Who Moved My Cheese

An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life

Life is full of changes. The book uses a parable to illustrate how should people look at change and how to best adapt to it in their lives and work.

Strategize

Product Strategy and Product Roadmap Practices for the Digital Age

It has all the famous frameworks and execution plans on how to create a winning product strategy and implement it successfully

Show Your Work

10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered

Like many others, I also do not like too much self-promotion.

This book "Show Your Work" gives advice and inspiration on why and how to tell our story without feeling embarrassed.

Outliers

The story of success

We all think that some people are born genius. But the book challenges that assumption and proves why success is the result of complex mix of internal (talent + effort) and external (age, heritage, social environment, money etc.) factors. 

the four

The hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google

These 4 companies together touch the lives of billions, have the power to disrupt nations and transform industries. They also share many similarities, but their business approach and practices are very different from each other. The book goes into their unique business models, culture and positioning that has contributed to their eventual success. 

Turn the Ship Around!

A true story of turning followers into leaders

Traditional leader-follower models do not work in today's complex and rapidly changing world. In this book, David Marquet takes us through his experiences while developing and implementing an empowerment based leader-leader model which helped him take submarine USS Santa Fe from being the worst to being the best.

Never Eat Alone

And other secrets to success, one relationship at a time

We are by nature social animal. This book shows how relationships, networking and collaboration can be leveraged in the right way in achieving success.

Winners Dream

A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office

I picked up this autobiography after watching Bill in one of SAP's annual meetings. His charisma is extraordinary and after reading his book I got to know the journey which made him what he is today.

Never Split The Difference

Negotiating as if your life depended on it

We negotiate all the time with others be it partner, family, friends or at work. This book shares some interesting negotiation strategies and fundamental ideas which can help in our day to day negotiations.

Blink

The power of thinking without thinking

A big majority of the decisions we make are subconscious. In general, for serious or big decisions, we avoid taking quick decision and have a tendency to really think a lot before we make the final call. The book challenges this idea to a certain extent by supporting the benefit of subconscious decision making.

The Effective Executive

The definitive guide to getting the right things done

In this information and AI age, effectiveness of knowledge workers is critical to the success of any modern organization. The book talks about clear ideas on who is an effective knowledge worker and how to become one. 

Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

The book explores history of humankind from the first appearance of Homo sapiens to the modern era, touching upon key topics like the development of language and agriculture, the rise and fall of empires, the impact of scientific revolutions, and the future prospects of humanity. It tells us not only the things Humans did right, but also the things we did wrong which have led to our current reality. 

Range

Why generalists triumph in a specialized world

Throughout my life, I have delved in and out of various topics and industries. I always loved switching to new topics and learning new things. This book finally gave me some evidence that I am not just crazy but many others have done it too and to great results for themselves and society. 

Give and Take

Why helping others drives our success

There are primarily 3 styles of reciprocity - giving, taking, and matching. 

The book argues that although selfless giving is considered wrong success strategy by many, IF done correctly, the act of giving can be the best way to achieve long term success.

Ikigai

The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

It is very hard to define what personal actions can lead to a long and happy (or fulfilling) life!! By studying the population of Okinawa in Japan, the authors tried to figure out the main ideas why the residents of the city have such a long and seemingly happy life.  The book shares some of the concept and fundamental ideas these long living and happy residents have in common.

Continuous Discovery Habits

Discover Products That Create Customer Value and Business Value

Modern software product development is highly complex and hard due to rapidly changing technology and customer choices. The book is inspired by Marty Cagan's philosophy of Product Operating Model and proposes ideas on how to do product discovery to build the best products.

Inspired

How to create tech products customers love

I came across this book to understand what differentiates a brilliant software tech company from an average one and it didn't disappoint. In the book, Marty Cagan talks about a lot of misconceptions which plague software development across the industry and how best companies do the same things differently and why.

Coaching for Performance

The principles and practice of coaching and leadership

Beyond the hype of coaching, there is solid scientific structure of logic why and how coaching works. This book provides all the details through the lens of experience directly from the expert and one of the pioneer of modern coaching - Sir John Whitmore.

The Coaching Habit

Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

Coaching is a mindset and this can be included in every conversation we hold. This book breaks down coaching habits to certain fundamental practices which can make us have more impactful conversation on a daily basis.

The Brain

The story of you

It is fascinating how amazing our brain is. Even with all the technological advances of the entire human civilization, our brain still functions as a far superior machine than any computer we know of. The book goes into many aspects of brain, its functioning and how it influences all of us day in and day out.