourite since its release shortly after the election of Donald Trump as president, as it reflects on many .of the sentiments rural voters had leading up to casting their vote

3 Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal

McChrystal is most well-known as the general of the Joint Special Operations Task Force, a position he assumed in 2004 at the outset of the Iraq War.

There, he was rethinking how the US fought Al Qaeda. His insight was that a decentralised terrorist group made up of smaller groups needed a similar opposition. At all levels, the US military needed to be nimble, not big and slow.

McChrystal's ideas are fodder for any leader or executive looking to stay ahead of the game.

4 Conscious Business by Fred Kofman

LinkedIn vice president Fred Kofman outlines the many factors that make companies soar or tank.Many of them have to do with treating people as dignified human beings who want to communicate openly and make bosses proud. Conscious Business argues for a more mindful, collaborative approach to conquering the market.

5 The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Through The Gene, Mukherjee manages to capture the relevance of genomics that seeks to answer big questions concerning our personalities and what makes us, us chronicling the history of how scientists came to be enamoured with human genes and what the latest research tells us about our species' genetic future.

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