Reading & Watching
20 posts tagged “Reading & Watching”
Notes and recommendations from books, articles, films, talks, and other things that caught my attention. Rather than comprehensive reviews, these posts capture the ideas, questions, and passages that stayed with me.
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Book: The Road from Coorain
Remembering Jill Ker Conway's perseverance and the journey that led her from rural Australia to the presidency of Smith College.
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I Still Read Books
Introducing a personal bookshelf of books that have shaped how I think about leadership, creativity, craft, and a well-lived life.
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Books for People Who Make Things
A curated reading list of books on product development, communication, leadership, design, and motivation for product builders and the teams they lead.
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Book: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
A reflection on Stephen King's On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, part memoir and part instruction manual for the tools of writing.
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Book: Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up
A fan's take on Jerry Colonna's Reboot, tied to my own experience of intense introspection at one of his CEO Bootcamps.
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Book: High Output Management
A recommendation of Andy Grove's High Output Management, a book I've reread many times and consider essential for managers and team members alike.
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Book: The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness
A slow-growing appreciation for Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopus, a book that turns out to be as much about consciousness as it is about octopuses.
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Book: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
On Michael Pollan's book about psychedelics and consciousness, and why it resonated after recently losing both parents and becoming curious about dying and the mind.
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Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
A recommendation of Robert Cialdini's book on the six universal principles of persuasion, and why every manager and leader should read it.
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Book: My Year of Rest and Relaxation
A short take on Ottessa Moshfegh's novel about a year of drug-induced sleep, and why it made the perfect escape during a long travel day.
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Book: The Woman Who Smashed Codes
A review of Jason Fagone's The Woman Who Smashed Codes, the belated true story of a woman who helped invent modern cryptology and crack Nazi spy networks.
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Book: The End of Average
A look at Todd Rose's The End of Average and its case that effective leadership comes from developing individual strengths rather than measuring people against a standardized norm.
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Book: The Miniature Guide to The Art of Asking Essential Questions
A recommendation of Linda Elder and Richard Paul's guide to critical thinking, which sharpened my own approach to leading discussions and asking better questions.
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Book: The Truths We Hold
Listening to Kamala Harris's audio memoir The Truths We Hold on a road trip to Telluride, and finding her story of beliefs, family, and justice inspiring.
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Book: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
A review of Michelle McNamara's true crime book about hunting the Golden State Killer, published posthumously and vindicated when the case was solved by DNA evidence.
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Book: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
A recommendation of Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication, a book I've reread many times and consider essential for managers and leaders.
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Book: The Best and the Brightest
A recommendation of David Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest, read as a study of leadership, pride, and groupthink as much as the Vietnam War.
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Article: Bill Clinton: By the Book
A quick reaction to a New York Times interview about Bill Clinton's reading habits and where he likes to read.
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RBG
A quick, enthusiastic recommendation to see the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary RBG.
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NYC Subway Infrastracture
A recommendation of an Atlantic article on the design, history, and technical debt of New York's aging subway infrastructure.
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