Recommended Reading
List of Helmwise curated books recommended for business Captains and their crews to grow personally and professionally.
Thought Leadership
Curated Articles
The State of Operations 2023
Insights from the COO Forum into the current trends affecting operations executives based on their 2023 survey.
Content Sources
The State of Organizations 2023
McKinsey’s 2023 report of the ten shifts that are transforming organizations.
Curated Articles
Self-deception
McKinsey/NPR interview (May 2021) with Skankar Vedantam, author of Useful Delusions, that examines the power and paradox of the self-deceiving
Curated Articles
Institutional Super Powers
McKinsey article on how companies can build institutional capability (Mar 2023)
Curated Articles
CEO Excellence
McKinsey CEO Excellence Assessment Tool – Where CEOs are confident and vulnerable (Feb 2024).
Curated Articles
Continuous Employee Listening
McKinsey article (May 2023) on how leaders can use people analytics to identify critical needs, make decisions, and stengthen employee
References
Pieces of Eight
The eight critical questions used to validate that the Captain, Ship, and Crew are ready to embark towards its next
Content Sources
Evolution and Revolution
1998 HBR article by Larry E. Greiner (first published in 1972) that was the genesis for Helmwise’s “white caps” principle.
Book Summaries
Traction
Chapter-by-chapter takeaways (with page references) of Traction by Gino Wickman. NOT FOR REDISTRIBUTION