Adapt

• General (Ret) Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos
• Christian Brose, The Kill Chain
• Adam Grant – The surprising habits of original thinkers
• General (Ret) Stanley McChrystal – The military case for sharing knowledge
• Malcolm Gladwell – The strange tale of the Norden bombsight

Deter

• Michael McFaul, From Cold War to Hot Peace
• Graham Allison, Destined for War
• Tim Weiner, The Folly and the Glory
• Tom Sauer – Russia and the West
• Simon Sinek – How having the right kind of rival can help you thrive in a changing world

Dominate

• Sebastian Junger, War
• Aaron Friedberg, A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia
• Parag Khanna – Mapping the future of countries
• General Peter van Uhm, Netherlands’ Chief of Defense – Why I chose a gun
• Zak Ebrahim – I am the son of a terrorist.  Here’s how I chose peace

Value

• Simon Sinek, The Infinite Game
• Brené Brown, Dare to Lead
• General (Ret) Stanley McChrystal – Listen, learn… then lead

Protect

• Sebastian Junger, Tribe
• Simon Sinek – Why good leaders make you feel safe
• Sebastian Junger – Why veterans miss war

Develop

• Gen (Ret) Stanley McChrystal, Team of Teams
• Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage
• Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow
• Colin Powell, It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
• Patrice Gordon – How reverse mentorship can help create better leaders
• Simon Sinek – How great leaders inspire action
• Alex Honnold – How I climbed a 3,000-foot vertical cliff – without ropes

Care

• Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
• Frances Frei – How to build (and rebuild) trust
• Brené Brown – The power of vulnerability

Connect

• Michelle Obama, Becoming
• Vernā Myers – How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly towards them

Community

• Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens
• Taiye Selasi – Don’t ask where I’m from, ask where I’m local
• Wale Elegbede – It takes a community to eradicate hate