What I Read to Stay Up to Date on Business and Technology
In a previous article, I shared habits I’ve implemented to build a continuous learning habit and how I keep up with current events & emerging trends. This article will list the sources I follow/subscribe to keep me up to date. As I come across new sources, I plan to keep this updated, so I recommend saving it for later.
Current Events
o Wall Street Journal: WSJ remains my preference for day in and out news. The daily iPad version is easy to flip through, with a page for: Page One (Headlines — like the front page), U.S. News, World News, and Business & Finance. The ‘What’s New’ section on Page one also makes it easy to scroll through the biggest stories of the day — domestically and globally.
Technology
o WSJ — CIO Journal: Besides the newspaper section, CIO Journal has a excellent daily email with stories for technologists. Stories feature emerging technologies, interviews with tech leaders, and content on leading tech companies.
o MIT Technology Review: MIT is the hub for technology thought leadership. They publish monthly magazines/journals and have a variety of email newsletters you can subscribe to based on your interests. Many articles are based on discussions with top companies and their leaders. They focus on applications of new technology & its impact on areas in society, which I really like
o CIO Dive: Part of the Industry Dive network, the articles are usually shorter and quicker reads than MIT or WSJ providing an easier 10 minute daily read. I typically use them for headlines on trends to do further research on
Strategy and Leadership
o Harvard Business Review: A thought leader in areas from strategy to leadership to culture building. They have many newsletters you can subscribe to based on your interest. I highly recommend also getting the magazine — it’s a great read and worth the money ($12 a month).
o Ideas Made to Matter — MIT: Similar to HBR, but from MIT”s Sloan School of Management. As it’s from MIT, it’s a bit more data and technology focused, and the articles are a bit shorter than HBR. All of the articles are free.
Science and Global Development
o World Economic Forum: HBR and MIT focus more on private sector enterprises. WEF applies business and technology news to global issues (think how AI can solve humanitarian crises). It’s a great way to keep up with global development goals and how business/tech enables progress. Again, many email newsletters can be subscribed to for free.
o Gates Foundation: Similar to WEF, the Gates Foundation produces content around global sustainable development and solving world issues using advanced and emerging technologies. The Optimist is their weekly publication. The publication is science-focused, which I appreciate, and always find myself learning something new.
Supply Chain Sites
o CSCMP Supply Chain SmartBrief :This is one of my top newsletters. It’s a consolidation of the best articles across various sites — so it introduces me to new sites and quickly shows me the best of the best. Check out an example from this week
o WSJ Logistics Report: Similar to the CIO Journal, an excellent daily email. I get a lot of my transportation news from here, especially around challenges the industry faces and mode-specific trends.
o Supply Chain Quarterly: This is the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ quarterly magazine. The magazine is great, but the entire CSCMP is worth checking out — especially for young professionals. They host many networking events and mentoring opportunities outside of the content they put out.
o Supply Chain Brain: SCB is the most robust S.C. source I’ve found — putting out a ton of articles, hosting webinars, and publishing whitepapers.
o Supply Chain Dive: Part of the Industry Dive network. Similar to CIO Dive, but with supply chain related news
o Supply Chain Management Review: More academically focused with less content produced than other sites but arguably the most in depth.
o MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics: As a leader in academic and industry thought leadership, MIT CTL is an excellent source for academic publications/papers. They also host many webinars with industry leaders around supply chain and technology topics.
o Michael Watson: Outside of the MIT community, Michael Watson is the other academic I enjoy reading. His book on supply chain design is worth checking out. He does a fantastic job discussing potentially complicated topics around optimization and linear programming in non-technical terms for business resources to understand
Podcasts
I’ve made an effort to listen to more podcasts over the past few months. They are a great source to learn from; I’ve found them great to listen to while on my indoor bike, in Ubers to the airport, or driving.
I plan to include a few in this article in the coming months, but I want to vet a few more first. I’ll probably include some YouTube channels as well. Stay tuned.
