BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Frederic Laloux
Frederic offers a beautiful and eye-opening analysis of how humans continuously invent better ways of working together
Clayton M. Christensen
Harvard Professor explains how companies that dominate their industries almost inevitably develop vulnerabilities to the next waves of disruption
Stephen Bungay
Through a brilliant account of the most effective leadership models in military history, Stephen provide modern leaders with a framework to increase business performance by promoting increased strategic clarity and autonomous decision making
Frances Frei - Anne Morriss
Frances and Anne explain how outstanding service and sustained business performance are born from embracing hard tradeoffs
L. David Marquet
How a newly appointed captain of a nuclear submarine reinvented his leadership style to transform his ship from worst to first in less than a year
Edward L. Deci
Edward summarizes over 30 years of research and gives a framework to understand the source of human motivation and performance
Brian M. Carney & Isaac Getz
A brilliant collection of stories about companies that achieve outstanding performance by organizing human collaboration around trust rather than control
Ed Catmull
Ed brings us on his journey to discover how he could create and nurture at Pixar a culture of innovation and creativity
Patty McCord
Patty shares her story of how Netflix created its most powerful and sustainable competitive advantage: a culture of freedom and responsibility
MUST WATCH VIDEOS
8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for | The Way We Work, a TED series
8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for | The Way We Work, a TED series
Brave New Work | Aaron Dignan | Talks at Google
How to build a company where the best ideas win | Ray Dalio
MindSpring Presents: "Greatness" by David Marquet
The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink
Ricardo Semler: Radical wisdom for a company, a school, a life
Edward Deci - Self-Determination Theory
INTERESTING ARTICLES
Manage Uncertainty with Commander’s Intent
Military planners use "Commander’s Intent", a key element to help a plan maintain relevancy and applicability in a chaotic, dynamic, and resource-constrained environment.
Harvard Business Review
By: Chad Storlie
What We Learned About Bureaucracy from 7,000 HBR Readers
That research shows that the blight of bureaucracy seems inescapable and confirms what most of us have long suspected: large companies suffer from managerial diseconomies of scale
Harvard Business Review
By: Gary Hamel & Michele Zanini
What is an MVP (Minimum Viable Product)
The original creator of this famous drawing explains what an MVP is and why he prefers calling it the Earliest Testable/Usable/Lovable Product
Crisp's blog
By: Henrik Kniberg
The Essential Clayton Christensen Articles
HBR editors curated some of the most influential articles written by Clayton Christensen on Strategy and Disruptive Innovation
Harvard Business Review
By: HBR Editors
Why Do Toxic People Get Promoted?
For the same reason that humble people do, political skill. This research shows that toxic employees whose political skills were highly rated by their supervisors were more likely to have a high performance rating.
Harvard Business Review
By: Klaus J. Templer