Resources

Below are some of the outside tools and ideas that have most heavily influenced our thinking and that our clients have found most useful.

Business

Startups

The Lean Startup, Eric Ries
Business Model Generation, Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
Launching Tech Ventures MBA course reading list, Tom Eisenmann (hat tip to Mark Suster)

Small businesses

The E-Myth Revisited, Michael E. Gerber
Million Dollar Consulting, Alan Weiss
FixCourse, Brad Smith

Enterprises

Built to Last, Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Good to Great, Jim Collins
The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton Christensen
The Culting of Brands, Douglas Atkins
The Age of Heretics, Art Kleiner
strategy+business, Booz & Company

Leadership and coaching

Quiet Leadership, David Rock
Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others, James Flaherty
Ready to Lead?, Alan Price
Coaching with the Brain in Mind: Foundations for Practice, David Rock and Linda J. Page
Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin

The future

The Caryatids, Bruce Sterling
Tomorrow Now, Bruce Sterling
The Transition Timeline, Shaun Chamberlin

Personal growth

Self development

Loving What Is, Byron Katie
How to Be An Adult, David Richo
The Drama of the Gifted Child, Alice Miller

Clear thinking

Buddha’s Brain, Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius
Your Brain at Work, David Rock
Strangers to Ourselves, Timothy D. Wilson
The Miracle of Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh

Spiritual growth

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, Chogyam Trungpa
Shadow Dance, David Richo
The Wise Heart, Jack Kornfield
Feeding Your Demons, Tsultrim Allione

Guided meditations

Meditations to Change your Brain, Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius
Meditation for Beginners, Jack Kornfield
Appropriate Response, Pamela Weiss
Stress-Proof Your Brain, Rick Hanson
Conscious Embodiment, Wendy Palmer
Guided Mindfulness Meditation, Jon Kabat-Zinn

Intimate relationships

How to Be an Adult in Relationships, David Richo
Getting the Love You Want, Harville Hendrix
Passionate Marriage, David Schnarch
Sex at Dawn, Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha

Physical health and wellbeing

How to Eat, Move, and Be Healthy, Paul Chek
Eating Free, Manuel Villacorta
The 4-Hour Body, Tim Ferriss
Senses Wide Open, Johanna Putnoi
The One Thing Holding You Back, Raphael Cushnir
Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn