Here are some recommendations from the last couple of months:
Malcolm Gladwell: Blink
About “the power of thinking without thinking”, an excellent read about the decisive first few moments of looking. Available at Audible (audio book).
Fisher, Ury, Patton: Getting To Yes
A really good book on negotiation - getting the other party to agree without being at an unfair disadvantage that could haunt you later. Also available as audio.
Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point
Good marketing read about how little things usually make a huge difference. Also at Audible.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The Black Swan
Fairly entertaining read about the impact of the highly improbable. Summary: Gaussian distribution sux for most cases. The ideas Taleb describes are interesting and useful, but DO NOT get the audio book as, adding to the writer’s very noticeable self-confidence, the narrator makes the whole thing sound terribly big-headed. I later heard Taleb speak at a conference and I was shocked at how nice the guy actually sounded :).
Buckingham, Coffman: First, Break All The Rules
Great book on effective management.
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Blink is fantastic audio book! I’ve listen to it and it’s really really great.
I would ask you about Black Swan.. I don’t feel like reading it.. is it that terrible on audio?
No, The Black Swan is a good audio book -
what I was trying to say is that you’re going to end up not liking
Taleb after having listened to David Chandler’s narration.
I don’t know if this is a good example, but try this (sample):
http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_RECO_001388&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes
I listened to all of these as audio and I agree - Blink was really great.
I have some other recommendations, e.g. Seth Godin’s Meatball Sundae, although his choice to narrate it himself could be put up for debate :).
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