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Scott Galloway • The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Success
Growth, it turns out, often doesn’t correlate with maximizing shareholder value.
William Thorndike • The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
These archetypes equally modeled themselves off of someone else that inspired them. Steve was obsessed with Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid. He would even take the “intersection of t... See more
Reggie James • A Land Without Giants
Instead, as Paul MacAlindin did at NYOI and Christian Grob did at Groupe SEB, it sought to identify and challenge the industry’s fundamental assumptions.
Renee Mauborgne • Blue Ocean Shift
When financial wizardry and short-term returns trump prudence and long-term value creation, customers and employees suffer.
Josh Kaufman • The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume
This was illustrated brilliantly to me by Professor Bill Meehan, who spent thirty years with McKinsey advising CEOs and senior leaders on strategy and now teaches a class called “The Strategic Management of Nonprofits” at the Stanford School of Business.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Peacetime CEO builds scalable, high-volume recruiting machines. Wartime CEO does that, but also builds HR organizations that can execute layoffs.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Harish Natarajan
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Watch Gabe Polsky’s documentary In Search of Greatness