Welcome to Business Book Club - Incahoots style
Below you will find a quick overview of Business Book Club (BBC), plus the books and details for 2024.
Join in on all the fun that is Business Book Club. Here are our, evolved over time, intentions and guidelines. Designed to be no pressure, and NOT another burden, in already cray, cray times.
Any questions, let me know at hello@incahoots.com.au.
Why and how?
A few colleagues and I were discussing business books and ones I would recommend. I lamented the fact that I wish had more time to read Business Books. So we started having Business Book Club (BBC) as deliberate mechanism to increase our Business Book reading. It has evolved from an office at lunchtime, then after work hours and finally online, in the format you see today.
Books for 2024
Get straight to the important stuff. Here are the books for 2024, giving a gender balance of authors this year.
1. Hidden Potential - Adam Grant
2. Quiet - Susan Cain
3. The Power of Regret - Daniel H. Pink
4. Inclusion on Purpose - Ruchika Tulshyan
5. Originals - Adam Grant
6. Half The Sky - Nicholas Kristoff, Sheryl WuDunn
What is the process?
Held generally the last Tuesday of every 2nd month (Jan to Nov) we meet and discuss the book we have chosen.
· Everyone votes for the book we read
· The highest votes, is the one’s we read in 2024
· Conducted every two months via Zoom, (January to November) so we will have at least 5 extra books read each year
· Reminders and links sent before the BBC meeting
· No pressure to have read the book, (although it helps with discussion). If you have read some of it you can still attend. We have found the general discussion encourages people to read the book post the club meeting. Worst comes to worst you can always Blinklist the book.
When and how do we meet?
Invites for 2024 via Zoom, with reminders sent prior to the event.
On the last Tuesday, every 2 months from January to November.
The sessions are no longer that 60 mins and sometimes quicker.
Hot Tips
Here are some things we have learnt along the way.
1. Purchase all the books in one go – no waiting around for the book to arrive, you already have it in your hot hands, ready to read
2. Check the cover – ensure you have purchased the one the rest of us is reading, pictures included above.
3. Come even if the book not for you – the discussion will be richer for your thoughts, so come along and tell us what you hated and/or liked about the book
Book suggestions welcome.
Always on the lookout to broaden the input and perspectives we are putting into our brains. Recommendation’s welcome!
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Added Bonus
As an added bonus for choosing to join in, you can also download Christina’s top must read books.