Recommendations
Here’s a collection of resources I’ve found particularly helpful and often frequently refer others to. The categorisation is loose, treat it simply as a guide.
Creativity
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World (Book) – Adam Grant
Art and fear (Book) – David Bayles and Ted Orland
Productivity
Ali Abdaal (YouTube) – Ali Abdaal
Back to Work (Podcast) – Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin
Focussed (Podcast) – David Sparks and Mike Schmitz
Finance
Rich dad poor dad (Book) – Robert Kiyosaki
Rule #1 investing (Book) – Phil Town
New Money (YouTube) – Brandon van der Kolk
Lean and agile
The Goal (Book) – Eliyahu M. Goldratt
User stories applied (Book) – Mike Cohn
Learning to see (Book) – John Shook and Mike Rother
Accelerate (Book) – Gene Kim, Jez Humble, and Nicole Forsgre
Systems thinking and VUCA
Managing the Unexpected (Book) – Karl E. Weick and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
The Fith Discipline (Book) – Peter Senge
Change
The Heart of Change (Book) – John Kotter
Design
The design of everyday things (Book) – Don Norman
TOG on interface (Book) – Bruce Tognazzini
A List Apart (Website) – Jeffrey Zeldman
Predictably Irrational (Book) – Dan Ariely
Story telling and consulting
Pyramid principle (trailer, movie and making of the movie) (book)
The Macsparky Presentations Field Guide (Book) – David Sparks
The win without pitching manifesto (Book) – Blair Enns
Leadership and team dynamics
What every body is saying (Book) – Joe Navarro
Never split the difference (Book) – Christopher Voss, Tahl Raz
The fearless organisation (Book) – Amy C. Edmondson
Radical candour (Book) – Kim Scott
The game changer (Book) – Dr Jason Fox
Turn the ship around (Book) – L. David Marquet
Challenge your thinking
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck (Book) – Mark Manson
Stopping the Noise in Your Head: the New Way to Overcome Anxiety and Worry (Book) – Reid Wilson PhD
Man’s Search for Meaning (Book) – Viktor E. Frankl
Breaking the habit of being yourself (Book) – Joe Dispenza
The wisdom of insecurity (Book) – Alan Watts
My Brother My Brother and Me (Podcast)
Thinking fast, and slow (Book) – Daniel Kahneman