Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Lead with We
Simon Mainwaring · 2021
78/100
👍 Worth It
Mainwaring has earned the credibility to write this book — a Wall Street Journal bestseller, Forbes top-two business book of 2021, and a Gold Axiom Award back up the premise. The argument for purpose-driven stakeholder capitalism is clearly articulated, and the case studies ground it in reality rather than theory. Readers skeptical of ESG-flavored business writing will push back on the idealism, and there's some overlap with his earlier work, but this is a genuinely strong contribution to contemporary business leadership thinking.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety92
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing76
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers72
Age-fit82
👁 Human-eye gut-check78
Penny’s verdict78
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