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Our corporate clients will be hosting these fascinating thought leaders at their workplaces this spring:
Dr. Alva Noe on OUT OF OUR HEADS: Why You are Not Your Brain and other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness. Part philosophy, part cognitive science, and part neuroscience, a radical new way to understand consciousness.
Auden Schendler on GETTING GREEN DONE: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution. While “green” seems mainstream, truly implementing it in a way that matters is hard work and much of it is not getting done. What are the barriers to the change we need to make?
Dr. Stuart Brown on PLAY: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul. A study of the imperative and transformative power of play, and the mechanism by which we become resilient, creative, and happy people.
Nandan Nilekani on IMAGINING INDIA: The Idea of a Renewed Nation. Nilekani is is a billionaire businessman, CEO and philanthropist and the perfect person to write an overview of India’s astounding economic boom, and future.
Thomas Ricks on THE GAMBLE: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq. A follow up to the bestselling FIASCO now outlines the “behind the scenes plan” for Iraq, which he now predicts will go on for another ten years.
Cokie Roberts on WE ARE OUR MOTHER’S DAUGHTERS. One of our most beloved journalists with a revised version of this ten-year-old classic, celebrating a new world of women leaders, including Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Michelle Rhee, and others.
Dr. Peter Ward on THE MEDEA HYPOTHESIS: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self Destructive? The UW’s prominent paleontologist argues that biological life might be its own worst enemy.
Winifred Gallagher on RAPT: Attention and the Focused Life. What is “attention” in our busy lives? Can we train ourselves to focus? In a world of Blackberries, Twitter, sound bites and an increasing amount of ADD: a reminder that your life is what you pay attention to.
Reza Aslan on HOW TO WIN A COSMIC WAR: God, Globalization and the End of the War on Terror. Why do they hate us? International scholar of religion Reza Aslan lays out a comprehensive look at the social movement behind al-Qaeda and like-minded Muslim militants.
Daniel Goleman on ECOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What we Buy Can Change Everything. Goleman is the author of the business classics Emotional Intelligence, Primal Leadership and others, and now has a plan to shift the power of knowledge to consumers, revealing the “ecological costs and truths” of all products before we buy them.
Keith Ferrazi and WHO’S GOT YOUR BACK: The Breakthrough Program to Build Deep, Trusting Relationships that Create Success, and Won’t Let You Fail. Keith is the bestselling author of NEVER EAT ALONE and his new book is a guide to identifying your “inner circle of mentors” who can help you achieve success.
Alan Webber on RULES OF THUMB: 52 Principles for Winning at Business Without Losing Yourself. Webber has done everything from traditional (editor of the Harvard Business Review) to entrepreneurial (founder of Fast Company magazine) to political and global ventures, and this is his list of “lessons learned” along the way.
Robert Frank and THE ECONOMIC NATURALIST’S FIELD GUIDE: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times. Prominent behavioral economist on irrational decision-making and how it affects our markets, economy and jobs.
William Gates, Sr. on SHOWING UP FOR LIFE: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime. Mr. Gates will discuss his life and the experiences that shaped his personal and philanthropic world view: from his depression era childhood through his early years as a lawyer and father, on through his work on the global state and the Gates Foundation.
Bill Wasik on AND THEN THERE’S THIS: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture. Wasik is a senior editor at Harper’s and the founder of the Flash Mob movement, and here investigates the world of viral culture and what it means for our lives, businesses and society.
And looking toward summer and fall:
Guy Kawasaki on REALITY CHECK, Susan Scott on FIERCE LEADERSHIP, Robert Spector on THE MOM AND POP STORE: The Power and Endurance of the Small Indie Trader, Kathi Ulster and Kathryn Crowley on WORKING FOR YOU ISN’T WORKING FOR ME, and many others!
