Books I’ve Read

Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry gets very vulnerable and leaves no personal stone unturned. I was captivated by his story. He is such a strong human yet his addictions continue to be an ever present thorn in his side.

Nicholas Carr

Confirms that convenience and tech which is meant to improve our lives may be the thing that destroys it.

Yvan Choulnard

Yvan has such a refreshing approach to business. Inspired by his principles to build humanely and in a sustainable way. An example of how principles can guide us to better solutions.

Adam Grant

Adam does a great job building the case for the value of rethinking. He does a great job of providing examples across different area where those who rethought their assumptions or answers found greater success and learned better.

Marty Cagan

Great all around book about product teams. Covers a lot of ground and provides good insights to approaches and strategies.

Edgar Allen Poe

What gift it was to have taken time to live life like Edgar.

Louise Downe

Simple straightforward book that does a great job breaking down what a service is and the ingredients of a service that is human focused in the way it’s designed.

Julian Rhind-Tutt, C. S. Lewis

Lewis has an interesting allegorical take on the after life. Makes one think a bit more deeply about the choices we make in our lives.

Michael Shellenberger, Jonathan Todd Ross

Interesting read. A bit dry. But the content is really thought provoking.

Ellen Bennet

Loved learning about Ellen's story. It's inspirational!

Will Smith, Mark Manson

A fascinating self narrated Journey. Lots of life lessons. Will does a great job not only making it a great listen, but the way he is able to articulate his life scenes and help make them relatable and translate the learns is amazing. Lot's said, Lot's learned.

Mike Monteiro

Good advice and context setting. I will most likely revisit this book from time to time. Mike does a great job delivering the things most are more hesitant to share about design as a job.

Donald Robertson

Learned abit about stoicism. It was a reflective listen. May become a book I listen once a year.

Celeste Headlee

This book came at the right time for me. It’s important to remove ourselves from the glossiness of the modern day and find ways to do nothing.

William Strauss, Neil Howe

Glad I took the time to listen. It’s important to learn from history. This book puts a lot into context.

Gary Keller, Jay Papasan

Lovely approach to gaining focus.

Melissa Perri

Good perspective on the pitfalls of product management.

Marshall Rosenberg PhD

Life saving book. The narrative is very calm and chill so it can be a slow start but worth the investment. The delivery though slow at first is a helpful way to deliver the content.

Dan Rather , Elliot Kirschner

Dan's authentic and personal perspective is refreshing. A bit of optimism that we all need for today.

Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer, narrated by Jason Culp, Allyson Ryan

Great takeaways. A must read for anyone in leadership over product teams. Not saying Netlix has the best process, but they their clearly defined principles and values are inspiring.

Kim Scott

Really enjoyed this one. Kim has a unique background and uses that to provide really specific and good examples.

Jason Fried & David Hansson

Back with good examples and well articulated cases. An inspiring read to do better.

John Comer

A much needed read to become more aware of the hurry culture. Very impactful.

Barrack Obama

Fascinating behind the scenes look into his presidency.

Matthew McConaughey

A lovely narrative of his life. He openly shares nuggets of wisdom and profound experiences. Couldn’t put this down.

Henry Cloud

Viktor E. Frankl

Daniel Pecaut, Corey Wrenn - contributor

Susan Gillis Chapman

I randomly selected this book. I'm very curious about communication. It's so complex and it's so personal. Susan does a great job bring a new context to a We over Me mindset when it comes to conversations. She brought some helpful triggers I can use to help me focus in my conversations and keep them open when I find myself closing myself up.

William Vanderbloemen

William brings some practical advice and insights from his experience of building his own company. It's a good listen and is helpful for learning key cultural concepts

Ken Kocienda

Interesting look through an engineers eyes about the beginnings of Apple. There is a lot of technical jargon here, but Ken finds a way to make it relatable.

Tom Greever

Tom has done a great job articulating the role and function of not only the designer but all the roles that are part of building great solutions. A great get back to the basics read.

Peter Thiel, Black Masters

This has provided me with missing context about the dot com era, globalization, economy, and much more.

Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

Quintessential book for working remotely.

Multiple authors

This has become a staple. It's a series of articles put together. Each provide insights on the topic of leading with empathy. Provides tables and charts to further communicate ideas. Very practical.

Daniel Kahneman

This book is a mind trip. It took me a long time to get through this one. It's written with an academic tone, so it's a bit tough to get through end to end. But well worth the investment.

Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, Nate Walkingshaw

A staple at my work desk. It's been a foundational read. I'm constantly referring back to it as I run into ambiguity or challenges.

Malcom Gladwell

An eye opening experience to the racial tensions in America.

Dale Carnegie

Filled with practical take aways in improving how we connect with people.

Julie Zhuo

Julie provides a unique point of view and provides great advice for those who are wanting to be more than an individual contributor.

Robert Iger

Bob has lead one interesting life. His accounts of his time at Disney are memorable. The end of this book has valuable advice.

Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle

This book attempts to put into words principles that people learned through their relationship with Bill Campbell. Lots of great learns.

Phil Knight

A beautifully narrated and written book. Phil Knight recounts his endeavor in turning his start up shoe company into a global icon.

David Grohl

Fascinating account of David’s journey into music.

Lee Cockerell

Lee sounds like an incredible human. He does a fantastic job communicating leadership principles and having real life scenarios as examples.

Quincy Jones

Incredible life Quincy has lived. From rat ridden one bedroom apartments as a child to mansion on Beverly Hills. Playing and working with so many musical legends. It’s all incredible that this was one man’s life.

Rick Rubin

Good principles. Rick does a stellar job keeping things simple. Feels like small proverbs.

Bono

Loved hearing the music in the audio version.