My Top 10 Books of 2019
Little late to the party here, shoot me. But I felt that having read so many valuable words in the last 500 odd days, I should share some of them with you...
Before we dive in, and before you donate me 0.005p affiliate ad revenue for clicking a amazon link below, start this week with considering the following...
- What business models must we create for the future?
- How do we differentiate our offerings?
- What strategies will help us move fast and win?
Here are my top 10 picks from 2019 that will hopefully help find your own way of addressing these critical questions:
1) Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, & Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall
https://www.amazon.com/Loonshots-Nurture-Diseases-Transform-Industries/dp/1250185963/
2) Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary Pisano
https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Construction-DNA-Sustained-Innovation/dp/1610398777/
3) The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Game-Simon-Sinek/dp/073521350X/
4) Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen by Rita McGrath
https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Around-Corners-Inflection-Business/dp/0358022339/
5) Connected Strategy: Building Continuous Customer Relationships for Competitive Advantage by Nicolaj Siggelkow
https://www.amazon.com/Connected-Strategy-Continuous-Relationships-Competitive/dp/1633697002/
6) Strategic Decisions: The 30 Most Useful Models by Marcel Planellas
https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Decisions-Most-Useful-Models/dp/1108731953/
7) Disrupt-It-Yourself: Eight Ways to Hack a Better Business---Before the Competition Does by Simone Bhan Ahuja
https://www.amazon.com/Disrupt-Yourself-Better-Business-Before-Competition/dp/1595540490
8) Cascades: How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change by Greg Satell
https://www.amazon.com/Cascades-Create-Movement-Drives-Transformational/dp/1260454010
9) Applied Innovation: The Field Guide: Translating Innovation Theory into Practical Application by Robert Marshall
https://www.amazon.com/Applied-Innovation-Translating-Practical-Application/dp/1097472507
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay
Thanks for reading, and if you manage to take a look at any of the above, then let me know what you learnt and from which book! I appreciate this genre/topic is heavily weighted towards innovation/startups but there's plenty of cross over there for all industries!