My Favorite Reads on Corporate History - 2021

Just as athletes study film to improve their game, I believe leaders of today need to constantly:

• study their own "game film" through self-reflection and 360 Degree Feedback.
• study how other leaders have handled certain situations and decisions.
• learn from the mistakes of others because "you can't live long enough to make them all yourself." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

Here are some of my favorite reads from 2021.

1. My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future?By Indra Nooyi (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57499853-my-life-in-full)
2. The Power of Many: Values for Success in Business and in Life By Meg Whitman (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6806634-the-power-of-many)
3. Air Wars: The Global Combat between Airbus and Boeing By Scott Hamilton (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58944386-air-wars)
4. Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built By Duncan Clark (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25817524-alibaba)
5. Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric By Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50086786-lights-out)
6. Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company By Jeff Immelt (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56809161-hot-seat)
7. Shift: Inside Nissan's Historic Revival By Carlos Ghosn, Philippe Riès and John T. Cullen (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/276267.Shift)
8. Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX By Eric Berger (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53402132-liftoff)
9. Driving Honda: Inside the World's Most Innovative Car Company By Jeffrey Rothfeder (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20608005-driving-honda)
10. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber By Mike Isaac (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44573628-super-pumped)
11. Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century By Tim Higgins (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55872864-power-play)
12. Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech By Geoffrey Cain (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32150534-samsung-rising)
13. Instant: The Story of Polaroid By Christopher Bonanos (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14577509-instant)

Please do share your favorites so that I can add to my 2022 list.

Onward,

Nalaka