Your Summer Inspiration List

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Click to view email as web page. JUNE 2022 Dear Reader, The summer vacation season is rapidly approaching, and we are excited to share with you our summer reading/listening list.   Below are podcast interviews we conducted in the first half of the year with authors of important new books on management and strategy.  Tune in wherever you listen to your podcasts and learn more about the creation of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the scalability of ideas, the future of stakeholder capitalism, achieving deep purpose, and more.  As always, we would be delighted to hear your suggestions for Thinkers & Ideas that you would like to learn about.  Best regards, Martin Reeves and François Candelon Thinkers & Ideas podcast Inspiring and thought-provoking conversations with leading thinkers about influential ideas on business, technology, economics, and science.  Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.  Corporate Explorer with Andy Binns and Charles O'Reilly The co-founders of Change Logic partnered with Michael Tushman, Professor at Harvard Business School, to coalesce their decades of collective experience in innovation and corporate transformation in a new book.  READ MORE → LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW → Moonshot with Dr. Albert Bourla Listen to the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer, Dr. Albert Bourla, as he discusses how Pfizer achieved what many believed to be impossible: the creation of a high efficacy, safe, and producible-at-scale mRNA vaccine within a tenth of the expected time. READ MORE → LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW → Be Logical - Be Creative - Be Critical with Luc de Brabandere Building on his knowledge and experience as a corporate philosopher, Luc de Brabandere suggests that firms should focus on creatively reinventing themselves with new thinking, rather than using current digital tools to optimize existing processes or systems. READ MORE → LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW → The Long Game with Dorie Clark In her new book, Dorie Clark, executive education teacher at Fuqua School of Business and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, explains how almost anything is attainable through small, methodical steps taken day by day.  READ MORE → LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW → Redesigning Work with Lynda Gratton In her new book, Lynda Gratton, Professor at London Business School, discusses how to deliberately redesign work, taking into account not only the specifics of each job, and the new possibilities for flexibility around time and place but also a range of other technological, social, and ethical factors.  READ MORE → LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW → Deep Purpose with Ranjay Gulati Ranjay Gulati, Professor at Harvard Business School,  studied the actions, cultures, and leadership of companies pursuing purpose — where they succeed and where they fall short — to help other leaders in “walking the razor’s edge” to achieve both commercial value and social good.  READ MORE → LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW → The Voltage Effect with John A. List John A. List's new book focuses on the necessity of scaling ideas and the things that help and get in the way of doing this. He argues that the only ideas worth pursuing are the ones with the potential to make a significant impact on human lives — and translating an idea for widespread impact requires scalability. READ MORE → LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW → A New Way to Think with Roger L. Martin In his new book, Roger Martin challenges us to rethink many dominant mental models, revisiting common misconceptions and pitfalls in the application of many frameworks and ideas. READ MORE → LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW → Tomorrow’s Capitalist with Alan Murray Listen to our conversation with the CEO of Fortune Media, Alan Murray, about the progress toward and challenges of stakeholder capitalism; the evolution of ESG reporting; issues and approaches to collective action problems; and the trend towards business becoming more human. READ MORE → LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW → The Crux with Richard Rumelt In his new book, Richard Rumelt, author of  the widely acclaimed book Good Strategy, Bad Strategy, argues that strategy is a gnarly design problem that best begins with challenges rather than goals. READ THE INTERVIEW → BHI LinkedIn page Follow us for interesting new ideas and inspiration. Stay Connected Martin Reeves Chairman  BCG Henderson Institute Reeves.Martin@bcg.com Twitter I LinkedIn François Candelon Global Director BCG Henderson Institute Candelon.Francois@bcg.com LinkedIn We welcome your thoughts and feedback.   CONNECT WITH BHI Explore more BHI content:   Boston Consulting Group 200 Pier Four Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02210, USA Manage Communications Privacy Policy Unsubscribe