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Welcome to the latest section of Alma Matters “Bookshelf” - a platform where people can share their comments, feelings and thoughts about various books they read. From business and economics to SCI-FI, thriller and comedy…please feel free to contribute to this section by writing to us at alumni_relations@isb.edu
Recommended Readings by Harshit Nayyar
Harshit is from the PGP Class of 2015 and loves reading and writing poetry. His other interests include public speaking, reading books and listening to music. He enjoys reading non-fiction books/articles in particular and those which deal with the issues of the day. He likes trying out different things and at ISB was involved in dancing, sports with ISL, emceeing on stage and volunteering for different activities.
“How will you Measure your Life” by, Clayton Christensen
From the author of “The Innovator’s Dilemma”, this book brings to focus the most important aspect for any human being, one’s own life. With real life examples of business situations, the book discusses how those lessons can be implemented in an individual’s life, be it with respect to taking career decisions, the kind of relationships you want to lead or the way you would want to bring up your children. The best part about the book is that the lessons shared can be applied to both professional and personal spheres of life. Written in a simple and non preachy manner, the book provides for an interesting read and a reference for living a balanced life.
“The Winning Way: Learnings from Sport for Managers” by, Harsha Bhogle and Anita Bhogle
As the self explanatory nature of the name suggests, the book shares some critical insights from the field of sports, largely cricket, to demonstrate how these lessons can be implemented in the field of business. Be it how to go about winning a series, not match -by- match but session- by- session, or demonstrating how to deal with success, there are some interesting insights given. The winning triangle (ability, attitude and passion) and the burden of winning and learning while losing are some of the interesting ideas discussed. One of the most important parts of the book is that as a reader you have seen some of the examples of success and failure mentioned in the book in real life and you can absorb the learning better. Indeed worth your time as well as space on your book shelf.