From gunpowder to generative AI, the forces of disruption are repeatedly rewriting the rules of business, society, and human possibility. But what drives these revolutionary changes?

In Epic Disruptions, innovation expert Scott Anthony masterfully weaves together the fascinating stories behind history’s most transformative disruptions—from ninth-century China to 21st-century Silicon Valley. Through 11 pivotal innovations, including the printing press, mass-produced automobiles, McDonald’s revolutionary food system, and the iPhone, Anthony reveals the hidden patterns behind world-changing breakthroughs.

But Epic Disruptions goes beyond just celebrating invention. Through vivid storytelling and sharp analysis, Anthony introduces the iconoclasts who dared to think differently—the Renaissance-era scientists, French cooking enthusiasts, and corporate visionaries who saw opportunities others missed. He reveals how disruption actually happens.

As artificial intelligence and other technologies promise to unleash another wave of transformation, Epic Disruptions arrives at the perfect moment, offering innovators and curious readers a page-turning exploration of how radical change reshapes industries, launches new powers, and, yes, occasionally changes everything.

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The answer is yes. This playbook, developed by Eric Becker, will show you how it’s done.

As an investor, board member, CEO and founder, Becker has become a global leader in private equity and wealth management and successfully played key roles in over 100 companies in his career. He has also guided some of the world’s most powerful entrepreneurs and ultra-high-net-worth families. By leveraging his own success and lessons he’s learned in boardrooms of billion-dollar startups and iconic legacy brands, Becker has developed the key plays that he believes can fortify a business to thrive.

The Long Game highlights a curated collection of companies that have defied the odds and thrived for over a century. Through meticulous research and in-depth interviews with CEOs, historians, and key decision-makers, this book delves into the pivotal strategies and decisions that enabled them to adapt and remain competitive on a global stage.

Becker’s playbook passes forward the legacy of those who have figured it out, helping founders shape the future.

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In 1929, the world watched in shock as the unstoppable Wall Street bull market went into a devastating freefall, wiping out fortunes overnight and igniting a crisis that would reshape a generation. But behind the flashing ticker tapes and panicked traders, another drama unfolded—one of visionaries and fraudsters, titans and dreamers, euphoria and ruin.

With unparalleled access to historical records and newly uncovered documents, New York Times bestselling author Andrew Ross Sorkin takes readers inside the chaos of the crash, following the larger-than-life characters whose ambition and blind faith in an endless boom led to devastation. The dizzying highs and brutal lows of this era eerily mirror today’s world—where markets soar, political tensions mount, and the battle over financial influence plays out once again.

This is not just a story about money. 1929 is a tale of power, human psychology, and the seductive illusion that “this time is different.” It’s about ignored warning signs, financiers who fell from grace, and skeptics who saw the crash coming—only to be dismissed until it was too late.

Hailed as a landmark book, Too Big to Fail reimagined how financial crises are told. Now, with 1929, Sorkin delivers an immersive, electrifying account of the most pivotal market collapse of all time—one whose lessons remain as urgent as ever. More than just a history, 1929 is a crucial blueprint for understanding the cycles of speculation, the forces that drive financial upheaval, and the warning signs we ignore at our peril.

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Ever wonder why some of our most effective leaders aren’t known for the skills we’ve been told are essential for great leadership? Would you describe Elon Musk or Steve Jobs as having empathy or humility? Of course not, and yet they’ve led teams that achieved extraordinary results. So, what leadership attributes, habits, and skills do cause teams to become more than the sum of their parts? Why does a team made of up superstars often underperform? What causes teams to work together effectively and produce high team intelligence?

For the past 15 years, behavioral scientist and New York Times bestselling author Jon Levy has gathered thousands of the most respected leaders from across industry—Nobel Laureates, Olympic team captains, astronauts who commanded the ISS, military leaders, and corporate CEOs—to find answers to these questions. In Team Intelligence, he unpacks the myths that hold leaders and their teams back and points out the paradox of success: focusing on creating teams that operate well is what makes an effective leader, but focusing purely on the leader does almost nothing for the team.

In Team Intelligence, discover cutting-edge research, surprising stories, and the essential habits that unlock collective genius.

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From entrepreneurs Henrik Werdelin and Nicholas Thorne—founding partners of Prehype, the global venture development firm behind some of today’s most innovative startups—comes Me, My Customer, and AI, the must-read guide for building successful businesses in the age of AI. With artificial intelligence reshaping every business and industry today, who better to reimagine the rules of entrepreneurship than the very team who creates groundbreaking companies, teaches applied entrepreneurship at top universities and empower sfounders with their Entrepreneur Residency program and Audos, the revolutionary AI co-founder for future entrepreneurs?

Me, My Customer, and AI is both a road map and a rallying cry for the 60% of people in the U.S. who have an idea for a new business. Its message? There has never been a better or more critical time to start a business.

AI removes barriers. It automates market research, accelerates prototyping and streamlines customer engagement—freeing you to focus on what truly matters: solving real problems and creating lasting value.

Drawing from their extensive experience launching and scaling companies like Bark, Ro and AndCo, the authors bring wit, wisdom and practicality to every page. And with innovative actionable exercises, they won’t just inspire, but they will equip and embolden you to:

• Identify your unique advantages and find your entrepreneurial focus
• Find problems worth solving for people worth serving
• Build meaningful, scalable customer relationships
• Turn customer insights into sustainable competitive advantages

Me, My Customer, and AI is an indispensable and inspiring guide for anyone seeking to create lasting value in a world where technology is quickly commoditizing everything else. The future belongs to entrepreneurs who can co-found companies with AI while remaining radically human. Come along and join them.

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John Malone remains a stranger to most people, though millions of us have been touched by the technologies and content he made possible.

In Born to Be Wired, this “Cable Cowboy” shares stories of the people behind the most transformative business deals in media, entertainment and technology. He recounts the remarkable tale of how America was wired and how a strand of copper evolved from a rural TV-antenna service into a broadband backbone for phone, internet and streaming services, paving the way for tech giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google.

He gives an insider account of launching cable’s first TV networks, including Discovery, QVC, TBS and BET, and reveals his strategic thinking behind the largest media mergers of our time, such as Warner Bros. Discovery and the global concert firm Live Nation Entertainment (Ticketmaster).

On Wall Street, returns of Malone’s Liberty Media, which owns Formula One, are watched closely, and rival those of Warren Buffett, a friend and investor. Now he celebrates the titans he’s encountered along the way, including Rupert Murdoch of News Corp, Ted Turner of CNN, Barry Diller of IAC, Reed Hastings of Netflix and Mark Zuckerberg of Meta. After a lifetime of media deals, he reveals the relationships that shaped him, the strategies that sustained him and the challenges that will define the future of the industry.

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Mistakes That Made Me a Millionaire is your permission slip to fail forward, dream bigger, and discover that behind every mistake is a million-dollar lesson. Through powerful stories, proven strategies, and real-world advice, self-made millionaire Kim Perell reveals the untold truth: Success is built in the messy middle, between your worst moments and your best decisions.

Ten chapters. Ten mistakes. Ten secrets no millionaire talks about—until now.

In these pages, you will learn:

• How to stop playing small, overcome impostor syndrome, and own your success
• The mindset shift that turns mistakes into million-dollar lessons
• The ultimate tool kit for handling mistakes and setbacks
• How to remove barriers to take your professional career to the next level
• The secret to unlocking the power of relationships to multiply your success

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, aspiring leader, high-achieving professional, executive climbing the corporate ladder, or starting your next big chapter—these lessons will meet you where you are and take you where you want to go.

Perell’s tenacious and triumphant story serves as an essential guide to elevate your leadership, empower your teams, and embrace life’s toughest challenges. Mistakes That Made Me a Millionaire is a must-read masterclass from a world-class entrepreneur.

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“The central argument of Our Dollar, Your Problem—that the greenback’s pre-eminence was never guaranteed and might plausibly be overturned—could hardly be more timely.” —The Economist

Our Dollar, Your Problem argues that America’s currency might not have reached today’s lofty pinnacle without a certain amount of good luck. Drawing in part on his own experiences, including with policymakers and world leaders, Kenneth Rogoff animates the remarkable postwar run of the dollar—how it beat out the Japanese yen, the Soviet ruble, and the euro—and the challenges it faces today from crypto and the Chinese yuan, the end of reliably low inflation and interest rates, political instability, and the fracturing of the dollar bloc.

Americans cannot take for granted that the Pax Dollar era will last indefinitely, not only because many countries are deeply frustrated with the system, but also because overconfidence and arrogance can lead to unforced errors. Rogoff shows how America’s outsized power and exorbitant privilege can spur financial instability—not just abroad but also at home.

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For decades, politicians, policymakers, and investors have debated these questions, but the answers have eluded them. In this groundbreaking book, Ray Dalio, one of the greatest investors of our time who anticipated the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2010-12 European debt crisis, shares for the first time his detailed explanation of what he calls the “Big Debt Cycle.”

Understanding this cycle is critical for helping policymakers, investors, and the general public grasp where we are and where we are headed with the debt issue. Dalio’s model points toward surprisingly straightforward solutions for dealing with the debt problems that the U.S., Europe, Japan, and China face today.

How Countries Go Broke also shows how these debt problems are related to the other forces—political within countries, geopolitical between countries, natural (droughts, floods, and pandemics), and technological (most importantly, AI)—that together are causing what Dalio calls the “Overall Big Cycle” changes in the world order.

By reading this book, you will improve your understanding of what’s happening now and what to do about it.

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If you read nothing else on managing yourself, read these 10 articles.

We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles to select the most important ones to help you maximize yourself. HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Managing Yourself will inspire you to:

• Stay engaged throughout your 50+-year work life
• Tap into your deepest values
• Solicit candid feedback
• Replenish physical and mental energy
• Balance work, home, community, and self
• Spread positive energy throughout your organization
• Rebound from tough times
• Decrease distractibility and frenzy
• Delegate and develop employees’ initiative

This collection of bestselling articles includes:

• Managing Oneself
• Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?
• How Resilience Works
• Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
• Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform
• Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life
• Reclaim Your Job
• Moments of Greatness: Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership
• What to Ask the Person in the Mirror
• Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance
• And bonus article, How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen

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