Chris Lewis Books

Throughout our research we found that great leaders are those who thrive in contradiction. Every organization, every market is full of competing forces — the need for control against the desire for innovation, the push for accountability balanced by the necessity of freedom. The paradox of leadershi...

From The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership

We live in an age of worshipping data. Business schools and boardrooms echo with charts and dashboards that promise objective truth. But leaders must distinguish between data and meaning. Numbers describe patterns; they do not explain causes or offer moral guidance. We have seen crises emerge precis...

From The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership

Leadership today unfolds against a backdrop of constant disruption. Globalization has connected markets but also amplified volatility. Digital transformation reshapes how value is created and shared. Social movements challenge hierarchies and redefine what followers expect from those in charge. In t...

From The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century

We chose the metaphor of a lab deliberately. Laboratories are places of inquiry—open to mistakes, resilient to uncertainty, and devoted to learning through experiment. Leadership now demands this same spirit. The lab is not a physical space but a mindset, one in which leaders treat every challenge a...

From The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century

Everywhere we look, acceleration defines existence. Technology moves at a velocity that outstrips comprehension. Our attention, once leisurely and selective, is now spread thin across multiple screens. I describe in the book how this constant stream of connectivity builds an illusion of productivity...

From Too Fast To Think: How to Reclaim Your Creativity in a Hyper-Connected Work Culture

We have come to equate busyness with success. Meetings, notifications, and timelines dominate our work days, creating the illusion that constant activity equals value. But it doesn’t. Creativity requires incubation—the unseen periods where ideas gestate. Yet companies often interpret stillness as la...

From Too Fast To Think: How to Reclaim Your Creativity in a Hyper-Connected Work Culture