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The books that have shaped how I think about AI, technology, leadership, and the Board: an evolving shelf, most recent first.

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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Edward Tufte

Tufte’s seminal work on data graphics remains essential reading for anyone communicating insights to Boards and executives - a masterclass in clarity, integrity, and the art of making complex data instantly comprehensible.

Last read
January 2026
Bought
January 2026
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    Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation

    Byrne Hobart & Tobias Huber

    “Boom” reframes financial bubbles as engines of breakthrough innovation - a pattern visible today in AI’s investment surge and likely next in quantum, challenging conventional Board wisdom on speculation, risk, and transformative progress.

    Last read
    December 2025
    Bought
    August 2025
  2. Cover of Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder

    Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder

    Nassim Taleb

    “Antifragile” reveals how uncertainty and disorder can strengthen rather than weaken systems, offering leaders a practical framework for building organisations that thrive on volatility and change.

    Last read
    August 2025
    Bought
    February 2014
  5. Cover of Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

    Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

    Ethan Mollick

    Ethan Mollick sets out the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI, setting out what it means for our jobs, lives and humanity.

    Last read
    April 2024
    Bought
    April 2024
  8. Cover of If It′s Smart, It′s Vulnerable

    If It′s Smart, It′s Vulnerable

    Mikko Hypponen

    Reading Mikko’s book; an essential read on cyber security and what we need to do to keep ourselves safe.

    Last read
    August 2022
    Bought
    August 2022
  9. Cover of Being Digital

    Being Digital

    Nicholas Negroponte

    Revisiting Nicholas Negroponte’s, Being Digital after over 20 years on the bookshelf, prescient insights into where we are today.

    Last read
    July 2022
    Bought
    January 1995
  12. Cover of HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing

    HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing

    Harvard Business Review

    Ten essays on marketing as strategy rather than promotion: brand, customer value, and market positioning for the top table.

    Last read
    June 2021
    Bought
    May 2021
  14. Cover of Thinking, Fast and Slow: Daniel Kahneman

    Thinking, Fast and Slow: Daniel Kahneman

    Daniel Kahneman

    Kahneman’s account of the two systems that drive how we think and decide; essential for understanding the biases at work in every Boardroom judgement.

    Last read
    December 2020
    Bought
    November 2020
  17. Cover of HBR's 10 Must Reads on Innovation

    HBR's 10 Must Reads on Innovation

    Harvard Business Review

    Essays on how organisations actually innovate, from disruptive technology to innovation culture, that still shape how I think about corporate reinvention.

    Last read
    April 2019
    Bought
    April 2019
  18. Cover of HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership

    HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership

    Harvard Business Review

    The classic essays on what makes an effective leader; Drucker’s “What Makes an Effective Executive” alone justifies the volume.

    Last read
    April 2019
    Bought
    April 2019
  19. Cover of HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy

    HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy

    Harvard Business Review

    Porter’s “What Is Strategy?” and nine other essays that anchor the discipline; the collection I return to when strategy conversations drift into planning.

    Last read
    April 2019
    Bought
    April 2019

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