Its summer (still) which means book reading times for many.

Here are a few books I remember from the top of my head (which means they must have been influential to me). No specific order. Title and something I remember from that book.

Non-Fiction

Factfullness - Hans Rosling

Look at the biggest number first if you want to make an impact.

The attention fix - Anders Hansen

Our brains evolved for a different kind of world, and it explains so much.

The Checklist Manifesto - Atul Gawande

Checklists are hard to get right but extremely valuable if you manage to get them right.

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise - Anders Ericsson

When learning something you need to grind it and challenge yourself.

Fiction

Phoenix Project - Gene Kim

(Edge case if this is fiction, it’s management fiction). 100% utilisation of one part of a system is not optimal, ensure you have a bit of slack everywhere.

Three body problem - Cixin Liu

Slow start but bakes in some very interesting philosophical discussions. The dark forest problem

We Are Legion - Dennis E. Taylor

A little bit of interesting philosphical questions and technology in the first books, the latter books in the bobiverse aren’t as good.