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National Business Book Award Summer Reading List # 3: Industry Titans & Market Disrupters

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The National Business Book Award is highlighting five curated summer reading lists featuring outstanding Canadian business books by Canadian authors. Here is list # 4.


Theme: Industry Titans & Market Disrupters


These books pull back the curtain on legendary Canadian CEOs, high-stakes crises, and the retail strategies that actually work.

Canadian Business Books Reading List from the National Business Book Award


Recommended Reads:


  • Against the Grain: Defiant Giants Who Changed the World – Terry O'Reilly


  • The Fairfax Way: Inside Prem Watsa's Secret to Lasting Success – David Thomas 


  • Gimme a Crisis: In the Room with Global Banker Rick Waugh –Howard Green


  • Catch a Fire: The Blaze and Bust of the Canadian Cannabis Industry – Ben Kaplan 


  • Store Traffic Is a Gift: The Retailer's Guide to Converting Visits into Sales – Mark Ryski 


  • Inside SNC-Lavalin –Larry Stevenson

 


What’s on your business reading list this summer?


Further Reading:


Read all about our award and see past winners here: https://www.nbbaward.com/winners


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