AI to health: Best business books of 2023

A list of some of the most interesting books about business and productivity in the year gone by

- Shalini Umachandran

Right Kind of Wrong: Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us To Thrive,

by Amy Edmondson

Creating an atmosphere of psychological safety at work may mean pointing out and learning from mistakes takes a backseat. The best person to tell you how to maintain that sense of security at the workplace while communicating failures, errors and feedback, then, is organisational psychologist Amy Edmondson, whose books sets out a framework for failing openly to eliminate bad mistakes while learning from the good ones.

Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India's Economic Future,

by Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba

 

A solidly argued book about the somewhat unique course India will have to pursue for growth, Rajan and Lamba offer detailed recommendations to manage obstacles, focus on services, and reform the economy. Illustrated with case studies and data, the authors make a case for leveraging India’s existing advantages while strengthening democratic institutions for development.

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity,

by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

With all the focus on “health hacking” this year, it’s only right to pick the book that started the craze—Peter Attia’s Outlive. The doctor of medicine, who also holds degrees in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics, believes that rigorous monitoring of sleep, nutrition, exercise and mental health is all (yes, that is a lot!) it takes to age with our health intact. You don’t need to depend on doctors, you can do it yourself—more or less, he says.

The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma,