Above: Through the library, the community can participate in sessions this month with the author of popular business books and two other bestselling authors. (images cropped from series and event promos)
This week, the Southborough Library will offer another live session in its virtual series of author talks. The event will focus on “what’s not working in systems and processes, organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives”.
On Wednesday, bestselling business book author Dan Heath will discuss his latest book, Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working:
Changing how we work can feel overwhelming. It can feel like trying to budge an enormous boulder. We’re stifled by the gravity of the way we’ve always done things. We spend so much time fighting fires—and fighting colleagues—that we lack the energy to shift direction but with the right strategy, we can move the boulder.
In Reset, Heath explores a framework for getting unstuck and making the changes that matter. The secret is to find “leverage points”: places where a little bit of effort can yield a disproportionate return. Then, we can thoughtfully rearrange our resources to push on those points. Heath weaves together fascinating examples, ranging from a freakishly effective fast-food drive-thru to a simple trick from couples therapy to an inspirational campaign that saved a million cats.
The live talk will include a Q&A with Heath who has also previously written Switch, Made to Stick, Decisive, The Power of Moments, and Upstream.
The talk is scheduled for March 12th at 2:00 pm. When you register, you can also pre-submit questions for the Q&A. Click here to sign up.
This free series is made possible by a supporting grant from the Southborough Community Fund (a fund of the Community Foundation for MetroWest). If you haven’t already, you can mark your calendar for five more scheduled through April:
- Thursday, March 20th at 2:00 pm – How Women’s Liberation Transformed America: In Conversation with Clara Bingham
- Wednesday, March 26th at 7:00 pm – Dreams We Chase: An Author Talk with Novelist Jennifer Weiner
- Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:00 pm – Wordsmith and Wonder: An Author Talk with Jodi Picoult
- Tuesday, April 8th at 2:00 pm – The Stories, Science, and History of Trees with Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse Horticulturalist Matthew Fleming
- Thursday, April 24th at 7:00 pm – The Thrill of Writing Action, Adventure, and Suspense: A Conversation with Bestselling Author Gregg Hurwitz
Other, previously recorded talks, are also available to stream. (If you miss participating in this one, you will still be able to view that in the future as well.)
For more information or to register for any of the author talks, visit bit.ly/sbliblsc. (You can also read more in my original post on the series here.)
