5 Summer Reads By MIT Faculty
Looking to bone up on the digital economy and business strategy on your break? These MIT-recommended books can help ease you back to work.
By MIT Executive Education staff
In addition to our many courses, blog posts, webinars, and LinkedIn live events, another great way to connect with the research of our faculty is through their books. Check out these recent titles and more!
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1. Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition) by Ed Catmull (co-founder of Pixar), is an exciting update to his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership. Catmull reflects on the management principles that built Pixar’s singularly successful culture. Catmull teaches the new course Embracing the Unexpected: Creative Transformation Amid Rapid Change.
2. Future Ready: The Four Pathways to Capturing Digital Value by Stephanie Woerner and Peter Weill is your playbook for becoming a top performer in the digital economy. Learn more in Digital Strategies for Transforming Your Business and Becoming a More Digitally Savvy Board Member.
3. Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity, by Simon Johnson and Daron Acemoglu, is a bold reinterpretation of economics and history that will fundamentally change how you see the world. Johnson teaches in the Global CEO Program as well as the self-paced online courses Economics for Business and Making AI Work.
4. The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone’s Work by Zeynep Ton is a leadership guide for providing good jobs that offer a living wage and opportunities for growth — without hurting the bottom line. Ton shares insights from her new book in this recent webinar.
5. The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, A.I., and the Future of Work by Yossi Sheffi demystifies the arcane and vital supply chains that make the world work. The book also sheds light on the use of modern technology in running these networks. Learn more in the related course Supply Chain Strategy and Management.
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Data Is Everybody’s Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization by Barbara Wixom, Cynthia Beath, and Leslie Owens is an engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Wixom teaches in Data Monetization Strategy.
The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results by Andrew McAfee shows how four great geek norms — science, ownership, speed, and openness — can be used by anyone to stay well ahead of the competition. McAfee teaches in Digital Business Strategy.
Head to our blog for more faculty-authored books!
We hope these great reads provide you with some valuable insights, and we look forward to seeing you in a course soon.
