ashes of my shelf
Over the years, I've read a few thousand books. Some of which were about business. This list has 44 recommendations.
Influence
Robert Cialdini’s Influence is the foundational text on why humans comply—or resist—requests. Drawing on decades of laboratory studies, undercover fieldwork, and cross-cultural examples, Cialdini distills six universal principles of persuasion: reciprocity, commitment and consistency, social proof, liking, authority, and scarcity. Each principle is illustrated with memorable stories, from door-to-door sales tactics to cult recruitment. What […]
Cold Steel
Cold Steel is the gripping story of the world’s biggest and most hard-fought industry takeover of recent years, an epic corporate battle that would send shockwaves through the political corridors of Europe, excite the world’s financial markets, enrich thirty hedge funds and transform the global steel industry. In 2006, the two largest steel-producers went head […]
The Goal
Alex rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage. He has ninety days to save his plant – or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with […]
Mind Master
Few people know better than Viswanathan Anand how to think strategically at lightning speed and work under immense pressure to overcome the toughest odds. From the time he learnt to move pieces on a chessboard as a six-year-old, Vishy – as Anand is fondly called – has racked up innumerable accolades. The first World Chess […]
Amp It Up
*Amp It Up* by Frank Slootman is a manifesto for performance-focused leadership in high-growth companies. As a CEO who has led companies like ServiceNow, Data Domain, and Snowflake through meteoric rises, Slootman shares his no-nonsense leadership philosophy. At its core, the book demands urgency, intensity, and clarity in execution. Slootman critiques the trend of corporate […]
Live Work Work Work Die
At the height of the startup boom, journalist Corey Pein set out for Silicon Valley with little more than a smartphone and his wits. His goal: to learn how such an overhyped industry could possibly sustain itself as long as it has. But to truly understand the delirious reality of the tech entrepreneurs, he knew […]