Sunday Book Review

Sunday Book Review

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Sunday Book Review episodes

  • February 22, 2026, The Top Books on Catastrophic Failure Edition

    In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at 4 top books on catastrophic failures and the lessons they teach.

    1. Catastrophe by Richard Posner
    2. Catastrophic Thinking by Ben Shapiro
    3. The Wisdom of Failure by Laurence G. Weinzimmer and Jim McConoughey
    4. Averting Catastrophe by Cass Sunstein

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      5 min
    5. February 15, 2026, The Top Books on Business Failures Edition

      In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at ⁠4 top books on business failures.

      1. Famous Fables of Economics by Daniel Spulber
      2. A Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald
      3. When Giants Stumble by Robert Sobel
      4. Billion Dollar Lessons by Paul Carroll and Chunka Mui

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        5 min
      5. February 8, 2026, The Books on Creativity Edition

        In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at⁠ the 5 top books on creativity.

        1. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad
        2. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft  by Stephen King
        3. Just Kids by Patti Smith
        4. Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
        5. The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer’s Block, and the Creative Brain by Alice Flaherty

          Resources:

          Five Best: Books on the Creative Spark in the ⁠WSJ

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          5 min
        6. February 1, 2026, The Top Books on Whistleblowers Edition

          In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at 4 top books on whistleblowers and whistleblowing.

          1. Whistleblowing for Change: Exposing Systems of Power and Injustice by Tatiana Bazzichelli
          2. Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower by Cynthia Cooper
          3. Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber by Susan Fowler
          4. Exposure: Inside the Olympus Scandal: How I Went from CEO to Whistleblower by Michael Woodford

            Resources:

            Whistleblower Must-Reads: Eleven Essential Books about Whistleblowers and the Whistleblowing Experience found in the Constantine Cannon blog.

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            5 min
          5. January 25, 2026, The Book on Leadership for ‘26 Edition

            In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at 4 recent books on leadership you should read in 2026.

            1. The AI Centered Enterprise by Ram Bala, Natarajan Balasubramanian, and Amit Joshi
            2. Twin Transformation by Michael Wade and Konstantinos Trantopoulos
            3. Gain by Michael Wade and Amit Joshi
            4. Leading a Sustained Business Transformation by Julia Binder and Knut Haanaes

              Resources:

              12 leadership books you should read in 2026 by the IMD Blog

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              5 min
            5. January 18, 2026, The Top Books on Innovation ’26 Edition

              In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at some of the top books on innovation, both those already published and those scheduled for 2026.

              1. Twin Transformation: A Gripping Tale of How AI and Sustainability Converge, and the Race to Get It Right by Michael Wade & Konstantinos Trantopoulos 
              2. The Innovation Approach: Overcoming the Limitations of Design Thinking and the Lean Startup by David C. Roach
              3. The Shortest History of AI: The Six Essential Ideas That Animate It by Toby Walsh
              4. The Coming Wave: AI, Power, and Our Future by Mustafa Suleyman & Michael Bhaskar

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                5 min
              5. January 11, 2026, The Classic Crime Novel Homage Edition

                In the #SundayBookReview, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom.  In this episode, we look at 4 recent books on the Golden Age of British Crime fiction.

                1. The Murder Game by John Curran
                2. V is for Venom by Kathryn Harkup
                3. Not to be Taken by Anthony Berkeley 
                4. The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

                  Resources:

                  Murder, they wrote by Nicola Upson in the Times Literary Supplement

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                  5 min
                5. January 4, 2026, The Top Books on AI and Tech for ’26 Edition

                  In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at some of the top books on AI and technology that will come out in 2026.

                  1. The AI-Centered Enterprise: Reshaping Organizations with Context-Aware AI by Ram Bala, Natarajan Balasubramanian, Amit Joshi
                  2. Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI by Ryan Roslansky, Aneesh Raman
                  3. The AI-Driven Leader by Geoff Woods 
                  4. GAIN: Demystifying GenAI for Office and Home by Michael Wade and Amit Joshi

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                    5 min
                  5. December 21, 2025, The Best Books on Compliance Edition

                    In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. Today, we continue our review of some years’ top books in various categories. In this episode, we look at a book on compliance as selected by Tom Fox.

                    • Bribery Beyond Borders by Severin Wirz
                    • Risk in Action by Jim Massey
                    • Doing Business under the FCPA, 2nd edition by Don Zarin
                    • Yearbook 2025, Global Governance, Compliance and Integrity by Bartosz Makowicz
                    • The Compliance Handbook, 6th edition by Tom Fox

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                      5 min
                    • December 14, 2025, The Best Books on Business Edition

                      In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. Today, we continue our review of some years’ top books in various categories as curated by the Financial Times. In this episode, we look at a book by Andrew Hill on business.

                      • Make Work Fair by Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi
                      • House of Huawei by Eva Dou
                      • The Thinking Machine by Stephen Witt
                      • The New Geography of Innovation by Mehran Gul
                      • Your Life is Manufactured by Tim Minshall

                        Resources:

                        Best Books of 2025: Business by Andrew Hill

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                        5 min

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