Reading List

Brenner underscores the influential role of empathy in business, proposing that kindness not only fosters increased profits but also contributes to a more fulfilling professional life.

Hamel and Zanini challenge bureaucratic systems, advocating for "humanocracy" where every employee's potential is unleashed. They provide concrete methods to transform traditional organizations into talent-centric ones.

Organizational health is key to business success; Lencioni guides leaders in fostering a cohesive, clear, well-communicated, and reinforced working environment to achieve sustainable success.

In this book, co-authors Terry R. Bacon and David G. Pugh explore how exceptional companies use the principles of behavioral strategy to exceed expectations and outperform competitors.

In this thought-provocative book, Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall dissect and debunk some of the most ingrained assumptions about work and leadership.

"Brave New Work" by Aaron Dignan reimagines work and its connection to people, providing a blueprint for reshaping corporate culture and driving transformative change in organizations.

David J. Friedman introduces a systematic approach to creating an intentional, high-performance culture that drives organizational success.

The book is a detailed examination of how organizations and other structures — not only the people there — can learn and adapt to become better and more productive.

Laszlo Bock depicts Google’s corporate culture and explains how it is applicable to many other environments. He believes that people are fundamentally good and should be trusted.

In this follow up to Predictably Irrational, the author further explores the field of behavioral economics and psychology, and the surprising effects irrationality can have on our work and relationships.

The authors take a dive into how “noise” in our lives affects decision making. They focus on where it comes from and what you can do about it.

Kahneman’s work is a seminal piece at the cross section of psychology and economics, laying out the basics of human decision making, explaining why we do what we do.

The author is a professor of behavioral economics and seeks to reveal the hidden forces that shape our decisions, including some of the reactive causes of the 2008 financial crisis.

The authors apply their knowledge on the subject with their firsthand experience with gaming concepts to create a guide to gamification and its application within the business environment.

Mihaly Csikszentmihaly explores his concept of ‘flow’: a state of consciousness characterised by complete immersion during which the ego, with its vanity and insecurity, is completely absent.

At its core, a game is a structured learning environment in which we learn two things: new skills and new information. This book demonstrates the power of games.

Brian Burke’s book offers an excellent introduction to gamification and a very useful, albeit generic, guide to developing gamified solutions. Burke also seeks to dispel common misconceptions about gamification.

Jon Radoff’s work is a unique and very well written book on gaming and how to utilize the underlying principles of games in social media and business.