New Year Resolution–Read More about Business and Innovation

December 29, 2011 By Jane Mundy

One of my New Year resolutions is to read more about business.  But countless business books are published each year,  so how do you separate the wheat from the chaff, the good from the bad, without spending hours on end reading book reviews? Or reviewing the reviewer—argh!

An obvious go-to source is a librarian, specifically one with a passion for business. And having some business savvy wouldn’t hurt either. I inadvertently found a weekly column by Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University, Philadelphia while searching for IdeaConnection. I like Bell’s advice: “Even if you have no desire to track the world of business, you’ll still want to explore the latest business trends in innovation and creativity,” he said.

In one of his recent columns Bell suggested a number of business publications worth reading, including IdeaConnection’s e-newsletter.

Although I want to stick to my resolution, the idea of reading—and buying—even more books than I do now is daunting. Bell suggests subscribing to RSS feed of pubs such as The New York Times (and check out “The Corner Office”in the NYT biz section), reviewing BW Insider, BusinessWeek’s weekly email summary, or the Wall Street Journal‘s “This Week’s Most Popular“. Granted there are many great business books on the shelves, (check out Bloomberg Business Week’s reading list), but my plan is to also selectively spend time online learning about the latest business trends and ideas. As for authors, Bell recommends Jim Collins, Seth Godin, Gary Hamel, or Roger Martin, to name a few. Phew! And BTW, Happy New Year.


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