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This 6 min. read saves you up to 26 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 9 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1280 pages and 5 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1530 minutes (about 26 hours). Learn more.

There Is More to Light Than Meets the Eye

If you take light lightly, you will do so at your own peril.

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This 10 min. read saves you up to 23 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 6 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1139 pages, one article and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1357 minutes (about 23 hours). Learn more.

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This 8 min. read saves you up to 40 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 14 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 1980 pages, 6 articles and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2368 minutes (about 40 hours). Learn more.

Syn-Bio Is the Ultimate Hack

Molecular and genetic manipulation of materials heralds a technology revolution that rivals AI

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Balance, Blend or Integrate: How Does Work Fit Into Your Life?

This 9 min. read saves you up to 74 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 18 getAbstract summaries (14 books with a total of 3670 pages, one article and 3 videos) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 4395 minutes (about 74 hours). Learn more.

Balance, Blend or Integrate: How Does Work Fit Into Your Life?

These five questions and reading recommendations will guide you to your answer.

The six pillars of transformational leadership.

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HOT TOPIC: DEI

Create a Workplace Culture in Which Employees Feel Valued, Respected, and Accepted

“You Can’t Just Tack on DEI Work Like You Add an App to Your Phone.”

This 19 min. read saves you up to 6 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 272 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 308 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.

“You Can’t Just Tack on DEI Work Like You Add an App to Your Phone.”

Journalist and author of Speaking Of Race, Celeste Headlee, talks about improving DEI by doing the work of having difficult conversations.

“If You Don’t Know How to Connect Effectively Across Cultures, You Miss the Chance to Be Inclusive.”

This 10 min. read saves you up to 5 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 240 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 278 minutes (about 5 hours). Learn more.

“If You Don’t Know How to Connect Effectively Across Cultures, You Miss the Chance to Be Inclusive.”

Diversity consultant and author Tayo Rockson explains how to shift the needle on DEI, step by step.

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This 8 min. read saves you up to 75 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 10 getAbstract summaries (10 books with a total of 3716 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 4452 minutes (about 75 hours). Learn more.

Rediscovering Women’s Place in History

Several histories highlight the unsung contributions of women to voting rights, the rise and fall of the ERA and the birth of television.

No discussion on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is complete without addressing one of the most defining personality differences: introversion and extroversion.

Applying the lessons of history to chart the future of technology

How to be part of the solution to end racism.

Succeed despite bias at work

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How to Unleash the Connective Power of ERGs

This 6 min. read saves you up to 27 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 5 getAbstract summaries (5 books with a total of 1350 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1614 minutes (about 27 hours). Learn more.

How to Unleash the Connective Power of ERGs

Employee Resource Groups are no longer nice-to-have options.

How to Avoid Bias in Performance Reviews

To leverage the potential, avoid these flaws in thinking and judging.

You can spend a lifetime trying to change individual mind-sets. When it comes to promoting inclusion, top-down approaches can win the day.

In four steps.

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“Introverts Can’t Compete With Extroverts by Copying Them.”

This 11 min. read saves you up to 5 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 256 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 297 minutes (about 5 hours). Learn more.

“Introverts Can’t Compete With Extroverts by Copying Them.”

Matthew Pollard, author of The Introvert’s Edge to Networking, wants introverts to stop holding themselves back.

“The Conventional Recruitment Process Already Discriminates Against People Who Are Neurodiverse.”

No human brain is wired the same way. It’s time for the workplace to reflect this fact, neurodiversity advocate Theo Smith explains.

“The Way to Success Is Knowing Your Strengths and Using Them.”

Women are still passed up for promotion way too often, and men dominate the leadership levels in the workplace. Are hybrid work arrangements going to help level the playing field? Gill Whitty-Collins, author of Why…

“We Need to Relearn How to Build Authentic Relationships.”

Leadership coach Maya Hu-Chan explains how an ancient Chinese concept can help leaders build the human skills necessary to thrive in today’s multicultural and multigenerational work environment.

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This 9 min. read saves you up to 37 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 8 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 1839 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2198 minutes (about 37 hours). Learn more.

How to Drive Change as a Leader

The six pillars of transformational leadership.

Employee Resource Groups are no longer nice-to-have options.

A Trickle Down Effect That (Unfortunately) Works

Bad bosses make entire companies worse. But they are less numerous than you might think – and they mainly occur in corporate cultures with antiquated promotion strategies.

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READING LISTS >

This 8 min. read saves you up to 75 hours

Rediscovering Women’s Place in History

Several histories highlight the unsung contributions of women to voting rights, the rise and fall of the ERA and the birth of television.

All Reading Lists

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This 6 min. read saves you up to 26 hours

There Is More to Light Than Meets the Eye

If you take light lightly, you will do so at your own peril.

The Pareto Law has powerful applications in almost any field of life.

Dopamine: the Good, the Bad and the Useful

Make this powerful brain chemical work for instead of against you.

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NEW INTERVIEWS

In Conversation with Experts and Professionals

This 19 min. read saves you up to 6 hours

“You Can’t Just Tack on DEI Work Like You Add an App to Your Phone.”

Journalist and author of Speaking Of Race, Celeste Headlee, talks about improving DEI by doing the work of having difficult conversations.

“Being a Good Hacker Is as Much About Understanding People as It Is About Understanding Tech.”

This 20 min. read saves you up to 7 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 344 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 393 minutes (about 7 hours). Learn more.

“Being a Good Hacker Is as Much About Understanding People as It Is About Understanding Tech.”

Geoff White, the author of Crime Dot Com, explains how cyber attacks play out and how to prevent them.

This 10 min. read saves you up to 5 hours

“If You Don’t Know How to Connect Effectively Across Cultures, You Miss the Chance to Be Inclusive.”

Diversity consultant and author Tayo Rockson explains how to shift the needle on DEI, step by step.

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THOUGHT LEADER PROFILES

Instant Practical Insights into the Thinking of Important Contemporaries

This 9 min. read saves you up to 39 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 14 getAbstract summaries (9 books with a total of 1912 pages and 5 videos) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2286 minutes (about 39 hours). Learn more.

Simon Sinek

On purpose, leadership and empathy.

On facing fears and learning anything.

This 7 min. read saves you up to 25 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 4 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1215 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1451 minutes (about 25 hours). Learn more.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

There are many stories and there are many feminisms.

This 8 min. read saves you up to 33 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 9 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 1630 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1948 minutes (about 33 hours). Learn more.

Carol Dweck

On the foundations of a growth mind-set, or, why we are “born to learn.”

This 9 min. read saves you up to 41 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 16 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 2030 pages, 7 articles and 2 podcasts) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2427 minutes (about 41 hours). Learn more.

Josh Bersin

On finding and empowering top talent.

This 7 min. read saves you up to 23 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 8 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1136 pages, one video and 3 podcasts) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1357 minutes (about 23 hours). Learn more.

Brené Brown

On vulnerability, psychological safety and other leadership skills.

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NEW REVIEWS

Our Independent Book Critiques Are Even Shorter Than Our Summaries

The authors provide numerous, well-conceived, data-based solutions to oncoming, existential threats to human life.

Minnesota head football coach P.J. Fleck relates his unique history and the philosophy that sustains him.

CEO and former philosophy professor Reid Blackman provides a detailed, thoughtful and thoroughly applicable ethical guide for companies vested in machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).

Adam Grant explores the relationship between originality and creativity, and how to make them work inside organizations.

Extermination, Assimilation, Legalized Payback

Professor Thomas King laments the brutal treatment of Native Americans and First Nations Canadians at the hands of white settlers and governments and offers a shameful history of greed and genocide.

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