• Our Favorite Books of 2020
    The good old days, when we could still lie in each other's arms: The getAbstract team at the kickoff in Bavaria (Germany) in January 2020. if you turn 180 degrees, you'll see Neuschwanstein Castle.
    This 6 min. read saves you up to 41 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 7 getAbstract summaries (6 books with a total of 2024 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2423 minutes (about 41 hours). Learn more.
    Our Favorite Books of 2020

    Even a messed-up year can produce fantastic new releases. Here, getAbstract team members share their summary favorites.

  • Declaring Human Rights
    This 8 min. read saves you up to 48 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 19 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 2375 pages and 8 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2842 minutes (about 48 hours). Learn more.
    Declaring Human Rights

    Though far from universally achieved, the affirmation of human rights represents the noblest aspirations of humanity.

  • How to Downshift Properly
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 25 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 6 getAbstract summaries (5 books with a total of 1221 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1461 minutes (about 25 hours). Learn more.
    How to Downshift Properly

    To ensure you succeed in relaxing, take the following tips to heart.

  • “Your Level of Social Connection Affects Your Longevity”
    Michael Lee Stallard
    This 19 min. read saves you up to 5 hours
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    “Your Level of Social Connection Affects Your Longevity”

    Business author Michael Lee Stallard on how to maintain connections in our private and professional lives – and why the pandemic could improve our working relationships enormously in the long term.

  • Grief – An Often Negated Feeling
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 28 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 9 getAbstract summaries (6 books with a total of 1397 pages, 2 articles and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1672 minutes (about 28 hours). Learn more.
    Grief – An Often Negated Feeling

    How to mourn properly, and how to deal with mourners properly.

  • Whaling in Nebraska
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 16 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 4 getAbstract summaries (3 books with a total of 762 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 910 minutes (about 16 hours). Learn more.
    Whaling in Nebraska

    Or: How large should teams, companies and governments grow in order to function efficiently?

  • What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
    This 2 min. read saves you up to 57 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 27 getAbstract summaries (9 books with a total of 2832 pages, 12 articles and 2 videos) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 3397 minutes (about 57 hours). Learn more.
    What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

    A convergence of technologies is swiftly transforming the world. Are you ready for its perils and opportunities?

  • Leading with the Heart
    This minute read saves you up to 43 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 8 getAbstract summaries (8 books with a total of 2130 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2555 minutes (about 43 hours). Learn more.
    Leading with the Heart

    Dan Pontefract & Michael Bungay Stanier on changes leaders need to make to guide their teams into better, more meaningful ways of working.

  • Do You Miss the Office?
    Do You Miss the Office?

    The bad news: Work won’t be the same once the pandemic recedes. The good news: Josh Bersin's The Big Reset Playbook (and a new online "Office Noise Generator") might help you to adapt and transform.

  • Lessons from the Top of the World
    This 8 min. read saves you up to 38 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 8 getAbstract summaries (8 books with a total of 1891 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2262 minutes (about 38 hours). Learn more.
    Lessons from the Top of the World

    Business writers find insight for leaders from the challenges and deadly hazards of climbing Mount Everest. What’s in it for you?