This is the final installment in a year-long series where I have shared my top risk management reading recommendations. These are the books I review regularly regarding the discipline of risk management and related issues. Each of these gives you hints on how to recognize, prioritize and mobilize solutions for the risks you face in your organization.
I previously shared some tips for making notes and summarizing key points from the books I read, as well as some recommendations for other publications that will help you keep up with trends.
To wrap up this series, here’s a list of all the books I have discussed to date compiled for easy review when looking for the next candidate for your leadership book club or adding to your Amazon wish list!
ADAPT: WHY SUCCESS ALWAYS STARTS WITH FAILURE
By Tim Harford
AGAINST THE TIDE: RICKOVER’S LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES AND THE RISE OF THE NUCLEAR NAVY
By Rear Admiral Dave Oliver (Ret.)
AN ECONOMIST WALKS INTO A BROTHEL: AND OTHER UNEXPECTED PLACES TO UNDERSTAND RISK
By Alison Schrager
BLUE ON BLUE: AN INSIDER’S STORY OF GOOD COPS CATCHING BAD COPS
By Charles Campisi
BLUE THREAT: TO ERR IS INHUMAN
By Tony Kern
BOWLING ALONE: THE COLLAPSE AND REVIVAL OF AMERICAN COMMUNITY
By Robert Putnam
CAREFUL: A USER’S GUIDE TO OUR INJURY-PRONE MINDS
By Steve Casner
DEAD WAKE: THE LAST CROSSING OF THE LUSITANIA
By Erik Larson
DEEP SURVIVAL: WHO LIVES, WHO DIES AND WHY
By Laurence Gonzales
DISASTROUS DECISIONS
By Andrew Hopkins
FIELD COMMAND
By Charles “Sid” Heal
FLIRTING WITH DISASTER: WHY ACCIDENTS ARE RARELY ACCIDENTAL
By Marc Gerstein
HOW WE DECIDE
By Jonah Lehrer
INVITING DISASTER: LESSONS FROM THE EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY
By James Chiles
JUST CULTURE: RESTORING TRUST AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
By Sidney Dekker
LOONSHOTS: HOW TO NURTURE THE CRAZY IDEAS THAT WIN WARS, CURE DISEASES, AND TRANSFORM INDUSTRIES
By Safi Bahcall
MANAGING THE UNEXPECTED: RESILIENT PERFORMANCE IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY
By Karl E. Weick and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
MELTDOWN: WHY OUR SYSTEMS FAIL AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT
By Chris Clearfield and Andras Tilcsik
SAFETY IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
By O.P. Kharbanda and E.A. Stallworthy
SIX FRIGATES: THE EPIC HISTORY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE U.S. NAVY
By Ian W. Toll
THE BLACK SWAN: THE IMPACT OF THE HIGHLY IMPROBABLE
By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO: HOW TO GET THINGS RIGHT
By Atul Gawande
THE GRAY RHINO: HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND ACT ON THE OBVIOUS DANGERS WE IGNORE
By Michele Wucker
THE IMPULSE FACTOR: WHY SOME OF US PLAY IT SAFE AND OTHERS RISK IT ALL
By Nick Tasler
THE M FACTOR: HOW THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION IS ROCKING THE WORKPLACE
By Lynne Lancaster and David Stillman
THE NEXT 100 YEARS: A FORECAST FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
By George Friedman
THE POWER OF HABIT: WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO IN LIFE AND BUSINESS
By Charles Duhigg
THE UNTHINKABLE: WHO SURVIVES WHEN DISASTER STRIKES – AND WHY
By Amanda Ripley
THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
By Thomas Friedman
THINK LIKE A FREAK
By Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
THINKING, FAST AND SLOW
By Daniel Kahneman
UNACCOUNTABLE: WHAT HOSPITALS WON’T TELL YOU AND HOW TRANSPARENCY CAN REVOLUTIONIZE HEALTHCARE
By Dr. Marty Markary
UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND REDEMPTION
By Laura Hillenbrand
UPSTREAM: THE QUEST TO SOLVE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN
By Dan Heath
WAIT: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DELAY
By Frank Partnoy
WARNINGS UNHEEDED: TWIN TRAGEDIES AT FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE
By Andy Brown
WHY THINGS BREAK: UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD BY THE WAY IT COMES APART
By Mark Eberhart
WILLFUL BLINDNESS: WHY WE IGNORE THE OBVIOUS AT OUR PERIL
By Margaret Heffernan
That’s it for this series. Let me know what you think of these books and share your leadership and risk management reading recommendations. Email editor@police1.com.
