Who is in the News: McKinsey includes Jon Alexander's book Citizens in their MUST-READ for the Summer

The year 2022 is shaping up to be yet another of extraordinary change and uncertainty, but also one of resilience. Despite the ongoing effects of war and inflation, we’re seeing a renewed drive toward sustainable and inclusive growth around the world. So, when it came time for our annual summer reading guide, it didn’t surprise us that CEOs and other leaders seemed to be gravitating toward genres that offered not just possible answers, but also historical context and lessons.

McKinsey’s Raju Narisetti asked a range of leaders around the world —CEOs, founders, Nobel Prize winners, editors-in-chief, economists, and government leaders to share what they are reading—and hope to read—in what is a traditional rite of passage, at least in large parts of the world: the annual summer reading guide.

Jon Alexander’s new book Citizens is recommended by Lisa Witters, CEO of Apolitical Foundation and Katherine Garrett-Cox, CEO of Gulf International Bank.

Lisa Witters, CEO of Apolitical Foundation
“Need hope? We’re it. The headlines of our time are enough to make anyone feel helpless. But when we start to think and act like ‘citizens’, not ‘consumers,’ everything changes. I don’t know about you, but I need some new stories to tell and a shot of practical inspiration”

Katherine Garrett-Cox, CEO of Gulf International Bank
”Alexander plots the much-needed shift from ‘consumer’ to ‘citizen,’ the need to be more human, as the answer to many of the global challenges we face today.”