24 must-read business books like HBR's 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking (with featured article "Design Thinking" By Tim Brown) by Harvard Business Review

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking (with featured article "Design Thinking" By Tim Brown)

By: Harvard Business Review

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Use design thinking for competitive advantage.If you read nothing else on design thinking, read the…

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Cover of The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier

1. The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

By: Michael Bungay Stanier

4.02

Format: 117 pages, Kindle Edition

In Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your d… read more

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  • management
Cover of Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman

2. Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

By: Daniel Goleman

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Daniel Goleman returns with a groundbreaking look at today's scarcest resource a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of Emotional Intelligence: Resilience by Daniel Goleman, Harvard Business Review, None, Shawn Achor, Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

3. Emotional Intelligence: Resilience

By: Daniel Goleman , Harvard Business Review , None , Shawn Achor , Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

3.75

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

How do some people bounce back with vigor from daily setbacks, professional crises, or even intense… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
Cover of Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard P. Rumelt

4. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

By: Richard P. Rumelt

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Unknown Binding

Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear… read more

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Cover of Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen

5. Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

By: Douglas Stone , Sheila Heen

4.06

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach us how to turn evaluations, ad… read more

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6. The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns

By: Mohnish Pabrai

4.23

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

A comprehensive value investing framework for the individual investor In a straightforward and acce… read more

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  • business
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7. The Design of Everyday Things

By: Donald A. Norman

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to c… read more

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  • business
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8. The 12 Week Year

By: Brian P. Moran , Michael Lennington

4.04

Format: 202 pages,

5 hrs and 17 mins The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to 12 weeks Most … read more

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  • business
Cover of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Cass R. Sunstein, Richard H. Thaler

9. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

By: Cass R. Sunstein , Richard H. Thaler

3.84

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

From the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics, Richard H. Thaler, and Cass R. Sunstein: a r… read more

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"Just as no building lacks an architecture, so no choice lacks a context."

-Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

"As good architects know, seemingly arbitrary decisions, such as where to locate the bathrooms, will have subtle influences on how the people who use the building interact. Every trip to the bathroom …"

-Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Cover of Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

10. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Semi-Finalist in the Science & Technology category in the Choice Awards. Foreword by Steven Pinker,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of Blue Ocean Strategy: How To Create Uncontested Market Space And Make The Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne

11. Blue Ocean Strategy: How To Create Uncontested Market Space And Make The Competition Irrelevant

By: W. Chan Kim , Renée Mauborgne

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

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12. Hell Divers (Hell Divers #1)

By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith

4.00

Format: None pages, Audio

More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity live… read more

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13. River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life

By: Richard Dawkins , Lalla Ward

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

How did the replication bomb we call "life" begin and where in the world, or rather, in the univers… read more

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14. Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero

By: Seneca , James Romm

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne ("Gripping . . . the narrative ve… read more

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15. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

3.67

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an in… read more

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16. Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

By: Greg McKeown , Liz Wiseman

4.50

Format: None pages,

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17. Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation

By: Steven Johnson

3.67

Format: 542 pages,

The printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery--these are all great ideas. But where… read more

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18. The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit

By: Aswath Damodaran

3.00

Format: None pages, ebook

An accessible, and intuitive, guide to stock valuationValuation is at the heart of any investment d… read more

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19. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

By: Tony Fadell

4.33

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d… read more

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  • nonfiction
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  • design
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20. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • business
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cover of The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman

21. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more

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Cover of Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value by Teresa  Torres

22. Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

By: Teresa Torres

4.47

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

"If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book c… read more

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Cover of Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value by Melissa Perri

23. Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

By: Melissa Perri

4.30

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

To stay competitive in today’s market, organizations need to adopt a culture of customer-centric pr… read more

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24. The Infinite Game

By: Simon Sinek

4.17

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

Do you know how to play the game you're in? In finite games, like football or chess, the players a… read more

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"In any game, there are always two currencies required to play - will and resources."

-Simon Sinek, The Infinite Game

"And like all infinite games, in the game of life, the goal is not to win, it is to perpetuate the game."

-Simon Sinek, The Infinite Game

"The best way to drive performance in an organization is to create an environment in which information can flow freely, mistakes can be highlighted and help can be offered and received."

-Simon Sinek, The Infinite Game

"Traditional competition forces us to take on an attitude of winning. A worthy rival inspires us to take an attitude of improvement. The former focuses our attention on the outcome, the latter focuses…"

-Simon Sinek, The Infinite Game

Cover of Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos by Jeff Bezos

25. Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos

By: Jeff Bezos

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this collection of Jeff Bezos’s writings—his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder l… read more

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"You can invent your way to a better place."

-Jeff Bezos, Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos

"It's time to go back to the moon, this time to stay."

-Jeff Bezos, Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos

Cover of Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction by Chris   Bailey

26. Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction

By: Chris Bailey

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Canada's productivity expert returns with a totally fresh angle on how to do more with less. Thr… read more

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Cover of The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed by Ash Ali

27. The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed

By: Ash Ali

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

We all have unfair advantages in life, whether we happen to be quick, have a talent for maths, a gr… read more

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  • nonfiction
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"One of the biggest ‘hacks’ or shortcuts to personal growth and development is via those we spend our time with."

-Ash Ali, The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed

"Location affects the vibe that you’re infected with. It’s said that you become the average of the five people you spend the most time with, so being surrounded by innovative and entrepreneurial peopl…"

-Ash Ali, The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed

Cover of Designing Your Life - How to Build a Well-Lived Joyful Life by Bill Burnett

28. Designing Your Life - How to Build a Well-Lived Joyful Life

By: Bill Burnett

3.91

Format: None pages, None

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Cover of What's Your Problem?: To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg

29. What's Your Problem?: To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve

By: Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg

4.25

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

"The author makes a compelling case that we often start solving a problem before thinking deeply ab… read more

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Cover of Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life by Matthew Dicks

30. Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life

By: Matthew Dicks

3.90

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

REALIZE YOUR CREATIVE DREAMS — STARTING TODAY Are you good at dreaming about what you’re going t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"Your job as a creator - a maker of things - is to make your thing, but then put that thing on a proverbial shelf in your brain. Not on some shelf in a dusty pantry at the back of your brain but on di…"

-Matthew Dicks, Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life

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31. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking (with featured article "Design Thinking" By Tim Brown)

By: Harvard Business Review

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Use design thinking for competitive advantage.If you read nothing else on design thinking, read the… read more

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24 must-read nonfiction books like HBR's 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking (with featured article "Design Thinking" By Tim Brown) by Harvard Business Review

Transform Your Habits

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

Michael Bungay Stanier

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

Daniel Goleman

3.56

Transform Your Habits

Emotional Intelligence: Resilience

Daniel Goleman , Harvard Business Review , None , Shawn Achor , Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

Richard P. Rumelt

4.13

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Transform Your Habits

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Charles Duhigg

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham , Jason Zweig , Warren Buffett

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

4.18

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Michael E. Gerber

3.98

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