Recommended reading for right now
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting social distancing we have composed a recommended reading list focused around books helpful for this moment.
Infectious Change: Reinventing Chinese Public Health After an Epidemic »
Are you curious about how a crisis like COVID-19 can change healthcare systems? In her award-winning book Infectious Change Katherine A. Mason investigates local Chinese public health institutions in Southeastern China, examining how the outbreak of SARS re-imagined public health as a professionalized, biomedicalized, and technological machine. If this captures your attention then don’t miss Katherine Mason’s blog entry which includes an epilogue addressing the Coronavirus pandemic.
Continuing the theme of learning from the SARS pandemic, SARS in China focuses on specific aspects of the SARS outbreak—epidemiological, political, economic, social, cultural, and moral. They analyze SARS as a form of social suffering and raise questions about the relevance of national sovereignty in the face of such global threats.
Are you working from home and leading a team? Simple Habits for Complex Times by Jennifer Garvey Berger and Keith Johnston provides three integral practices that enable leaders to navigate the unknown.
"This is mandatory reading if you want a shot at navigating complexity with grace. Jennifer and Keith render complexity visible, accessible, and workable. We all know about the pressures of uncertainty and the rapid pace of change, but 'the how' of being a leader has been unfathomable—until now. "
—Gayle Karen K. Young, Chief Talent and Culture Officer, Wikimedia Foundation