Why Every Leader Should Read a Time to Gather

Some books arrive at exactly the right moment. Bruce Feiler’s A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World—and How It Can Save Us is one of them.

On the surface, the book explores the role rituals play in our lives. Yet beneath that premise lies a much larger question: How do we reconnect in a world that increasingly pulls us apart? It is a question that extends far beyond families, neighborhoods, and communities. It reaches directly into our workplaces, where leaders are confronting many of the same challenges Feiler describes

throughout the book—loneliness, fragmentation, declining trust, and a growing tendency for people to retreat into groups that think, believe, and behave as they do.

For that reason alone, A Time to Gather deserves a place on every leader’s reading list. You'll find the complete article here: https://ceoworld.biz/2026/06/07/why-every-leader-should-read-a-time-to-gather/