Something I’ve noticed is that a fair few of these books come from tech/startup people, and a fair few of the EAs I’m directly or indirectly getting these recommendations from are either from those worlds or are “the sort of people” who would fit in those worlds. High Output Management and The Great CEO Within are both examples. I’m not sure if this has any implications, but perhaps it makes me inclined to slightly down-weight recommendations of books that come from those worlds, as I expect them to be a bit overrepresented, or something.
That said, next up on my own reading list, from this category of books, is High Output Management. After that will be The Coaching Habit, which may or may not be from a tech/startup world (haven’t checked. This is based on some semi-random mixture of what was most often recommended, what has been least often read at Rethink Priorities (so the org can collectively gather a wider range of ideas and perspectives), and what’s available on audible. I’ll post notes on those once I’m done with them.
Thanks for this! I didn’t expect High Output Management to come out on top—will consider reading it in the future.
Something I’ve noticed is that a fair few of these books come from tech/startup people, and a fair few of the EAs I’m directly or indirectly getting these recommendations from are either from those worlds or are “the sort of people” who would fit in those worlds. High Output Management and The Great CEO Within are both examples. I’m not sure if this has any implications, but perhaps it makes me inclined to slightly down-weight recommendations of books that come from those worlds, as I expect them to be a bit overrepresented, or something.
That said, next up on my own reading list, from this category of books, is High Output Management. After that will be The Coaching Habit, which may or may not be from a tech/startup world (haven’t checked. This is based on some semi-random mixture of what was most often recommended, what has been least often read at Rethink Priorities (so the org can collectively gather a wider range of ideas and perspectives), and what’s available on audible. I’ll post notes on those once I’m done with them.
Oh I just found out now that there’s already an Audible audiobook for High Output Management, cool!