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Sunday Book Review

Sunday Book Review: December 10, 2023 The Top History Books Edition

In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. Over the month of December, we will review some of the best books reported by the Financial Times, in various categories. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top business books from 2023 as listed in the Financial Times.

  • The Case for Good Jobs by Zeynep Ton
  • How Big Things Get Done by Ben Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
  • Right Kind of Wrong by Amy Edmondson
  • Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant

Resource

FT’s Best Books of 2023-Business

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Daily Compliance News

February 15, 2023 – The Ghost of Hoffa Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Stories we are following in today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Speak up within teams. (FT)
  • Does visiting a museum = an ethical issue? (NYT)
  • Hoffa corruption still haunts organized labor. (The Globe and Mail)
  • Qatar Emir to make a case to Marcon. (Politico)
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FCPA Compliance Report

IMPACT2019, Amy Edmondson on Creating a Safe Workspace

In this episode I visit with Amy Edmondson about her upcoming keynote speech at IMPACT2019, entitled “The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety for Learning, Innovation, and Growth”. Some of the highlights from the podcast include:

  1. Beginning in the 1990s Edmondson began research how organizations are made better by creating safe spaces for employees to speak up.
  2. Why listening is the key trait for every leader.
  3. Your organization can have stretch goals but you must have open ears.
  4. How failure to listen to employees who speak up can cause business losses.
  5. Information on why you should attend ECI’s IMPACT2019.

Resources:
Amy Edmondson LinkedIn profile
Registration and Information on IMPACT2019 here.