Books
The Microstress Effect
"One of the best management books of 2023!"
"Tiny moments of stress barely register but the build-up of these microstresses — triggered by work or domestic pressures — can take a terrible toll. 'Microstress seeps into our thoughts, saps our energy, and diverts our focus. Little by little, it's stealing our lives,' write Cross and Dillon in this highly relatable analysis of the problem — and guide to how to rise above it."
Andrew Hill, The Financial Times
How Will You Measure Your Life?
"One of the more surprisingly powerful books of personal philosophy of the 21st century."
New York Times best-seller, now translated into 30 languages around the world. From the world’s leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen and former HBR editor Karen Dillon comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom for achieving a fulfilling life. Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma, notably the only business book that Apple’s Steve Jobs said “deeply influenced” him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published.
Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen’s A Short Guide to a Happy Life, How Will You Measure Your Life is with a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights designed to help any reader—student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child—forge their own paths to fulfillment.
The Prosperity Paradox
Global poverty is one of the world’s most vexing problems, but there is a paradox at the heart of our approach to solving poverty. While noble, our current solutions are not producing consistent results, and in some cases, have exacerbated the problem. Applying the rigorous and theory-driven analysis, the Prosperity Paradox suggests a better way. We assert that the right kind of innovation can not only build companies--but build countries.
In The Prosperity Paradox, we identify the limits of common economic development models, which tend to be top-down efforts, and offer a new framework for economic growth based on entrepreneurship and market-creating innovation.
The ideas in this book will help companies desperate for real, long-term growth see actual, sustainable progress where they’ve failed before. But The Prosperity Paradox is more than a business book; it is a call to action for anyone who wants a fresh take for making the world a better and more prosperous place.
Competing Against Luck
Wall Street Journal best-seller
How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can innovation be more than a game of hit and miss?
After years of research, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen and his co-authors have come to one critical conclusion: our long held maxim—that understanding the customer is the crux of innovation—is wrong. Customers don’t buy products or services; they “hire” them to do a job.
HBR Guide to Office Politics
The HBR Guide to Office Politics will help you succeed at work without being a power grabber or a corporate climber. Instead you’ll cultivate a political strategy that’s authentic to you.
You’ll learn how to:
- Gain influence without losing your integrity
- Contend with backstabbers and bullies
- Work through tough conversations
- Manage tensions when resources are scarce
- Get your share of choice assignments
- Accept that not all conflict is bad
Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, from a source you trust. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.