Chris Shipley wrote a piece in WTN on DEMOLetter's reading list for the summer of 2004. I agree with the list, but also have a list of my own, and am curious what you are all reading. Admittedly, most of my reading focuses around new work initiatives, and since my company is a huge Michael Hammer fan, I'm catching up on all of the reengineering stuff I never read.

"Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution," by Michael Hammer

"The Reengineering Revolution," by Michael Hammer

"The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do to Dominate the Decade," by Michael Hammer

Here's DEMO's list of summer reading material. Now, what are YOU reading?

Recently, I had occasion to ask a number of tech executives what they were reading. I've gathered up their responses - both classic business texts and insightful new offerings - in this DEMOletter Summer Reading List:

"A Short History of Nearly Everything," by Bill Bryson

"Managing," by Harold Geneen

"Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game," by Michael Lewis

"Beyond the Core: Expand Your Market Without Abandoning Your Roots," by Chris Zook

"Getting to Great: Principles of Health Care Organization Governance," by Dennis Pointer and James Orlikoff

"Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done," by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan and Charles Burck

"Built To Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies," by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras

"Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap. . . and Others Don't," by Jim Collins

Here's what I'm reading:
No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs by Naomi Klein-- a book on understanding how branding drives the global market

The Poet by Michael Connelly (a novel...can I include a NOVEL????????--too late-- a murder mystery sprinkled with the ponderings of my fav writer of all time, Edgar Allan Poe)