New York Times Bestselling Author Paul Tough Explores the Glaring Injustices...
How did American colleges and universities go from being a powerful engine for social mobility, to a mighty force against it? In his explosive book The Inequality Machine, Paul Tough combines deep,...
View ArticleHow to Change by Katy Milkman Is Set to Be One of the Most Revolutionary...
The Lavin Agency is giving you the opportunity to incite actionable change with behavioral scientist and Wharton professor Katy Milkman. You’ll receive FREE copies of her eagerly anticipated book How...
View ArticleRetail Futurist Doug Stephens Weighs In on the Crash of an Industry — and...
In Resurrecting Retail (OUT TODAY!), internationally renowned futurist and bestselling author Doug Stephens not only explores the massive upheaval happening in retail today; he also outlines an...
View ArticleFounder & CEO Ellen Bennett Explains Why You Don’t Need All The Answers To...
In her new book Dream First, Details Later (out April 27th), Ellen Bennett—the founder and CEO of multi-million-dollar kitchen wear brand Hedley & Bennett—shows you why you don’t need the perfect...
View ArticleRemote Work & The Hybrid Office: Mastering the Post-Pandemic Workplace with...
After a year in which many of us plunged into remote work overnight, we finally have a chance to make thoughtful choices about how to combine remote and office work. In her new book Remote Inc.,...
View ArticleHistorian Annette Gordon-Reed Explores the Long Road to Juneteenth in Her New...
On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger announced the end of legalized slavery in Galveston, Texas—the state where award-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed was born and raised. In her new book On...
View ArticleData Artist Jer Thorp Examines the Invisible Systems that Shape Our Lives
To live in data is to be incessantly extracted from; to be classified and categorized, statisti-fied, sold and surveilled. Our data is mined and processed for profit, power and political gain. Our...
View ArticleMathematician Jordan Ellenberg: Geometry is Your Missing X-Ray Vision
We lost an essential toolkit for solving today’s challenges when most of us left geometry behind in the back of a high school classroom. In his new book, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information,...
View ArticleInsights for Building a Positive Workplace Culture in 2021: Download Lavin’s...
In 2020, our world changed overnight—and so did our workplaces. The Lavin Agency’s 2021 WORKPLACE CULTURE REPORT explores the lessons we’ve learned since the pandemic began, and how to apply them to...
View ArticleLuke Burgis’ Wanting Reveals the Power of Mimetic Desire
The billion-dollar question of business, politics, even the foundation of society itself—why do we want the things that we want? It is both shocking and revealing that everything we desire, do, or...
View ArticleThe Power of Creative Leadership: The Lavin Agency Welcomes Former Nike CMO...
There is perhaps no one more qualified to advise you on the ins-and-outs of creative leadership than new Lavin speaker Greg Hoffman. Throughout his 20+ years at Nike, Hoffman helped lead the sporting...
View ArticleGeorge Packer Examines Modern America in Last Best Hope: America in Crisis...
2020 was a year of confusion for America, but ultimately clarity—further exposing the nation’s blatant inequalities and deepening societal rifts. The year left Americans across the country in despair...
View ArticleA Force for Social Change: The Lavin Agency Welcomes New York Times...
To build an anti-racist society, we must first recognize our shared humanity, says #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone. In her vivid and timely novels, Stone lays bare the systemic racism in...
View ArticleAcclaimed Author James Ellroy Returns With Tiltiltating Tabloid Thriller
James Ellroy is the author behind L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia, and some of the most epic crime novels of our time. In Widespread Panic, his latest novel, he weaves a dark story of 1950’s...
View ArticleAn Ode to Black Joy: Angie Thomas and Nic Stone Collaborate on Blackout
The pandemic brought its share of hardships, but also enabled the most beloved writers in young adult literature to collaborate on a new novel. Blackout features six award-winning, Black, female...
View ArticleKristin Neff: Fierce Self-Compassion Can Change Your Life, and the World
Long before self-compassion had become common parlance, DR. KRISTIN NEFF was leading pioneering research in the field. Countless studies have been published since her first groundbreaking book...
View ArticleEmbracing Change to Kickstart Innovation: The Lavin Agency Welcomes Jason Feifer
This past year has taught us that sudden, unexpected change may always be just around the corner. And although this might sound scary, success is waiting for those who can let go of protecting...
View ArticleChoose Possibility: Former StubHub President Sukhinger Singh Cassidy Joins...
One of Silicon Valley’s most successful and well-respected leaders, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is no stranger to risk. In her upcoming book Choose Possibility, Lavin’s newest speaker reveals how the many...
View ArticleThe New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb Contextualizes a Historic Study on American Racism
A new look at a shocking 1960s government report on systemic racism, edited by Lavin Speaker Jelani Cobb, reveals how we’re tragically repeating history. In The Essential Kerner Commission Report,...
View ArticleEyal Press Explores Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America
Before the COVID-19 pandemic drew attention to essential workers and our utter dependence on them, there were countless ethically troubling jobs being performed out of sight. Imprisoning criminals....
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