Books
A curated list, not an exhaustive one. These are the books that changed how I think about product, people, and building.
| Title | Author | Takeaway | Favorite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build | Tony Fadell | Turning ideas into products means embracing failure at every stage. | |
| Creative Confidence | Tom Kelley, David Kelley | Creativity is a skill anyone can build with practice. | |
| Creativity Inc | Ed Catmull | Protecting new ideas from criticism is how creative teams survive. | |
| Escaping the Build Trap | Melissa Perri | Shipping features isn't the same as solving customer problems. | |
| Essentialism | Greg McKeown | Doing less, but better, beats doing everything at once. | |
| Hidden Potential | Adam Grant | Character and effort matter more than raw natural talent. | |
| Let My People Go Surfing | Yvon Chouinard | A company can prioritize its values without sacrificing profit. | |
| Never Split the Difference | Chris Voss | Empathy, not pressure, gets the best deal done. | |
| Shoe Dog | Phil Knight | Building something real requires tolerating years of near failure. | |
| Team Topologies | Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais | Team structure decides how fast software actually ships. | |
| The Design of Everyday Things | Don Norman | Bad design, not user error, causes most everyday frustration. | |
| The Ride of a Lifetime | Robert Iger | Optimism and quality decisions rebuild a company under pressure. |