To start the new year off strong, we’re digging into three new books coming out in January and February that explore strategies and share practical tools to improve and enhance our performance, our change fluency, and resiliency in the face of uncertainty.
Join us in reading these bestsellers in the making and contact us to book these authors and field experts to speak at your next event.
Intentional by Chris Bailey
Available January 7

From productivity expert Chris Bailey, and bestselling author of How to Calm Your Mind, comes a new approach to finishing what you start.
Setting goals is easy. Finishing them is the challenge. In Intentional, productivity expert Chris reveals the surprising truth: willpower isn’t enough. The secret to accomplishing your goals lies in being more intentional.
Chris distills a decade of deep research on productivity to deliver a profound, practical, and counterintuitive roadmap to getting things done. Forget endless to-do lists and a never-ending workload. To reach your goals, you have to structure your daily actions around what’s most important to you — and let go of the rest.
Integrating the science of desire, values, and procrastination with the wisdom of Buddhist monks, Intentional: How to Finish What You Start empowers readers to build a life of true purpose and accomplishment. It offers practical strategies for following through on our goals, including how to:
- Structure goals for maximum completion
- Make unappealing, boring, or challenging tasks more attractive to tackle
- Lower the chance of procrastinating on long-term goals
- Create a framework for tracking intentions and progress
- Know when a goal isn’t for you — and when it’s time to let it go
By being intentional, finishing what you start is more possible than you think.
Change Fluency by Jay Kiew
Available January 23

When disruption strikes, most leaders freeze. The best ones become fluent.
In a world where change is the only constant, fluency isn’t optional. It’s essential. In his new book, Change Fluency, Jay Kiew reveals nine principles that separate leaders who merely survive disruption from those who drive it drawing from real-world case studies. Just as you master a new language, he says, you can use change fluency to translate uncertainty from challenge into opportunity.
Part parable, part playbook, Change Fluency: Nine Principles to Navigate Uncertainty and Drive Innovation equips managers, executives, and leaders to discover what’s possible, design the future, and differentiate from the standard when everything feels the same. Complete with practical exercises and a companion AI coach, this isn’t just another change management book. It’s your guide to making innovation work for you.
I Hope So by Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe
Available February 10

When the world feels divided and the future uncertain, does holding onto hope seem unthinkable? In I Hope So, Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe, the award-winning author of Stress Wisely and Calm Within the Storm, shows you how to use the power of neuroscience, physiology, and psychology to access a well of hope that already exists within you.
As an acclaimed behavioural educator and resiliency expert, Robyne has taught countless individuals and organizations to face the future with confidence. Now, with her new book, she is helping others live hope-filled even on their darkest days.
I Hope So: How to Choose Hope Even When It’s Hard proves that hope is an essential force propelling the human experience by inspiring action and igniting personal transformation. Revealing the scientific evidence for how hope makes you stronger, braver, and kinder, Robyne gives you practical tools to access and cultivate it in your own life. Readers will also learn how hope activates the brain’s natural ability to bounce back from setbacks and gain tools to build resiliency even in challenging circumstances.
Choosing to live hope-filled in a struggling world is a radical act of resistance. With practical, evidence-based exercises and plenty of warmth and humour, Robyne teaches us how hope can become a daily practice and transform your relationships, workplace, and community.
Whether you’re facing personal struggles, navigating uncertainty, or simply seeking a more positive outlook, this empowering and inclusive guide offers proven strategies to help you live truly well.
Chris Bailey, Jay Kiew, and Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe deliver engaging and informative keynote presentations that dive deep into the concepts and stories explored in their new books.
Contact us to learn more about each speaker and how to book them — and feature their incredible new books — at your next event.