Essential holiday reading suggestions to make even better business decisions in 2019

While the holidays are a great opportunity to switch off and relax, having a little bit of time off gives us the chance to really catch up on some reading and starting thinking about what you will prioritise in the New Year.

Now in its third edition, The Pulse Report, which we published a couple of months ago, provides you with valuable insights on the most important issues facing businesses over the next three years. To produce the report, we interviewed over 1,000 senior business leaders across the globe. The result is a comprehensive understanding of how business are dealing with issues such as cyber security, geopolitics and technology.

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If you’re looking for interesting insights, our Editorial Director Paul Lewis has cherrypicked a shortlist of the best and most insightful articles that we published this year:

• AI monitoring will change the company – employee relationship
  As artificial Intelligence intensifies staff monitoring, Catherine Mazy considers the impact on productivity and privacy
• The real knowledge economy – reading great books
  Stefan Stern offers his views on the business benefits of reading management books and other literature
• Designing A Practical Political Risk Framework
  A risk framework to help companies prioritise risks and determine appropriate action
• Managing real people in virtual teams
  Thanks to technology and globalisation, it is now possible to access the best talent anywhere in the world, but taking advantage of this enormous opportunity requires the specific ability to lead virtual teams, says Balvinder Singh Powar
• A time for everything
  Every workplace has its unofficial daily, weekly and annual rhythms, says David Bolchover. Managers should acknowledge these when pressing the accelerator or applying the brakes
• Grit is good, but not enough to get to the top
  Seven attributes that executives need to reach the corporate summit
• Getting ready for digital disruption
  Marcos Eguillor urges companies to incorporate digital disruption into the company’s long-term strategy, and shows how