The Horizon Problem by Michael Kaufmann is a business novel in the tradition of The Phoenix Project, set in a fictional bank called Beyond Horizon. Consultant Alex Meyer arrives to find a company that has adopted agile theater and DevOps in name only. Its quarterly...

Margaret Graziano’s Align Culture shines a light on the hidden problems that cause people to leave their jobs and check out mentally at work. The book examines real workplace settings where an astonishing 83 percent of employees feel disconnected, costing companies billions of dollars each...

As the world has become more connected, local optimization no longer guarantees success for business institutions. Being perfect at the micro level doesn't necessarily mean it will also work out well at the macro level. To solve this mismatch, Joel Vieira dos Reis introduces a...

AML/KYC compliance measures are essential in all financial institutions, be it banks, fintech, or investment firms. With her work experience in the field of financial crime, Lynette Leslie brings readers AML/KYC Made Easy. This book delves into the fundamentals of AML and KYC, everything someone...

Sanctions: Understanding U.S. OFAC Rules, Screening and Compliance is a professional guide by Lynette Leslie, a certified and experienced compliance expert. The book offers a wealth of information on U.S. sanctions and explains how to navigate the complexities of the U.S. sanctions regime by following...

If your workweek feels like a blur of red notification badges, back-to-back calendar invites, and that distinct Friday evening exhaustion where you realize you didn’t actually achieve anything lasting, Sujeet Kumar’s Momentum That Matters hits like a splash of cold water. His book addresses an...

As a renowned behavioral strategist and marketing expert, Roger Hurni writes in his book Outthink. Outperform. that information alone cannot change behavior. Instead, customer behavior must be carefully designed and guided. The book’s framework is based on the three elements of Dr. Fogg’s behavior model—Motivation,...

Joseph Mayeaux lays out a specific blueprint for workplace influence in Nobody Assigned You This. The guide builds its ideas directly from real-world organizational operations. It addresses the exact moment colleagues start bypassing the official supervisor to ask a peer for guidance. The primary challenge...

The University of the Arts (UArts) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, closed its doors for good in June 2024. This should be surprising enough, given the institution’s 150-year history, but the sudden closure announcement just a few months earlier made things even more shocking. The administrators alluded...

Jeff Binkley’s Dead Cat Bounce combines investment advice with the story of a thirty-year career spent working inside financial markets. The author begins with the decision to become a stockbroker after seeing Wall Street in 1987, then follows the path that eventually takes him to...