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By Anthony Doerr

Selected by: Francis Ali, Global Finance Director Pulitzer Prize-winning, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal For Fiction, if you don’t usually read novels, this is a great place to make an exception. It follows the story of a blind French girl, and a German boy whose lives become entangled in German-occupied France during World War Two. A story of humanity, differences and what draws us together, it’s emotive, delicate and powerful. You’ll be drawn into the characters’ worlds, and understand more about what makes us human, because of – or in spite of – the decisions we make along the way.

By Daniel Kahneman

Selected by: Dr Sonal Minocha, Chief Partnerships Officer and Professor of Management

We’re all constantly making judgments about the world around us. But why do factors as apparently arbitrary as a font being bold, or a person being particularly good looking, affect our decision-making? The answer is in the way we think, according to Daniel Kahneman, or rather the two precise ways in which we think. Exploring our fast, intuitive thinking alongside our slower, rational thinking, this is a book to help you understand your own prejudices, and thought processes, and make better, more intelligent decisions.

By Carol S. Dweck, PhD

Selected by: Glenn Magid, Director of Learning Success

Think success is all about your own innate ability? Think again. Renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck is here to tell you exactly how much your mindset plays a part. Dweck spent decades researching success–from the sports field to the arts, at school and in business. And she says, quite simply, your mindset, and how you view your own abilities, is the key factor to success in your achievements. If you believe your ability is fixed, you’re less likely to flourish than if you believe that very same ability can be developed.

By Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind

Selected by: Lilibeth Tello, Senior HR Generalist

Whose jobs will exist in the future, and who’s will be replaced by technology? Uncovering the professions set to decline as tech takes over, the authors look too at the systems that will replace them and make their own proposals for a better, and fairer world. We all know about driverless cars and chat bots, but the focus here is on doctors, teachers, accountants, architects, the clergy, consultants and lawyers as examples of professions the authors say are antiquated and opaque and unaffordable. Tearing up the systems that dole out expertise in our societies, the authors explore, warn and make their bold pitch for a new social order.

By Richard P. Feynman

Selected by: Paul Coleman, Chief Technology Officer

Eccentric, outrageous and certainly one of a kind, Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard P. Feynman charts his own adventures. If you think physics is all about the serious stuff, you’re about to have your assumptions blown. From swapping ideas on atomic physics with Albert Einstein to cracking apparently uncrackable safes, this fizzing autobiography charts the endless curiosity, bravado, irrepressible energy and knack for a good story of the famous American theoretical physicist. You definitely don’t need to be scientist to enjoy the tale of a life well lived, and appreciate the power of the individual.