Pandemic, technological disruptions, global reordering of power... we live in times of change and uncertainty. A good idea to help navigate them is to turn to some notable books by influential thinkers. Bloomberg recently asked Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries and Asia's richest man, which books had helped him understand 2021 and prepare for 2022. Here's the list:

• 10 lessons for a post-pandemic world - Fareed Zakaria

(https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-diez-lecciones-para-el-mundo-de-la-postpandemia/328913)

D. in political governance from Harvard University and CNN political analyst seeks to help, in his new book, to understand the nature of the world in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the political, social, technological and economic consequences that may take years to manifest.

• Principles for dealing with the changing world order: why nations succeed and fail - Ray Dalio 

(https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Principles-for-Dealing-with-the-Changing-World-Order/Ray-Dalio/9781982160272)

In his new book, the founder of Bridgewaters Associates, one of the world's largest hedge funds, examines the most turbulent economic and political periods in history to reveal why the times ahead are likely to be radically different from those we have experienced in our lifetimes, but similar to those that have happened many times before.

• The raging 2020s: companies, countries, people and the fight for our future - Alec Ross 

(https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770936/theraging2020s)

Through interviews with the world's most influential thinkers and stories of corporate activism and malfeasance, government failure and renewal, and innovative economic and political models, Ross, a New York Times best-selling author and distinguished professor at the University of Bologna Business School, proposes a new social contract, one that restores the balance between corporations, the rulers and the ruled. 

• 2030: Traveling towards the end of the world as we know it - Mauro Guillén

(https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-2030/321244)

The Spaniard Guillén, holder of the Zandman Chair of International Management at Wharton, tells how the major trends of our time - the rise of robots, the demographic problem, the rise of the African middle class, the increasing wealth of women, among others - will converge within a decade in what will be, for better or worse, a point of no return.

• Big small breakthroughs: how small, everyday innovations generate outsized results - Josh Linkner 

(https://joshlinkner.com/big-little-breakthroughs/)

Rather than aiming for multimillion-dollar salaries or a Nobel Prize, the most prolific innovators focus on small creative acts that unlock big rewards over time. By cultivating daily micro-innovations, individuals and organizations are better equipped to tackle tough challenges and seize transformative opportunities, Linkner, a celebrated entrepreneur and author focused on innovation, says in this book.