Catalyst for Understanding

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Exploring fixed and changing mindsets, why people think in certain ways, understanding others and the world around us.

Dianne Jacobs | The Talent Advisors | Reading Circle | Series 5 | Exploring fixed and changing mindsets, why people think in certain ways, understanding others and the world around us.

Here is more information about the Series 5 selection of books and discussions.

The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind (Simon & Schuster, March 2020) by Jonah Berger

The Pattern Seekers: A New Theory of Human Invention (Penguin Press, July 2022) by Simon Ben-Cohen

Poles Apart: Why People Turn Against Each Other, and How to Bring Them Together (Century, October 2021) by Alison Goldsworthy, Laura Osborne and Alexandra Chesterfield

A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence (Basic Books, March 2021) by Jeff Dawkins

Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do About It (Oxford University Press, June 2021) by Gale Sinatra and Barbara Hofer

How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present, and Future (Viking, February 2022 ) by Vaclav Smil

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