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    The document outlines plans for a weekly series starting in the third quarter of the year consisting of 14 episodes. It recommends 52 books that are frequently suggested by business leaders, covering topics like leadership, strategy, and management. It also lists additional recommended books on subjects like adaptability, risk management, and the future. The series will be distributed on platforms like Facebook Live, YouTube, and audio. Partners may include organizations like the World Economic Forum, African Union, and newspapers. Potential funders are mentioned.

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    The document outlines plans for a weekly series starting in the third quarter of the year consisting of 14 episodes. It recommends 52 books that are frequently suggested by business leaders, covering topics like leadership, strategy, and management. It also lists additional recommended books on subjects like adaptability, risk management, and the future. The series will be distributed on platforms like Facebook Live, YouTube, and audio. Partners may include organizations like the World Economic Forum, African Union, and newspapers. Potential funders are mentioned.

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    The document outlines plans for a weekly series starting in the third quarter of the year consisting of 14 episodes. It recommends 52 books that are frequently suggested by business leaders, covering topics like leadership, strategy, and management. It also lists additional recommended books on subjects like adaptability, risk management, and the future. The series will be distributed on platforms like Facebook Live, YouTube, and audio. Partners may include organizations like the World Economic Forum, African Union, and newspapers. Potential funders are mentioned.

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    Books That Will Change Your Life

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    The document outlines plans for a weekly series starting in the third quarter of the year consisting of 14 episodes. It recommends 52 books that are frequently suggested by business leaders, covering topics like leadership, strategy, and management. It also lists additional recommended books on subjects like adaptability, risk management, and the future. The series will be distributed on platforms like Facebook Live, YouTube, and audio. Partners may include organizations like the World Economic Forum, African Union, and newspapers. Potential funders are mentioned.

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    Weekly series – Starting from the third quarter – (July – September – 14 episodes)

    Possibility. Encouraging people to create their own narratives within the Corona season

    Books:

    1. As a man Thinketh
    2. Anti-fragile
    3. Black Swan
    4. Grit
    5. Relentless
    6. The Psychology of Pandemics
    7. Bitange Ndemo book
    8. Creative Thinking - Wale Akinyemi
    9. Jimnah Mbaru book
    10. Kinyanjui Nganga book
    11. Lady tech book
    12. Pat Okello book
    13. Waceke Nduati book
    14. Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway
    15. The Richest Man in Babylon
    16. How to lie with statistics
    17. Influence – Robert CIaldini
    18. Sapiens
    19. The Greatest Salesman in the World – Og Mandino
    20. Drive
    21. The Loudest Voice in the Room
    22. The Big Five For Life by John P. Strelecky
    23. 12 Rules for Life – Jordan Peterson
    24. Extreme Ownership – Jocko Willinck
    25. Mindset – The Psychology of Success
    26. Brand Activism: From Purpose to Action by Christian Sarkar and Philip Kotler

    Below are the top 52 books recommended by today's leading business minds (in order of number of
    recommendations):

    1. Good to Great by Jim Collins


    2. Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
    3. Great by Choice by Jim Collins
    4. The Outsiders by William Thorndike
    5. Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter
    6. Built to Last by Jim Collins
    7. The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
    8. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
    9. The Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey
    10. The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni
    11. The Bible by Multiple
    12. Moneyball by Michael Lewis
    13. The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
    14. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
    15. In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters
    16. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
    17. The Leadership Pipeline by Ram Charan
    18. Management by Peter Drucker
    19. Leadership Is an Art by Max DePree
    20. Who Says Elephants Can't Dance by Louis Gerstner
    21. Leadership by John Wooden
    22. Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter
    23. Leading Change by John Kotter
    24. The Five Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni
    25. True North by Bill George
    26. American Icon by Bryce Hoffman
    27. Lincoln on Leadership by Donald Phillips
    28. Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
    29. StrengthsFinder by Tom Rath
    30. Titan by Ron Chernow
    31. Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury
    32. Global Tilt by Ram Charan
    33. Abundance by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler
    34. Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
    35. The Strategist CEO by Michel Robert
    36. The Big Short by Michael Lewis
    37. The Will to Manage by Marvin Bower
    38. Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
    39. Business Adventures by John Brooks
    40. How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins
    41. Winning by Jack Welch
    42. The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt
    43. The Power of Many by Margaret C. Whitman
    44. Taking People With You by David Novak
    45. Switch by Chip and Dan Heath
    46. Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
    47. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
    48. Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough
    49. Only the Paranoid Survive by Andy Grove
    50. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
    51. Give and Take by Adam Grant
    52. Playing to Win by A.G. Lafley
    Also:
    1. Adaptibility – Max McKeown
    2. Resilient Organizations – Erica Seville
    3. Strategic Risk Management – Paul C Godfrey and Paul Bartone
    4. Hardiness – Steven J Stein
    5. Data Driven Business Transformation – Peter Jackson and Caroline Carruthers
    6. That Doesn’t Work Anymore – Robert S. Kricheff
    7. The Listener of the Future –Blake Morgan
    8. On the Future – Martin Rees
    9. Advanced Brand Management – Paul Temporal
    10. Managing Oneself – Peter F Drucker
    11. Crisis Leadership – Tim Johnson
    12. The Science of Storytelling – Will Storr
    13. Uncertainty and Strategic Decision Making – Kristian J Sund, Robert J Galavan, Anne S. Huff
    14. Leadershift – John Maxwell
    15. Algorithims to Live By – Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths
    16. Can you Hear Me – Nick Morgan
    17. Economics for the common good – Jean Tirole and Steven Randall
    18. Shoe Dog – Phil Knight
    19. The Hard Thing about Hard Things – Ben Horowitz
    20. Flourish – Martin Seligman
    21. Like War – The Weaponization of social media – PW Singer, Emerson Brooking
    22. The Passion Economy – Adam Davidson

    Platforms:

    1. TBC Facebook Live


    2. Youtube
    3. Audio
    4. Weekly column

    Partners:

    1. World Economic Forum


    2. African Union
    3. NEPAD
    4. ILO
    5. IMF
    6. World Bank
    7. Ford Foundation
    8. Forbes Africa
    9. Strathmore Business School
    10. Business Daily
    11. CNN
    12. The Africa Report
    13. New African
    14. African Studies Centres
    15. Inc.com

    Syndicate:

    Funders:

    1. Jimnah Mbaru
    2. Africa Digital Media Institute
    3. Kenya National Chamber of Commerce
    4. Safaricom
    5. ABSA
    6. KEPSA

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