2 Pages with MBS
Discover the best bits of the best books read by people you admire. Michael Bungay Stanier hosts the podcast where brilliant people read the best two pages of a favourite book. Listen as authors, leaders, activists, academics, celebrities, and entrepreneurs dig in with MBS to explore the insights and ideas within. Whether it’s books that inspire leadership, change, self-development and growth, power, strategy, ambition, productivity, or creativity and innovation - this is hand-curated wisdom from people who know. These are the books that change minds, shape lives, and inspire great work and worthy goals.
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16. Goes to 11: A.J. Jacobs x ‘The Bible’
A.J. Jacobs reading from Ecclesiastes and discussing four lessons that can be learned from the passage.
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15. Scaling Learning: Magdy Karam x ‘Dare to Lead’
Reading from Dare to Lead by Brené Brown and discussing his leadership tactics.
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14. Transformed by Failure: Ashley Good x ‘The ...
Reading from ‘The Rise’ by Sarah Lewis and discussing the positive elements of failure.
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13. Freedom in Constraints: David Nour x ‘The L...
Reading from Walter Keichel’s The Lords of Strategy and discussing how relationships facilitate growth in life.
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12. Trust is the Key: Jennifer Paylor x “Leader...
Reading from Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute and discussing the significance of humility in our lives.
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11. Conflict & Curiosity: Ian Leslie x ‘Revolut...
Reading from Revolution in the Head: The Beatles’ Records and the Sixties by Ian MacDonald and discussing the power of conflict in creativity.
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10. Lead Care Win: Dan Pontefract x 21 Letters ...
Reading from Charles Handy’s 21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges and discussing the importance of humanity in organizations.
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9. Brave Choices: Shannon Minifie x “A Supposed...
Reading from David Foster Wallace’s essay “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again” and discussing the challenges surrounding decision making.
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8. Heart of Abundance: Nell Edgington x “Playin...
Reading from Tara Mohr’s Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak up, Create, and Lead and discussing putting an abundance mindset at the heart of social change.
35 min
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7. Hope For Tomorrow: Roman Krznaric x “Basin a...
Reading from John McPhee’s Basin and Range and discussing how we can be ‘good ancestors.’
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6. A Seat at the Table: Minda Harts x “Kindred”
Reading from Octavia Butler’s Kindred and sharing her experiences as a Black woman in the workplace.
28 min
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5. Fragile and Fleeting: Mason Currey x “The Ma...
Reading from Mann’s The Magic Mountain and discussing what allows creativity to happen.
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4. Killing Your Ego: Riaz Meghji x “Everyone Co...
Reading from “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect” and discussing the power of story.
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3. The Double-Edged Sword: Octavia Goredema x “...
Reading from “Year of Yes” and discussing what it means to be the first first.
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2. Unmasking Ourselves: Monika Jiang x “Sensuou...
Reading From “Sensuous Knowledge”, and discussing what makes life livable.
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1. The Dilemmas of a CEO: Dig Howitt x “In Sear...
Reading from “In Search of Excellence”, and discussing failure capacity.
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