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The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life... -
![The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you by Rob Fitzpatrick]()
The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you by Rob Fitzpatrick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little... -
![Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari]()
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOur ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening--and how to get our attention back. In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes...Categorized as:
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![10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen]()
10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYou are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will carry the equivalent weight of five African elephants in microbes. You are not an individual but a colony... -
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![High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove]()
High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this legendary business book and Silicon Valley staple, the former chairman and CEO of Intel shares his perspective on how to build and run a company. A practical handbook for navigating real-life business scenarios and a powerful management manifesto with the ability to revolutionize the way we work... -
![No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer]()
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA New York Times Bestseller and Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies There's never before been a company like Netflix... -
![The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined by Salman Khan]()
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined by Salman Khan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon...Categorized as:
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![The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter by Joseph Henrich, Jonathan Yen]()
The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter by Joseph Henrich, Jonathan Yen
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHumans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators...Categorized as:
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![Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today by The School of Life]()
Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today by The School of Life
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is a collection of some of the most important ideas of Eastern and Western culture — drawn from the works of those philosophers, political theorists, sociologists, artists and novelists whom we believe have the most to offer to us today... -
![Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan]()
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe basic premise of Inspired is that the best tech companies create products in a manner very different from how most companies create products. The goal of the book is to share the techniques of the best companies. This book is aimed primarily at Product Managers working on technology-powered products... -
![Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking by Matthew Syed]()
Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking by Matthew Syed
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRebel Ideas examines the power of 'cognitive diversity' - the ability to think differently about the world around us. It explains how to harness our unique perspectives, pool our collective intelligence and tackle the greatest challenges of our age - from climate change to terrorism... -
![I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World by Milan Kordestani]()
I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World by Milan Kordestani
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA straightforward look at the history and the art of maintaining courteous communication in an increasingly divided world.Have you ever been in a conversation that, after volleying back and forth, ended with the words, “I’m just saying . . -
![How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner]()
How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world’s leading expert on megaprojects “This book is important, timely, instructive, and entertaining. What more could you ask for?”—Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow “Over-budget and over-schedule is an inevitability... -
![Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky]()
Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat does it actually mean to be rational? Not Hollywood-style "rational," where you forsake all human feeling to embrace Cold Hard Logic. Real rationality, of the sort studied by psychologists, social scientists, and mathematicians...Categorized as:
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![Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais]()
Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEffective software teams are essential for any organization to deliver value continuously and sustainably. But how do you build the best team organization for your specific goals, culture, and needs? Team Topologies is a practical, step-by-step, adaptive model for organizational design and team interaction based on four fundamental team types and three team interaction patterns... -
![Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Blake Masters, Peter Thiel]()
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Blake Masters, Peter Thiel
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsIf you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets.The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things...Categorized as:
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![The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More by Jefferson Fisher]()
The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More by Jefferson Fisher
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom communication expert Jefferson Fisher, the definitive book on making your next conversation the one that changes everythingNo matter who you’re talking to, The Next Conversation gives you immediately actionable strategies and phrases that will forever change how you communicate... -
![Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change by Victor Papanek]()
Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change by Victor Papanek
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDesign for the Real World has, since its first appearance twenty-five years ago, become a classic. Translated into twenty-three languages, it is one of the world's most widely read books on design... -
![Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman]()
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the best-selling author of Incognito and Sum comes a revelatory portrait of the human brain based on the most recent scientific discoveries about how it unceasingly adapts, re-creates, and formulates new ways of understanding the world we live in...Categorized as:
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![Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt]()
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSoftware development happens in your head. Not in an editor, IDE, or design tool. You're well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but what about wetware--our own brains? Learning new skills and new technology is critical to your career, and it's all in your head... -
![Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler]()
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNobel laureate Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans—predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth—and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world... -
![The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision by Fritjof Capra, Pier Luigi Luisi]()
The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision by Fritjof Capra, Pier Luigi Luisi
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOver the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, networks, and patterns of organisation, leading to a novel kind of 'systemic' thinking. This volume integrates the ideas, models, and theories underlying the systems view of life into a single coherent framework... -
![Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town by Charles L. Marohn Jr.]()
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town by Charles L. Marohn Jr.
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDiscover insider secrets of how America's transportation system is designed, funded, and built - and how to make it work for your communityIn Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town, renowned speaker and author of Strong Towns Charles L. Marohn Jr... -
![Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations by Scott Berinato]()
Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations by Scott Berinato
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDataviz—the new language of businessA good visualization can communicate the nature and potential impact of information and ideas more powerfully than any other form of communication.For a long time “dataviz” was left to specialists—data scientists and professional designers. No longer... -
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![Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind by David M. Buss]()
Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind by David M. Buss
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhere did we come from?What is our connection with other life forms?What are the mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being?In the seventh edition of this revolutionary textbook, David M... -
![Just Enough Research by Erika Hall, Jeffrey Zeldman]()
Just Enough Research by Erika Hall, Jeffrey Zeldman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDesign research is a hard slog that takes years to learn and time away from the real work of design, right? Wrong.Good research is about asking more and better questions, and thinking critically about the answers. It’s something every member of your team can and should do, and which everyone can learn, quickly... -
![Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West]()
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBullshit isn't what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data.It's increasingly difficult to know what's true. Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news abound. Our media environment has become hyperpartisan. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art...Categorized as:
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![Lean In for Graduates by Sheryl Sandberg]()
Lean In for Graduates by Sheryl Sandberg
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsExpanded and updated exclusively for graduates just entering the workforce, this extraordinary edition of Lean In includes a letter to graduates from Sheryl Sandberg and six additional chapters from experts offering advice on finding and getting the most out of a first job; resume writing; best interviewing practices; negotiating your salary; listening to your inner voice; owning who you are;... -
![Universal Principles of Design: 100 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach Through Design by William Lidwell, Jill Butler]()
Universal Principles of Design: 100 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach Through Design by William Lidwell, Jill Butler
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything, designers have always had to scramble to find the information and know-how required to make a design work - until now... -
![The Three Signs Of A Miserable Job by Patrick Lencioni]()
The Three Signs Of A Miserable Job by Patrick Lencioni
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA bestselling author and business guru tells how to improve your job satisfaction and performance. In his sixth fable, bestselling author Patrick Lencioni takes on a topic that almost everyone can relate to: the causes of a miserable job...
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