Adi Ignatius
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town, Barbara Demick
“Demick is a great reporter and storyteller, and with this book she goes deep inside a Tibetan town to tell the complex and tragic story of China’s imperial ambitions.”
Adi Ignatius
Editor in Chief, Harvard Business Review
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FT Series: Summer Books 2020 (Financial Times)
Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader (Harvard Business School Working Knowledge)
So you want to read the classics (Vox)
Summer Reading (New York Times Book Review)
The 2020 Booker Prize longlist (The Booker Prizes)
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Books by McKinsey Authors
McKinsey on Books
Explore this month’s best-selling business books prepared exclusively for McKinsey Publishing by Circana and a collection of books by McKinsey authors on the management issues that matter, from leadership and talent to digital transformation, corporate finance, and more.
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, 7th edition
At the crossroads of corporate strategy and finance lies valuation. This book enables everyone, from the budding professional to the seasoned manager, to excel at measuring and maximizing shareholder and company value.
Fast Times: How digital winners set direction, learn, and adapt
Winning in the digital age requires both lightning speed and thoughtful deliberation. Companies able to master this paradox are emerging as today's winners. Those that can't will be sold for parts.
Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick
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The new book on how to beat the odds with a bold strategy
Acknowledgments
It takes a village to curate amazing lists from this rather busy group of leaders from all over the world. We would like to thank Nikhil Deogun, Mitra S. Kalita, Gabriella Stern, Rebecca Lowell Edwards, Steve Lipin, Sara Blask, Karen Wickre, Ailish Campbell, Anya Schiffrin, Tom Weber, Shernaz Daver, Jose Zamora, and Judi Mackey for their help.
Within McKinsey Global Publishing, Mike Borruso, Heather Byer, Philip Mathew, Louis Vizzi, Dan Redding, and Torea Frey were instrumental in making this year’s list come alive.
And thank you to our contributors and their organizations for providing McKinsey Global Publishing with their photographs and permission to use them.