Hey folks!
Feels like it’s been forever since our last email!
I guess that’s what happens when you go from weekly emails to fortnightly (or “bi-weekly” for the confused among you).
As per the changes we shared in our last email, we will not be announcing a new book this month, but instead we will be continuing with our current book The Culture Map from Erin Meyer.
How are you finding it so far?
Personally, I’ve found it to be excellent.
I’ve accessed the scales and graphs used throughout the book and am pulling together a rough reference guide for those moments when I’m working with cultures I’m less familiar with, to help me interact more effectively and interpret key cues. Perhaps I’ll share what I put together with you all once it is ready.
Reminder, we’ll be jumping on our book club call at the end of Feb (details below).
We're really looking forward to chatting with you all about the Culture Map.
Join this months book club call
And as always, don’t forget to join us for our end of month book club call to be held on Thursday, 26th of February at 17:00 GMT (12:00 EST / 09:00 PST)
How have you found the Culture Map so far?
﹅ What else we’re reading in Jan & Feb
Open by Andre Agassi
Tristan is a huge tennis fan so was very happy to receive the paper back version of tennis superstar Andre Agassi’s best selling autobiography, Open. Agassi strips away the mythology of elite sport to show what it feels like to be world class at something you do not always love, and what it takes to keep going anyway.
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
After devouring The Culture Map, Fiona dived into Being Mortal. It’s a book she’s had her eye on since she stumbled across it in a local bookstore. It covers topic of death and ageing, and explores how modern medicine often succeeds at prolonging life while failing to respect what makes life meaningful. It’s a sensitive topic but Atul manages to navigate it with great empathy. Fiona found it a fascinating read and it made her think deeply about what the ageing process might mean for her and the people closest to her.
How Will You Measure Your Life Clayton Christensen
Based on ideas Clayton Christensen developed from his teaching at Harvard Business School, and inspired by a lecture he gave to HBS students, How Will You Measure Your Life applies business thinking to personal decisions about career, relationships, and purpose. Fiona found it to be an interesting take on why so many smart, successful people end up dissatisfied or misaligned with the goals. It’s a fairly short book so you can whiz through it in no time and we recommend you give it a go!
► Join the conversation
What Bad Ass Bookshelf members are saying
We’re building an incredible community over on our Bad Ass Bookshelf Discord channel where over 110 of you have joined in the fun (it’s free BTW).
Here are some of the chats we’ve been having:
Some excellent book recommendations - for both fiction and non-fiction
How we’re getting on with reading this month’s book
Introductions from a diverse set of non-fiction book-fans like ourselves!
This week’s burning question
Which cultural difference in this book has most changed how you interpret other people’s behaviour at work, and what would you do differently next time because of it?
Join us on Discord!
These community comments have come from our Discord channel. If you’re not yet a part of it yet, come on over.
♦︎ Next book club call
We're so excited to host our next Bad Ass Bookshelf bookclub call to discuss The Culture Map at the end of Feb! Call details below:
Date: 26th February
Time: 17:00 GMT (12:00 EST / 09:00 PST)
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