The Values Compass

-THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER-

-Selected for the Thinkers50 Radar list-

-HIGHLY COMMENDED at the Business Book Awards 2021- Mandeep Rai Every day, whether we acknowledge it or not, we make decisions based on what we believe in. The choices, challenges, or opportunities facing us - and how we engage with them - in politics, family, relationships, work, and play reveal something important about our character, desires, and personality to ourselves and to others. When those values align and are shared by a single population, they have the power to transform a nation and teach the world valuable lessons about success.

In The Values Compass, Mandeep Rai explores this concept by taking 101 distinct countries and identifying a single key value in each that is represented throughout its history, geography, and culture in the hope that we may find a way to incorporate those values into our own lives. From India's 'faith' to Vietnam's 'resilience', Argentina's 'passion' to Singapore's 'order', Australia's 'mateship' to Uganda's 'heritage' and from Malta's 'community' to Sri Lanka's 'joy', we may all find something of ourselves in others and succeed together as a result.

This is an insightful and readable collection of profiles that open our eyes to the world around us, and in turn help us reflect on which values matter, last, and have the power to create change.

About the Author

Mandeep Rai is a global authority on values, hosting workshops on the subject for companies and individuals around the world. She has traveled to more than 150 countries as a broadcast journalist and reported for BBC World Service and Reuters, among others. She started her career in private banking at JPMorgan, and later worked for the UN, EU, and grassroots NGOs, before setting up the Middle East's first media venture capital fund. She has an MSc from the London School of Economics and completed an MBA from London Business School, including study at Harvard Business School and MIT, and holds a PhD in global values.