Five books I keep returning to — for managing better, leading better,
and understanding how businesses actually work.
These aren't the obvious picks. No productivity bibles, no airport
bestsellers. Each one has shaped how I think about strategy, attention,
service, growth, and the systems we all work inside.
The books:
Good Strategy / Bad Strategy — Richard Rumelt
The Art of Noticing — Rob Walker
Selling the Invisible — Harry Beckwith
Growing a Business — Paul Hawken
I Want You to Cheat — John Seddon
This podcast sits on the reading list at Cultivated — a curated entry
point into a much bigger collection of books that have shaped the
work over twenty years.
Full reading list: https://www.cultivatedmanagement.com/reading-list/
and understanding how businesses actually work.
These aren't the obvious picks. No productivity bibles, no airport
bestsellers. Each one has shaped how I think about strategy, attention,
service, growth, and the systems we all work inside.
The books:
Good Strategy / Bad Strategy — Richard Rumelt
The Art of Noticing — Rob Walker
Selling the Invisible — Harry Beckwith
Growing a Business — Paul Hawken
I Want You to Cheat — John Seddon
This podcast sits on the reading list at Cultivated — a curated entry
point into a much bigger collection of books that have shaped the
work over twenty years.
Full reading list: https://www.cultivatedmanagement.com/reading-list/
