Diego Olcese, CEO and co-founder of Crehana
The Hard Things About Hard Things, by Ben Horowitz.
“This is the third time I am reading this book. Every time I do it, I’m in different stages and I use different things from it. And look, third time I read it and each time I say: ‘Wow… you always find the value.’”
Daniel Alberto Rodríguez Cofré, CEO of FEMSA
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy, by Henry Kissinger.
“I liked the way it highlights the different styles of leadership, the execution of strategies in two axes: connecting the past with the future and linking the values of the institutions with the aspirations of our teams. On the other hand, it stresses that the decisions of leaders are based on intuitions and hypotheses that cannot be proven, so risk management and analytical skills are key. He mentions Churchill and one of his quotes notes that ‘statesmen are not called only to settle easy questions. It is where the balance shakes and the proportions are hidden in the fog that the opportunity to make decisions that save the world presents itself.
Silvia Dávila, president of Latin America and general director of Mexico of Danone
It’s Not Always Right to Be Right: And Other Hard-Won Leadership Lessons, by Hamish Thomson.
“It is a book that I love because it gives you practical advice to think differently and act for recent graduates and senior managers of any organization.”
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, co-founder and managing partner of Ignia
Deep Purpose, The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companiesby Ranjay Gulati.
“The fact that companies have a purpose has become a cliché. To show that they have purpose, many companies hire excellent marketing firms to develop an inspiring statement of purpose. Ranjay shows why it’s in your best interest to be a company with a true purpose: Inspired employees are, among other things, more productive and in better health.”
Sergio Leal, president and co-founder of Vinte
Moonshot Thinking: Turn disruptive innovation into opportunityby Ivan Bofarull
“It gives the context of what is happening in the start ups, why you should turn to see it and how digitization will influence your company. The transformation usually seems very far away and it is thought that it is for other people, but it is growing in such a way that, if we do not start now, tomorrow we will regret it. Everyone says that data is what it is today, but the truth is that it is not, what it is today is understanding your business model and being able to see how this force (digitization) is growing and how it can be an engine for make you massive The book explains, step by step, what the disruptive transformation should be.”