BOOK SUMMARY – BLW 2023

1. 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, the global bestseller and social
media phenomenon, is a collection of author Brianna Wiest's most beloved pieces of
writing. Her meditations include why you should pursue purpose over passion,
embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the
cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of these pieces
have never been seen; others have been read by millions of people around the world.
Regardless, each will leave you thinking: this idea changed my life.

2. HBR Magazine Nov-Dec 2023

Judul artikel dalam edisi Nov-Dec 2023:

• Leaders, What’s Your Story?
• Reimagine Your Managerial Pipeline
• Unexpected Interruptions Can Boost Creativity
• Adobe’s CEO on Making Big Bets on Innovation
• How to Capitalize on Generative AI
• Helping Employees Succeed with Generative AI
• Keep Your AI Projects on Track
• Storytelling That Drives Bold Change
• What Today’s Rainmakers Do Differently
• The Resale Revolution
• A Step-by-Step Guide to Real-Time Pricing
• Middle Management Is the Key to Sustainability
• Harness Your Network to Unlock Innovation
• It’s Time to Define Your Company’s Principles
• Private Equity Needs a New Talent Strategy
• Why Career Transition is so hard
• Case Study: How Should We Diversify Our Supply Chain?
• The Perils of an Achievement Culture
• Life’s Work: An Interview with Viola Davis

3. Becoming

The book's 24 chapters (plus a preface and epilogue) are divided into three sections:
Becoming Me, Becoming Us, and Becoming More.
The preface sets the stage for Michelle Obama's story to open by sketching a scene
in her post-First Lady life. Becoming Me traces Obama's early life growing up on
 the South Side of Chicago with her parents - Fraser and Marian Robinson - in an
upstairs apartment where she got her first piano lessons and learnt to be an
independent girl under the nurturing care of her parents. There, Obama shared a
bedroom with her brother Craig.[10] The book continues through her education
at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, to her early career as a lawyer at the
law firm Sidley Austin, where she met Barack Obama. While this section talks
considerably at length about Obama's Princeton experience and Sidley Austin,
Harvard Law school's experiences are mentioned marginally by comparison.
Becoming Us departs from the beginning of the Obamas' romantic relationship and
follows their marriage, and the beginning of his political career in the Illinois State
Senate. This section also notes Obama's career "swerve" from corporate law to the
non-profit realm as she continued to work while raising her daughters and speaking
at political events, becoming gradually more involved in her husband's campaign. The
book shares Obama's balance between her position as the first African American First
Lady of the United States of America, her motherly duties, and marital commitments.
The section ends with election night in 2008 when Barack Obama was elected
President of the United States.
Becoming More takes the readers through Barack Obama's presidency, Michelle
Obama's focus on her Let's Move campaign, and her role of "head mom in chief" to
her two daughters - Malia and Sasha Obama, along with the other aspects of the
Obama's life as first family. The Epilogue talks about the last day of Obamas in the
White House which was also Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony and Michelle
Obama's reflection on Optimism. She also expresses her lack of desire to ever run for
office.

4. Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read

This book is about how we have relationships with our children, what gets in the way
of a good connection and what can enhance it. The most influential relationships are
between parents and children. Yet for so many families, these relationships go can
wrong and it may be difficult to get back on track.

In The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad that
You Did), renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perry shows how strong and loving
bonds are made with your children and how such attachments give a better chance
of good mental health, in childhood and beyond. She'll help you to:
- Understand how your own upbringing may be impacting upon your parenting style
- Contain, express, accept and validate your own and your child's feelings
- Understand that all behaviour is communication
- Break negative cycles and patterns
- Accept that you will make mistakes and what to do about them
Almost every parent loves their children, but by following the refreshing, sage and
sane advice and steps in this book you will also find yourselves liking one another
too.

5. HBR Project Management Handbook

The one primer you need to launch, lead, and sponsor successful projects.
HBR Handbooks provide ambitious professionals with the frameworks, advice, and
tools they need to excel in their careers. With step-by-step guidance, time-honed best
practices, and real-life stories, each comprehensive volume helps you to stand out
from the pack—whatever your role.

We're now living in the project economy. The number of projects initiated in all sectors
has skyrocketed, and project management skills have become essential for every
leader and manager. Still, project failure rates remain extremely high. Why? Leaders
oversee too many projects and have too little visibility into them. Project managers
struggle to translate their hands-on, technical knowledge up to senior management.
The result? Worthy projects are starved of time and resources and fail to deliver
benefits, while too much investment goes into the wrong projects. To compete in the
project economy, you need to close this gap. The HBR Project Management
Handbook shows you how.

In this comprehensive guide, project management expert Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

presents a new and simple framework that will increase any project's likelihood of
success. Packed with case studies from many industries worldwide, it will teach you
how to manage your organization's projects, strategic programs, and agile initiatives
more effectively and push the best ones ahead to completion. Timeless yet forward-
looking, this book will help you win in the project-driven world.

In the HBR Project Management Handbook you'll find:

• Everything you need to know about project management in practical,

nontechnical language
• A definitive taxonomy of project types, from product launches to digital
transformations to megaprojects
• A road map for becoming an effective project leader and executive sponsor
• A new, simple, and universal project framework, the Project Canvas, that
breaks down any project into essential building blocks that can be easily
understood by all project stakeholders
• Original concepts and exclusive case studies from public- and private-sector
organizations worldwide
You'll learn:

¨ A common language for project managers and executives to run

successful projects across your organization
¨ When to use agile, traditional, or hybrid methods in your projects
¨ The twelve principles of successful projects, including purpose, agility, and
a focus on outcomes
¨ Techniques for selecting and advancing the best projects and managing a
strategic and balanced project portfolio
¨ How today's projects will help address some of the most pressing global
trends, including automation, sustainability, diversity, and crisis
management
 ¨ Why project management needed to be reinvented and what the future
holds

6. Practical Guide to Digital Transformation

Digital transformation is a vital practice for organizations trying to keep up with

competitors, but with new digital approaches constantly promising to revolutionize the
workplace it can feel impossible to keep up. Cut through the hype with this accessible
guide to making end-to-end digital transformation happen.

While technology offers the possibility for business improvement, successful digital
transformation also requires an effective strategy, the right culture, change
management, the ability to stimulate innovation and the knowledge of where to upskill
and where to bring in new talent. The Practical Guide to Digital Transformationcovers
each of these factors and more by breaking the process down to 17 easy-to-follow
and practical steps.

Each chapter includes a case study of an organization getting it right, along with
advice on putting the principle into action, key tips and tricks, and what you might say
in your next meeting. This book also outlines how to start with the foundations of
'doing digital' and build from there, including data science, cyber security, workable
technology, minimised stack duplication, data registers and good user experience.
Quickly build confidence and make change happen with this actionable guide to the
essentials of digital transformation

7. Talk Like TED: 9 Public Speaking Secrets of World

Ideas are the currency of the twenty-first century. In order to succeed, you need to be
able to sell your ideas persuasively. This ability is the single greatest skill that will help
you accomplish your dreams. Many people have a fear of public speaking or are
insecure about their ability to give a successful presentation. Now public speaking
coach and bestselling author Carmine Gallo explores what makes a great
presentation by examining the widely acclaimed TED Talks, which have redefined the
elements of a successful presentation and become the gold standard for public
speaking. TED ? which stands for technology, entertainment, and design ? brings
together the world's leading thinkers. These are the presentations that set the world
on fire, and the techniques that top TED speakers use will make any presentation
more dynamic, fire up any team, and give anyone the confidence to overcome their
fear of public speaking.

In his book, Carmine Gallo has broken down hundreds of TED talks and interviewed
the most popular TED presenters, as well as the top researchers in the fields of
psychology, communications, and neuroscience to reveal the nine secrets of all
successful TED presentations. Gallo's step-by-step method makes it possible for
 anyone to deliver a presentation that is engaging, persuasive, and memorable.

Carmine Gallo's top 10 Wall Street Journal Bestseller Talk Like TED will give anyone
who is insecure about their public speaking abilities the tools to communicate the
ideas that matter most to them, the skill to win over hearts and minds, and the
confidence to deliver the talk of their lives. The opinions expressed by Carmine Gallo
in TALK LIKE TED are his own. His book is not endorsed, sponsored or authorized
by TED Conferences, LLC or its affiliates.

8. 2024 CFA Schweser Notes Level 1

Covering all ten core topics found on the Level I exam, the 2024 CFA Program
Curriculum Level I Box Set include:

• Quantitative Methods
• Economics and Financial Statement Analysis
• Financial Statement Analysis and Corporate Issuer
• Corporate Issuers, Equity Investments, and Fixed Income
• Fixed Income, Derivatives, Alternative Investments, and Portfolio Management
• Portfolio Management and Ethical and Professional Standards