Axiom 2023 Medalists
1. Business Theory
GOLD
Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source
by Kathryn Judge
(Harper Business)
SILVER (tie)
Interconnected Worlds: Global Electronics and Production Networks in East Asia
by Henry Wai-Chung Yeung
(Stanford University Press)
Escape from Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It
by Erica Thompson
(Basic Books)
BRONZE
For Profit: A History of Corporations
by William Magnuson
(Basic Books)
2. Business Commentary
GOLD
Cloudmoney
by Brett Scott
(Harper Business)
SILVER
The Capitalist and the Activist
by Tom C.W. Lin
(Berrett-Koehler Publications, Inc.)
BRONZE (tie)
The Actor’s Mindset
by Craig Archibald
(Applause Theatre & Cinema Books)
Fine Dining: The Secrets Behind the Restaurant Industry
by Jack Rasmussen
(New Degree Press)
3. Economics
GOLD
Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success
by Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan
(Public Affairs/Hachette Book Group)
SILVER
Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy
by Christopher Leonard
(Simon and Schuster)
BRONZE (tie)
Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Long Twentieth Century
by J. Bradford DeLong
(Basic Books)
Understandable Economics: Because Understanding Our Economy Is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know
by Howard Yaruss
(Prometheus Books)
4. Career (job search, career advancement)
GOLD
Principles
by Ray Dalio
(Avid Reader Press)
SILVER (tie)
I Wish I’d Known This: 6 Career-Accelerating Secrets for Women Leaders
by Brenda Wensil and Kathryn Heath
(Berrett Koehler)
Unmuted - How to Show Up, Speak Up and Inspire Action
by Heather Hansen
(Bloomsbury)
BRONZE
The College Devaluation Crisis
by Jason Wingard
(Stanford Business Books)
5. Sales (sales skills, negotiating, closing)
GOLD
Split the Pie: A Radical New Way to Negotiate
by Barry Nalebuff
(HarperBusiness)
SILVER
The Transparent Sales Leader
by Todd Caponi
(Ideapress Publishing)
BRONZE
The Invisible Game
by Kai-Markus Mueller and Gabriele Rehbock
(Wiley)
6a. Leadership
GOLD
The Waymakers: Clearing the Path to Workplace Equity with Competence and Confidence
by Tara Jaye Frank
(Amplify Publishing Group)
SILVER
Leading Inclusion: Drive Change Your Employees Can See and Feel
by Gena Cox, Ph.D.
(Page Two)
BRONZE (tie)
Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done
by Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton & Anthony Gostick
(Harper Business)
The Emotionally Strong Leader: An Inside-Out Journey to Transformational Leadership
by Carolyn Stern
(Figure.1)
6b. Leadership - Experiential (Biographical/Autobiographical)
GOLD
Hot Seat
by Jeff Immelt
(Avid Reader Press)
SILVER
Real Wins
by Michelle Moore
(Hachette Book Group)
BRONZE
Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made
by David Gergen
(Simon & Schuster)
7. Networking (social media, communication skills, etc.)
GOLD
The Non-Obvious Guide to Better Presentations
by Jacqueline Farrington
(Ideapress Publishing)
SILVER
Have I Got Dirt for You
by Dominique J. Darmon
(Amsterdam University Press)
BRONZE
Good Listen: Creating Memorable Conversations In Business And Life
by Joe Pardavila
(Advantage)
8. Business Ethics
GOLD
Ethically Challenged
by Laura Katz Olson
(Johns Hopkins University Press)
SILVER
The Hard Sell
by Evan Hughes
(Doubleday)
BRONZE
Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies
by Ranjay Gulati
(Harper Business)
9. Business Intelligence / Innovation
GOLD
The Innovation Mindset
by Lorraine Marchand with John Hanc
(Columbia Business School Publishing)
SILVER
Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life
by Gillian Tett
(Avid Reader Press)
BRONZE (tie)
Moonshot: Inside Pfizer’s Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible
by Dr. Albert Bourla
(Harper Business)
The Smart Mission: NASA's Lessons for Managing Knowledge, People, and Projects
by Edward J. Hoffman, Matthew Kohut and Laurence Prusak
(The MIT Press)
10. Business Disruption / Reinvention
GOLD
Hangry
by Mike Evans
(Legacy Lit)
SILVER
The Future of Executive Development
by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Das Narayandas
(Stanford Business Books)
BRONZE
Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organization & Make Hybrid Work for Everyone
by Lynda Gratton
(The MIT Press)