A Global Reading Project to Discover & Share the Most Thought Provoking and Influential Books on our Planet
Tweet Check out the most influential books in the life of Donald John Roberts: Stanford University’s John H. Schully Professor of Economics, Strategic Management, and International Business. John is also the Director of the Center for Global Business and the Economy, Codirector of the Executive Program in Strategy and Organization, and Faculty Director of the […]
Tweet Germain Boer is the Director of the Owen Entrepreneurship Center and Professor of Accounting at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He serves as an advisor to startup’s in the Nashville area and has provided consulting services for companies such as General Electric, Chase Manhattan Bank, the National Heart and Lung Institute, as well as Magnetek. In 2003 Germain […]
Tweet Allen Grossman – Harvard Professor of Business Administration and past President & CEO of Outward Bound shares his favorite and most influential books: The Age of Discontinuity by Peter Drucker “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker “Long recognised in business circles as a voice to listen to” […]
Tweet Check out the favorite and most influential books in the life of Dr. Richard Morrison – Retired International Executive at Eli Lilly and Company and Professor of International Business at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. One of the largest global pharmaceutical companies in the world: The Holy Bible “A thorough knowledge of the […]
Tweet Check out the most influential books in the life of Tom Morris – Past Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, author of many great books, Chairman of the Morris Institute of Human Values, and the world’s happiest philosopher: The Republic by Plato “Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools […]
Tweet Dr. Mike Roberts – Executive Director of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard shares the name of the book that he has found most influential and thought provoking in his life: Adaptation to Life by George Vaillant Why do some of us cope so well with the portion life offers us, […]
Tweet Check out the most influential book in the life of A. Michael Spence – Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, Stanford Graduate School of Business Dean Emeritus, Economics Professor, and Chairman of the Commission on Growth and Development: The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone “Art is […]
Tweet Check out the top 5 most influential books in the life of Clayton M. Christensen. Author, Harvard Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Technology & Operations Management. The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith “If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself” – Joseph Smith Buy The […]
Tweet Delaware Governor Jack Markell shares the thought provoking books that have helped influence his life. Check out his recommended reading list: Freedom at Midnight: The Epic Drama of India’s Struggle for Independence by Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to […]
Tweet CEO of Patagonia – Casey Sheahan shares his favorite and most influential books. Check out the top 2 recommended books on his reading list below: Green Plans: Blueprint for a Sustainable Earth by Huey Johnson “In drawing on his environmental policymaking in California and his work with the Dutch and New Zealand governments, […]
Tweet Dr. Mike Roberts – Executive Director of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard shares the name of the book that he has found most influential and thought provoking in his life: Adaptation to Life by George Vaillant Why do some of us cope so well with the portion life offers us, […]
