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10 Good Reads Expand your skills, gain insight, and get inspired with these top picks. Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen By Dan Heath Heralded by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and the Financial Times, Upstream is the ideal book for any business leader who finds themselves putting out fires as part of their day-to-day. Wall Street Journal bestselling author Dan Heath challenges the reader to spend their time more wisely by anticipating and planning for these mishaps rather than waiting until they arise. Heath teaches the reader to recognize what he calls "problem blindness" using practical, real-world examples drawn from more than 300 interviews. is line of thinking, Heath posits, will allow businesses to move their resources upstream, ultimately making a better customer and employee environment. HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review By Harvard Business Review No time to finish up that MBA? No worries— simply catch up on the year's best management articles covered in the Harvard Business Review. ese 10 "must-read" articles include company examples from Lyft and Disney. ey also cover hot-button topics such as how to provide employee feedback, creating a racially just workplace, anticipating customers' needs, navigating dual-career relationships, utilizing data for a competitive advantage, making your AI initiatives succeed, and more. Once you make it through these 10 inspiring articles, be sure to check out HBR's e Essentials collection, which includes articles on change management, strategy, leadership, managing people, and managing yourself. Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company By Jeff Immelt is long-awaited memoir by renowned CEO Jeff Immelt takes the reader through his challenges and successes over 16 years at the helm of General Electric. From assuming his role under the shadow of 9/11 to his navigating the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis to managing the 2011 meltdown of Fukushima's nuclear reactors (designed by GE), Immelt's memoir is a candid portrayal. Learn how to make decisions and when to implement the decisions you make—what Immelt terms one of the most crucial components of leadership. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What you Don't Know By Adam Grant e bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals is back with a new book designed to take your critical thinking skills to the next level. Grant advances the idea that it's not enough to think and learn; it's crucial to strengthen the cognitive skills of rethinking and relearning. A top-rated professor at e Wharton School, Grant's book can help business professionals lead from a position of flexibility, creating a culture where it's ok to have many viewpoints and make room for people who challenge your ideas. "My aim in this book is to explore how rethinking happens. I sought out the most compelling evidence and some of the world's most skilled rethinkers," Grant shares.