I look forward to reading a few of these - probably when they’re available at my local library.
Adam, would you consider linking to these books on Bookshop.org rather than Amazon, so people can choose to support independent bookstores with their purchases?
Melinda Gates also has a great YouTube channel where she talks about transitions in her "Moments That Make Us" interview series https://youtube.com/@melindagates
Your book recommendations are fantastic, but I struggle with one thing—I often forget them by the time they’re published. I wonder if this experience ties into some kind of psychological bias—perhaps something related to delayed gratification or memory recall? In any case, have you ever considered revisiting your recommendations when they actually come out? A reminder post could be really helpful!
You can preorder them (on audible or amazon anyway) which I do, and guessing that helps the author come out strong with sales as soon as they hit the market which I like to help support.
Adam - I'd love to understand what your reading process looks like when it comes to books like this. Maybe you've answered some of these questions before, but I doubt you've answered them all in one place. Could you do a deep dive sometime?
What I'm wondering:
Do you read them all, cover to cover? Do you speed read? Are you reading sections, and if so, how do you select? Are you having members of your team do any of the reading and summarize for you? Are you reading reviews or analysis before, during, or after the book? Do you annotate?
Going even further.... how does reading trade books, especially those in genres further away from your core discipline, fit to your schedule? Are you reading early in the morning, during lunch break, or right before bed? Are you crushing most of these during long plane rides to clients or events, or during commutes? Or are they done via audiobook while working out or doing chores?
Finally - how does this get prioritized with reading more of the scholarly research in your field, or the results and reports and plans related to the primary research that you're leading? Pulling back, how do you prioritize between reading, and all the other activities you perform (teaching, writing, speaking, marketing, parenting) that demand your attention?
Thanks for your spring recommendations. Something to go through and take a pick from is always valuable. Looking forward to it. I'm a slow reader but I steadily build piles of them, read and finished - proof that I need a conveyor belt of good books.
Sorry to Hijack this thread (which is interesting!) but I need to respond to your and Amy's disagreement about the responsibilities of the lead car vs. the following car - I looked around for a place became impatient, and just started typing. To all reading this that has not listened to Adam interviewing his wife Amy on the Podcast, do yourself a favor and put it to the top of your list! IMHO - I think the Lead Car has 100% of the responsibility to drive in such a way as to make them easy to follow. Only the Lead car has any real ability to make any decisions. They can stop at a yellow light (ohhh the shame) or plow through it forcing the Follow Car to bust through a red light. The Lead Car can turn with only enough space for one car, or patiently wait to turn until both cars can safely make it. Some excellent drivers are NOT good at being the Lead Car.
Viewed from another lens - that of an Organizational Psychologist - this may make perfect sense to you. If the Leader of an organization goes so fast that the team cannot catch up eventually, I presume both the Leader and the organization will experience setbacks. If the Leader were a coach and said after a game - my player should have done x, y, or z - this would simply mean that the coach had not relayed ALL of the information to the player in a way that he/she could understand and implement during the game. At least as much a coaching problem.
Again, my apologies for hijacking the thread - but - I hope this will count for a vote for Amy.
And thank you for focusing my attention on emphasizing Kindness as we raise children. This among many other portions of the interview was very illuminating!
Adam - I hope these are not naive questions and may have the answers embedded elsewhere that I have not found. What criteria do you use to include these recommendations? Is part of that process that you read in full each of the books? How many other books in the categories are read that are NOT included? Thank you.
I look forward to reading a few of these - probably when they’re available at my local library.
Adam, would you consider linking to these books on Bookshop.org rather than Amazon, so people can choose to support independent bookstores with their purchases?
Came here to say exactly this!
Melinda Gates also has a great YouTube channel where she talks about transitions in her "Moments That Make Us" interview series https://youtube.com/@melindagates
Your book recommendations are fantastic, but I struggle with one thing—I often forget them by the time they’re published. I wonder if this experience ties into some kind of psychological bias—perhaps something related to delayed gratification or memory recall? In any case, have you ever considered revisiting your recommendations when they actually come out? A reminder post could be really helpful!
You can preorder them (on audible or amazon anyway) which I do, and guessing that helps the author come out strong with sales as soon as they hit the market which I like to help support.
Ohhhh, Suleika and Maggie
Adam - I'd love to understand what your reading process looks like when it comes to books like this. Maybe you've answered some of these questions before, but I doubt you've answered them all in one place. Could you do a deep dive sometime?
What I'm wondering:
Do you read them all, cover to cover? Do you speed read? Are you reading sections, and if so, how do you select? Are you having members of your team do any of the reading and summarize for you? Are you reading reviews or analysis before, during, or after the book? Do you annotate?
Going even further.... how does reading trade books, especially those in genres further away from your core discipline, fit to your schedule? Are you reading early in the morning, during lunch break, or right before bed? Are you crushing most of these during long plane rides to clients or events, or during commutes? Or are they done via audiobook while working out or doing chores?
Finally - how does this get prioritized with reading more of the scholarly research in your field, or the results and reports and plans related to the primary research that you're leading? Pulling back, how do you prioritize between reading, and all the other activities you perform (teaching, writing, speaking, marketing, parenting) that demand your attention?
Thanks for your spring recommendations. Something to go through and take a pick from is always valuable. Looking forward to it. I'm a slow reader but I steadily build piles of them, read and finished - proof that I need a conveyor belt of good books.
I love your recommendations, Adam. Thanks for sharing.
So many of these sound excellent - thank you for the recommendations!
Thank you this is very helpful
Perfect. Thank you!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for this.
Hey Adam,
Sorry to Hijack this thread (which is interesting!) but I need to respond to your and Amy's disagreement about the responsibilities of the lead car vs. the following car - I looked around for a place became impatient, and just started typing. To all reading this that has not listened to Adam interviewing his wife Amy on the Podcast, do yourself a favor and put it to the top of your list! IMHO - I think the Lead Car has 100% of the responsibility to drive in such a way as to make them easy to follow. Only the Lead car has any real ability to make any decisions. They can stop at a yellow light (ohhh the shame) or plow through it forcing the Follow Car to bust through a red light. The Lead Car can turn with only enough space for one car, or patiently wait to turn until both cars can safely make it. Some excellent drivers are NOT good at being the Lead Car.
Viewed from another lens - that of an Organizational Psychologist - this may make perfect sense to you. If the Leader of an organization goes so fast that the team cannot catch up eventually, I presume both the Leader and the organization will experience setbacks. If the Leader were a coach and said after a game - my player should have done x, y, or z - this would simply mean that the coach had not relayed ALL of the information to the player in a way that he/she could understand and implement during the game. At least as much a coaching problem.
Again, my apologies for hijacking the thread - but - I hope this will count for a vote for Amy.
And thank you for focusing my attention on emphasizing Kindness as we raise children. This among many other portions of the interview was very illuminating!
Peter
I'll read Brain and Heart!
Adam - I hope these are not naive questions and may have the answers embedded elsewhere that I have not found. What criteria do you use to include these recommendations? Is part of that process that you read in full each of the books? How many other books in the categories are read that are NOT included? Thank you.
Any suggestion on fiction?
https://adamgrant.substack.com/p/the-case-for-reading-fiction