Jesse Wente

How do we heal from colonialism? What does healing from colonialism look like for First Nations? What about non-Indigenous people? What are the barriers to this healing, and what can we do to move past them?

Jesse Wente‘s Tough Lies: Indigenous Belonging and My Healing Through Golf follows his national bestseller Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance. Through a lens of healing and anti-colonial thought, Jesse examines his reaction to such incidents that have hit close to home, chronicling his personal journey and what it has taught him about the present and future of reconciliation in Canada. 

Cheryl Cran

Cheryl Cran‘s What The Flux? is written as a series of provocative questions designed to help readers pause, reflect, and get comfortable with uncertainty as the normal human condition. The book moves readers through a progressive arc from flux, to flex, to flow, offering a path forward for anyone who senses that the old ways of leading and working no longer fit. Cheryl brings her research on change leadership and the future of work into a resource built for uncertain times.

Shawn Achor

Shawn Achor‘s The Power of Beliefs: How Strengthening Seven Core Beliefs Predicts Greater Success and a Better Life shows that the greatest predictor of your future isn’t your circumstances – it’s the beliefs you hold about them. Drawing on two decades of research and his work with NASA, the NFL, and over a third of the Fortune 100, Shawn identifies seven core beliefs that shape health, wealth, and success, and lays out research-based strategies for strengthening them, in yourself and in the people you lead.

Jennifer Botterill

Jennifer Botterill‘s memoir, Why Not You: My Story of Perseverance, Hockey, and Olympic Gold, traces the question her father asked her at fifteen – “why not you?” – from a Winnipeg rink to four Olympic Games and two gold medals. Jennifer shares the perseverance, preparation, and no-regrets mindset behind her rise to become one of the greatest players in women’s hockey history. (September 22, 2026)

Carol Off

Carol Off‘s True Patriot Love: Reporting from the Frontlines of Canadian Sovereignty draws on Carol’s decades on the front lines of Canadian journalism, from the flag debate to Canada-US free trade agreements, to make the case that this moment of reckoning is one Canadians have prepared for all along. It’s a clear-eyed, hopeful argument for what a mature, sovereign Canada can look like next. (October 13, 2026)

Iliana Oris Valiente

Iliana Oris Valiente is developing The Potted Plant Theory, a framework built on a simple idea: like plants, people have different needs for stability, novelty, and resources, and thrive when they understand where they sit on that spectrum. Iliana, an innovation executive, has presented the theory to more than 1,000 executives as a tool for building cultures where every kind of person can flourish. (October 2026)

Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry & Bill Benjamin

Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry and Bill Benjamin, co-founders of the Institute for Health & Human Potential, draw on a seven-year study of 34,000 people in The Last 8%: The Science of Speaking Up, Taking Risks, and Building a High-Performing Team. Their research found people hold back roughly 8% of what they really need to say or do in high-stakes moments – the gap between playing it safe and taking your shot. The book blends neuroscience and stories from astronauts, Olympic athletes, and Fortune 100 executives into practical tools for closing it. (February 16, 2027)

Ramy Nassar

Ramy Nassar, futurist and former Head of Innovation at Mattel, is working on The World After AI: Optimism, Agency, and Our Next Chapter. Drawing on his work with more than 250 organizations – including Apple, TD Bank, and the Government of Canada – Ramy makes a grounded, optimistic case for how leaders can retain agency as AI and other emerging technologies mature, often slower than expected, then all at once. (Early 2027)