I’ve been asked to put together a top 10 list of books I’ve read while in prison. I’m just coming up to my 70th book, so it seems as good a time as any to do a little review.

By “best”, I mean the most impactful and important — not just “a good read”. These are the books that hit me in the gut, opened up new understandings, and helped shape a vision for what the hell we do next.

So here goes...

10. Everything Else Still to Come…

All the elements for a new civilisation are already here. The new is waiting to be born, but it’s weighed down by the dying old. Don’t we all feel it?

Our job is to take these beautiful pieces and turn them into a living whole — a culture, a strategy, a programme that breaks through. The future ahead is terrifying. And yet, in some head-fuck way, that very terror makes the possibility of breakthrough feel electric.

What a time to be alive.

Get me out of prison, please — there’s so much to do.

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