Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 303 (24th July 2026)
Andrew Leigh, the bestselling author of The Shortest History of Economics, tells the story of human innovation by identifying three of its most essential driving forces: tinkering, teams and trade. He examines hotbeds of creativity, the forces that suppress them and the unexpected ways ideas travel across borders and disciplines.
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Friday Reading Edition 303 (24th July 2026)
Strengthen business resilience and make informed decisions across complex third-party and supply chain ecosystems. Risk Management for Third Parties and Supply Chains gives senior leaders proven tools for governing risk, improving oversight and safeguarding operational continuity in a volatile global environment. With shifting regulations, geopolitical shocks and rising dependency on external partners, this book shows how to build a strategic, enterprise-wide approach that delivers measurable results.
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The Doom Loop Text
Friday Reading Edition 303 (24th July 2026)
Acclaimed economist Eswar S. Prasad argues that the very forces expected to stabilise the world order are fuelling disarray. Globalisation has deepened inequality in many countries, stoked political backlash and triggered trade wars. we are caught in a destructive feedback loop between economics, domestic politics, and geopolitics. With instability the new status quo, we need radical solutions to reinvigorate the world economy, prioritise common aspirations – and halt the downward spiral.
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Friday Reading Edition 303 (24th July 2026)
Regime Change is the definitive account of the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency, based on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented reporting from deep within the administration’s most closely guarded rooms. Also sheds new light on the decision to go to war with Iran.
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Friday Reading Edition 303 (24th July 2026)
From Eric Ries, creator of The Lean Startup, comes a bold and urgently needed rethink of how organisations are built – and why success itself so often turns companies against the people and principles that made them worth building in the first place.
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Friday Reading Edition 303 (24th July 2026)
Even in a tech world crowded with visionary leaders, Demis Hassabis is recognised as a special case. Born to working class, immigrant parents in North London, a chess prodigy by five and wizard coder in his teens, he turned down a seven-figure job offer from a video-game studio to study science at Cambridge. His company, now Google DeepMind, is considered the tech giant’s engine room.
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