What have ICC Squad Members been reading?
(Term 1 ‘22 Edition)
Written by Hannabeth Marchant
Why do people love reading?
Some say that reading is the way to go as it is cheaper than beer, while others are infatuated with the power it has to educate us to see the world from a new perspective. As UCC sees the best and brightest students participate in their prestigious and rigorous program, maybe analysing their informational diet is something that may benefit us all.
Most consulting companies publish reading lists that are sworn by business leaders that grind out PowerPoints in record time while using only their keyboard to crunch out their finances. But what are the future consultants reading, and what do they recommend others to read?
To investigate the informational diet of UCC, a form was created that would ask members for their recommendations concerning different topics varying from consulting books to books that were helpful in drowning out the sorrows that ultimately come along with university. From this, the data was collated and analysed. Enjoy the recommendations from UCC.
Consulting Book Recommendations
Books that are about problem-solving, analysing problems and communicating:
How to Win Friends and Influence People: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Corporate Confidential by Cynthia Shapiro
The McKinsey Way by Ethan M. Rasiel
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Christopher Voss and Tahl Raz
Consulting Book Recommendations
Finance Book Recommendations
From books that are about personal finance to those that tackle the ins and outs about the debt crisis:
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre
Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street by William Poundstone
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Including a Life-Cycle Guide to Personal Investing by Burton Malkiel
Finance Book Recommendations
Books that aid in drowning out the outside world:
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Death’s End by Liu Cixin
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton
Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John Drury Clark
Know My Name by Chanel miller
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Books that aid in drowning out the outside world
Books that have had a powerful impact on our team
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
The Blood of Others by Simone de Beauvoir
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside by Xiaowei Wang
Books that have had a powerful impact on our team
All the books read reflect the informational diet that the members of UCC digest. We hope that you are captivated, inspired and transported by these recommendations.
