FT Business Book of the Year shortlist announced
In the UK, the shortlist has been announced for the 2024 Financial Times (FT) Business Book of the Year.
The shortlisted titles are:
- The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (Almost) Everything We Are Told About Business Is Wrong (John Kay, Profile)
- Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together (Michael Morris, Portfolio)
- Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World (Parmy Olson, Macmillan Business)
- The Longevity Imperative: Building a Better Society for Healthier, Longer Lives (Andrew J Scott, Basic Books)
- Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War (Raj M Shah & Christopher Kirchhoff, Scribner)
- Growth: A Reckoning (Daniel Susskind, Allen Lane).
FT editor Roula Khalaf said: ‘Our six finalists, picked from a very strong longlist, focus on some of the most interesting and controversial issues on leaders’ minds, including the quest to achieve better economic growth, the purpose of technology, the evolution of the corporation, and the impact of tribal instincts and improving longevity.’
The winner will be announced on 9 December at an event in London, and will receive a prize of £30,000 (A$57,872), while a prize of £10,000 (A$19,291) will be awarded for each of the remaining shortlisted titles.
Last year’s winner was Right Kind of Wrong: Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive (Amy Edmondson, Cornerstone Press).
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