Our industry is known for restructuring, mergers, and similar events. This book talks about the impact of such on the people involved and how they are the keys to successful organizational change. Change management is difficult without the appropriate culture and this book focuses on developing and facilitating positive mindsets.

This is likely already on the bookshelves of many in our industry. But if somebody hasn’t read it, it is well worth it. Published in 2020, it is interesting to see how Mr. Yergin continues to weave the importance of energy for the world and the geopolitics that it impacts.

As a Type A personality who likely tends to multitask a little too much, I found this book helpful for some grounding. A friend of mine who works in HR recommended it during some leadership training she was doing. I don’t agree with everything the author says or recommends, but it does remind me to sometimes step back and focus on the important things.

I’ve always found books on leadership interesting and this one I found to be beneficial at any point in one’s career. It’s also helped me coach students, especially impending graduates, on how they may make immediate impacts on their new organizations.

This is an interesting read for educators, but I think it also could be interesting to anybody hiring engineers, parents that have students interested (or not interested) in STEM education, or just generally interested in how higher education is changing, how entrepreneurship in being brought into the classroom, etc.