Best-selling author Dan Pink, a keynote speaker at ASSE’s
Safety 2011, sends out a newsletter on occasion (you can subscribe at http://www.danpink.com). One recent edition
includes a list and short recaps of books he recently read. Given the
popularity of his books, we thought you might enjoy hearing about what Dan’s
been reading:
•Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan (by
Del Quentin Weber). Washington Post reporter Weber takes us through the day in
1981 when John Hinckley shot, and nearly killed, President Reagan. Even though
you know how the story ends, it’s still a page-turner.
•Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes and What Capitalism Can
Learn From the NFL (by Roger Martin). The author challenges the notion that the
central aim of corporations should be to maximize shareholder value.
•Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of
Remembering Everything (by Joshua Foer). Foer is a journalist who became
interested in the world of memory competitions and actually competed in the
U.S. Memory Championship. Through his tale, he lets us into the weird world of
mental athletes and the even stranger realm of memory itself.
•Before I Go to Sleep: A Novel (by S.J. Watson). In this
novel, when Christine wakes up each morning, she has no memory of who she is. A
doctor encourages her to keep a journal so she can remember things from one day
to the next, and the process reveals that her previous life isn’t quite what
she thinks it is. Unlike many thrillers, this book lingered with me and made me
think about how our memories form who we are.
What books would you recommend? Send us an e-mail
and let us know.
