Amazon founder and world richest man, Jeff Bezos is said to love books. After all, Amazon started out as an online book store. In “The Everything Store“, you can read that certain books helped shape Bezos’ way of thinking and leadership style. Check out the books on the list below ๐
Built to Last
By Jim Collins. Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.
“What makes the truly exceptional companies different from the comparison companies and what were the common practices these enduringly great companies followed throughout their history?”
Creation
By Steve Grand. Life and How to Make It.
“From the composition of the brains and bodies of artificial life forms to the philosophical guidelines and computational frameworks that define them, Creation plumbs the practical, social, and ethical aspects and implications of the state of the art. But more than that, the book gives readers access to the insights Grand acquired in writing Creaturesโinsights that yield a view of the world that is surprisingly antireductionist, antimaterialist, and (to a degree) antimechanistic, a view that sees matter, life, mind, and society as simply different levels of the same thing. Such a hierarchy, Grand suggests, can be mirrored by an equivalent one that exists inside a parallel universe called cyberspace.”
Good to Great
By Jim Collins. Why Some Companies Make the Leap โฆ and Others Donโt.
Jim Collins briefed Amazon executives on the principles in this book, according to the book about Bezos, “The Everything Store“.
“Built to Last, the defining management study of the ’90s, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning.”
The Innovatorโs Dilemma
By Clayton Christensen
This is a personal favorite. An absolute must read for entrepreneurs, innovators and investors. This book will teach you what you need to know about new disruptive innovation and technologies.
“An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Clay Christensenโs work continues to underpin todayโs most innovative leaders and organizations.”
Sam Walton: Made in America
By Sam Walton and John Huey.
Jeff Bezos included the values of frugality and action-bias in Amazon’s corporate values. These values were the core values of Sam Walton, as laid out in his awesome autobiography.
Lean Thinking
By James Womack and Daniel Jones. Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation.
“Lean Thinking clearly demonstrates that these simple ideas can breathe new life into any company in any industry in any country.”
Memos from the Chairman
By Alan Greenberg.
โAce Greenberg did almost everything better than I doโbridge, magic tricks, dog training, and arbitrageโall the important things in life.โ – WARREN BUFFETT
The Black Swan
By Nassim N. Taleb. The Impact of the Highly Improbable.
The Mythical Man-Month
By Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. Essays on Software Engineering.
The Remains og the Day
By Kazuo Ishiguro. Nobel Prize winner.
The Goal
By Eliyahu Goldratt. A Process of Ongoing Improvements.
Data-Driven Marketing
By Mark Jeffery. The 15 Metrics Everyone in Marketing Should Know.
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