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This 8 min. read saves you up to 29 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 6 getAbstract summaries (5 books with a total of 1448 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1730 minutes (about 29 hours). Learn more.

The Art and Science of Journaling

The beginning of the New Year is the perfect time to reflect and re-evaluate your goals.

Humans at Work

Work, workers and workplaces are all changing in new ways, so companies must change, too.

Kogan Page

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Kevin Wilde

Coachability

Become a better leader by learning to harness feedback.

Kevin Wilde

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Cal Newport

It's Time to Embrace Slow Productivity

As workers grow more fed up with the status quo, it’s time to start tackling the root causes of burnout in the workplace.

The New Yorker

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Lara Bazelon

Ambitious Like a Mother

Learn how to love your job, guilt-free, and know the kids are all right too.

Little, Brown Spark

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Charvi Parikh and C. J. Meadows

The Design Thinking Workbook

Learn the essentials of design thinking and how it can solve even your most elusive customer’s needs.

Emerald Publishing Limited

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Adam Grant

The Science of Productive Conflict

Don’t agree to disagree; agree to disagree respectfully.

Work Life with Adam Grant

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HOT TOPIC: WELLBEING

How to Help Your Employees Stay Healthy

Reading List

This 8 min. read saves you up to 34 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 10 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 1690 pages and 3 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2020 minutes (about 34 hours). Learn more.

End Workplace Harassment By Preventing It in the First Place

Go beyond legal requirements to create a harassment-free culture.

READING LISTS:

How To Stop Pressure From Turning Into Stress

This 9 min. read saves you up to 95 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 19 getAbstract summaries (17 books with a total of 4752 pages and 2 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 5694 minutes (about 95 hours). Learn more.

How To Stop Pressure From Turning Into Stress

Strategies to turn a health enemy into a performance ally

The search for meaning at work: A more delicate issue than often admitted.

Both people and organizations experience traumatic events. Here’s how to move past them.

Well-Being Is About More than “An Apple a Day”

It also means managing your time and energy wisely and practicing emotional intelligence.

HOW-TO-GUIDES:

This 7 min. read saves you up to 26 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 7 getAbstract summaries (5 books with a total of 1278 pages and 2 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1527 minutes (about 26 hours). Learn more.

Leading for Well-Being

A healthy workforce is a productive workforce. From sponsoring exercise programs to creating a values-based work culture, there is a lot you can do as a leader to help your employees thrive.

Those who sleep better (and often, more) are healthier, in a better mood and perform better. Time for more accurate sleep leadership in your organization!

How healthy optimism makes you more resilient.

In moments of acute stress, the brain engages a fight or flight response. Learn how to snap out of it.

INTERVIEWS:

This 10 min. read saves you up to 9 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 456 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 538 minutes (about 9 hours). Learn more.

“Meditation Trains Your Mind.”

Author, coach and long-time meditator Giovanni Dienstmann explains why the benefits of a daily meditation practice go beyond relaxation – and how mindful awareness can help you realize your goals.

“Well-Being Doesn’t Just Mean Switching Off. It Is About How You Burn Your Light.”

Nicolai Chen Nielsen and Nicolai Tillisch explain how to make ambition work for you.

British psychologist Audrey Tang discusses how introducing small nuggets of mindfulness into your workday can lead to powerful changes over time.

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INTERVIEWS

In Conversation with Experts and Professionals

“Teams Who Are Disrupted by Neurodivergence Only Stand to Benefit.”

This 13 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 336 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 391 minutes (about 7 hours). Learn more.

“Teams Who Are Disrupted by Neurodivergence Only Stand to Benefit.”

One in five people are neurodivergent. Neurodiversity expert Maureen Dunne calls neurodivergence an “untapped resource” for many companies. In this interview, she explains why neurodivergent people make a company future-proof and what a corporate culture…

“Deploying AI without Knowing What the Output Is Doing in Real-Time Is a Recipe for Disaster”

This 10 min. read saves you up to 9 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 428 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 504 minutes (about 9 hours). Learn more.

“Deploying AI without Knowing What the Output Is Doing in Real-Time Is a Recipe for Disaster”

Boards do not have to reinvent good AI governance. However, if they neglect the issue, they risk destroying the necessary success factor of any product or service: trust. AI expert Dominique Shelton Leipzig explains what…

“AI Is an Incredibly Effective Coach to Human Coaches.”

This 9 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 232 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 270 minutes (about 5 hours). Learn more.

“AI Is an Incredibly Effective Coach to Human Coaches.”

In The Digital Coaching Revolution, professors Anna Tavis and Woody Woodward examined how rapidly digital coaching has developed. Now, they explain how the AI-powered coaching boom will unfold.

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THOUGHT LEADER PROFILES

Instant Practical Insights into the Thinking of Important Contemporaries

On purpose, leadership and empathy.

On finding and empowering top talent.

There are many stories and there are many feminisms.

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

On rebuilding community after disaster.

On vulnerability, psychological safety and other leadership skills.

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FEATURES

A Dozen Books, Summarized in a Handful of Abstracts – in One Story: Our Longreads

CREATIVITY

This 5 min. read saves you up to 68 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 17 getAbstract summaries (13 books with a total of 3384 pages, one article, 2 videos and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 4056 minutes (about 68 hours). Learn more.

Creativity Is a Journey, Not a Destination

A Reading List to Get the Creative Juices Flowing

TEAMWORK

This 6 min. read saves you up to 29 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 7 getAbstract summaries (6 books with a total of 1427 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1707 minutes (about 29 hours). Learn more.

How to Brainstorm

The great ideas are out there waiting for the patient and the bold to find them.

SLEEP

This 6 min. read saves you up to 24 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 16 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1197 pages and 12 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1431 minutes (about 24 hours). Learn more.

How to Sleep

Those who sleep better (and often, more) are healthier, in a better mood and perform better. Time for more accurate sleep leadership in your organization!

HABITS

This 7 min. read saves you up to 54 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 14 getAbstract summaries (8 books with a total of 2687 pages and 6 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 3218 minutes (about 54 hours). Learn more.

Biohacking for Beginners

Tweaks to sharpen your thinking and increase your energy

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Guides, Talks & Related Topics

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New Work

How-to-Guides: A Fast Track to Current Business FAQs and the Best Answers from Our Library.

Ready, Set, Flow

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How To Use ChatGPT In the “Five Moments of Need”

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New Work

Interviews: getAbstract in Conversation with Experts and Professionals.

“Teams Who Are Disrupted by Neurodivergence Only Stand to Benefit.”

“Deploying AI without Knowing What the Output Is Doing in Real-Time Is a Recipe for Disaster”

“AI Is an Incredibly Effective Coach to Human Coaches.”

“Even Moderately Elevated Temperatures Can Subtly Reduce Human Capital and Productivity”

“You Must Be Driven by Your Agenda and Not Anyone Else’s.”

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SOFT SKILLS

Soft Skills Series: Here's What You Need to Get along with Others and Lead People More Effectively.

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