Book Club
Ready to elevate your capability and confidence to lead innovation and change?
Adaptology’s Book Club is your gateway to becoming the exceptional leader you want to be to help your organisation adapt and thrive.
The club is where you will..
- Gain knowledge: Learn from the most well-respected thought-leaders on innovation and change through books that are carefully selected
- Transform knowledge into action: Commit to putting the knowledge gained into action with opportunities for reflection and sharing within a safe community
- Forge connections: Connect with people like you across different industries, whom you look forward to seeing and learning from.
Join us as we gather at least once per quarter via Zoom.
Our current book
Join us for our next book club meeting as we explore…
Epic disruptions: 11 innovations that shaped our modern world by Scott D. Anthony
We’ll be meeting via Zoom on:
Tuesday, 10th November 2026, 12 – 1 pm (Melbourne / Sydney time, Australia)
Please note that since our discussions often involve members talking about how they will apply insights they’ve gained from reading the books to their organisations, all meetings are conducted under the Chatham House Rule:
When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.
Upcoming meeting dates and books
All meetings run for 1 hour from 12 – 1 pm (Melbourne / Sydney time)
- Tuesday, 10 November 2026 [mtg 27] Epic disruptions: 11 innovations that shaped our modern world by Scott D. Anthony
- Tuesday, 19 January 2027 [mtg 28] In a good place: How the spaces where we live, work and play can help us thrive by Leidy Klotz
Past meetings and books [since the club was founded in 2021]
- Monday, 10 August 2026 [mtg 26] Lead and disrupt: How to solve the innovator’s dilemma (2nd ed.) by Charles A. O’Reilly III and Michael L. Tushman
- Monday, 18 May 2026 [mtg 25] Likeable badass: How women get the success they deserve by Alison Fragale
- Monday, 2 March 2026 [mtg 24] How to change: The science of getting from where you are to where you want to be by Katy Milkman
- Monday, 19 January 2026 [mtg 23] Subtract: The untapped science of Less by Leidy Klotz
- Monday, 10 November 2025 [mtg 22] The medici effect: What elephants & epidemics can teach us about innovation by Frans Johansson
- Monday, 11 August 2025 [mtg 21] The coming wave by Mustafa Suleyman
- Monday, 19 May 2025 [mtg 20] Cultures of growth: How the new science of mindset can transform individuals, teams and organisations by Mary C. Murphy
- Monday, 3 March 2025 [mtg 19] The end of average: How we succeed in a world that values sameness by Todd Rose
- Monday, 20 January 2025 [mtg 18] How will you measure your life: Finding fulfilment using lessons from some of the world’s greatest businesses by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth & Karen Dillon
- Monday 11 November 2024 [mtg 17] Crossing the chasm: Marketing and selling disruptive products to mainstream customers by Geoffrey A. Moore
- Monday 12 August 2024 [mtg 16] What’s your problem: To solve your toughest problems, change the problems you solve by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
- Tuesday 21 May 2024 [mtg 15] Tiny habits: The small changes that change everything by B. J. Fogg
- Tuesday 12 March 2024 [mtg 14] Right kind of wrong: The science of failing well by Amy Edmondson
- Friday, 23 February 2024 [workshop] How to make and break habits by Linda Sands
- Monday 13 November 2023 [mtg 13] Little bets: How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries by Peter Sims.
- Monday 14 August 2023 [mtg 12] Dual transformation: How to reposition today’s business while creating the future by Scott D. Anthony, Clark G. Gilbert, & Mark W. Johnson
- Monday 22 May 2023 [mtg 11] Atomic habits by James Clear
- Monday 6 March 2023 [mtg 10] Playing to win: How strategy really works by A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin
- Monday 7 November 2022 [mtg 9] Seeing around corners by Rita McGrath
- Monday 15 August 2022 [mtg 8] The secret lives of customers: A detective story about solving the mystery of customer behavior by David S Duncan
- Monday 6 June 2022 [mtg 7] Eat, sleep, innovate: How to make creativity an everyday habit inside your organisation by Scott D. Anthony, Paul Cobban, Natalie Painchaud and Andy Parker
- Monday 7 March 2022 [mtg 6] Jobs to be done playbook: Align your markets, organization, and strategy around customer needs by Jim Kalbach
- Monday 6 December 2021 [mtg 5] When coffee and kale compete by Alan Klement. [Free download]
- Monday 18 October 2021 [mtg 4] Think again: The power of knowing what you don’t know by Adam Grant
- Monday 9 August 2021 [mtg 3] The catalyst: How to change anyone’s mind by Jonah Berger
- Monday 7 June 2021 [mtg 2] Pirates in the navy: How innovators lead transformation by Tendayi Viki
- Monday 12 April 2021 [mtg 1] The little black book of innovation by Scott D. Anthony
