The Values Compass, Mandeep Rai
The Values Compass, Mandeep Rai
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The Values Compass
What 101 Countries Teach Us About Purpose, Life, and Leadership

Author: Mandeep Rai

Narrator: Mandeep Rai

Unabridged: 10 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/21/2020


Synopsis

Winner of a 2020 Nautilus Book Award
An International Bestseller

“The Values Compass takes us into the hearts, minds, and traditions of the cultures and people of the world. It demonstrates how interconnected we are and how the divisions that exist between us stem from acting with narrow self-interest rather than concern for the good of our human family. I hope that the book will contribute to making our world a happier place.” —THE DALAI LAMA

Every day we make decisions based on what we believe in: values that define the ambitions we set, the choices we make, and the relationships we choose. In The Values Compass, Dr. Mandeep Rai shows how the countries of the world epitomize the power of values, provide an ideal guide to help us understand our own, and teach us important lessons about success.

From Moroccan compromise to Armenian survival and American entrepreneurship, The Values Compass shows how we can incorporate the values that animate nations into our own lives—seeing ourselves through the eyes of the world, and shedding new light on the opportunities and challenges that define us. The result is an insightful and readable collection that helps us reflect on the values that matter most, last longest, and have the greatest power to create change.

About Mandeep Rai

Dr. Mandeep Rai is a global authority on values, working with companies, institutions, and individuals around the world. She has traveled to more than 150 countries and reported as a broadcast journalist for the BBC World Service and Reuters, among others. She began her career in private banking at JPMorgan, and later worked for the United Nations, the European Commission, and grassroots NGOs before setting up the UAE’s first media venture capital fund. Mandeep studied philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE), has an MSc in development from the London School of Economics, and completed an MBA at London Business School, with a year at Harvard Business School and MIT. She also holds a PhD in global values.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mehdi on February 15, 2021

-Some interesting information, but the author made a lot sweeping generalisations and lacked in-depth research. It was more of a travel blog and the values she observed mostly came through her personal experiences as a tourist/traveller. The author composed these values by selecting one anecdotal ex......more

Goodreads review by Scott on February 02, 2020

What I found most intriguing about "The Values Compass" is that it doesn't neatly fit into a single genre. It's a book on leadership, but also self-help, business/economics, and politics. As as the author traveled to most (or all?) of the countries profiled and based her many of her conclusions of e......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on April 13, 2020

I read this one for my July-August review in Global Business and Organizational Excellence, but this is actually a timely read for anyone. Watching the NY Times death tolls while in quarantine has been a mind-numbing reality of daily life in this new normal. This book offered insight into cultures a......more

Goodreads review by Suman on May 18, 2020

Disappointing book. Based on very shallow research. And gross generalisations. At the end, she asks us to derive our own values, by listing the values that we liked from the book. Is that why she wrote the book? Seems a convoluted way to get to my own values.......more

Goodreads review by Woo on August 21, 2021

Each chapter is completely different, dedicating 3 to 4 pages to a country and its associated value, based on the writer's personal experience. A few that stood out to me: Singapore - Order, New Zealand - Environmentalism, France - Protest, United States - Entrepreneurship. The book reads like a tra......more