I recently read a post by Todd Sattersten on new business books to watch for 2010. Todd makes his living reviewing business books and is very good at it, so I have added the four books he recommends to my “must read’ list for this year. I know some of Dan Pinks work and featured his TED talk about incentives and motivation (Drive) in a previous post. If Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us is like the video, it should be good. Seth Godin is always one to stretch your thinking, so Linchpin: Are You Indispensible? will also be interesting, particularly for those of us who think we are indispensable. Elliot Spitzer, the former Governor of New York, said the hardest thing for him after he resigned was discovering that he was not indispensable.
Of all the books Todd mentions, however, I am particularly looking forward to reading Switch: How To Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath. Since I teach the MBA courses on managing change in the Fisher College, I am always looking for new and interesting perspectives on making change easier.
Sounds like it could be a good year for reading.