Great question. Keen to see other people’s recommendations. We have a list of some of our team’s favorites organized into categories – can be seen on the website here or below. My personal top 5 are Principles, Made to Stick, The Life You Can Save, Algorithms to Live By, and The Lean Startup.
Great question. Keen to see other people’s recommendations. We have a list of some of our team’s favorites organized into categories – can be seen on the website here or below. My personal top 5 are Principles, Made to Stick, The Life You Can Save, Algorithms to Live By, and The Lean Startup.
Charity entrepreneurship
CE Handbook: How to Start a High-Impact Nonprofit
The Lean Startup
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients
Values and ethics
Enlightenment Now
The Life You Can Save
Animal Liberation
EA Handbook
The Animal Activist’s Handbook
Poor Economics
More Than Good Intentions
Doing Good Better
The Power of Others
Making good decisions
How to Measure Anything
Principles
Failing in the Field: What We Can Learn When Field Research Goes Wrong
Statistics Done Wrong
How to Lie With Statistics
Future Babble
Black Swan
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Rationality: From AI to Zombies
​Algorithms to Live By
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
Communications
Made to Stick
The Frog and Prince
Never Eat Alone
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Crucial Conversations​
Getting things done
Getting Things Done
Atomic Habits​
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
The New One Minute Manager
The Little Book of Stoicism
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen