Books
On the nightstandIf Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir
Om Swami
An honest and unexpectedly gripping account of the path to monkhood. Less about religion, more about what it takes to commit to something completely. The kind of book that makes you sit with uncomfortable questions.
Sprint
Jake Knapp
From Sprint I learned about rapid prototyping and MVPs. I keep coming back to it whenever product decisions start drifting into abstraction.
The Phoenix Project
Gene Kim
A sharp reminder that systems fail socially before they fail technically. Still one of the best books on operational complexity.
The Origins of Art
Bhajju Shyam
One of the most visually memorable books I own. Tara Books has a way of making publishing itself feel like craft.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Useful not just for history, but for perspective. It shrinks your ego and expands your sense of scale at the same time.
Business Model Generation
Alexander Osterwalder
The Business Model Canvas remains one of the fastest ways to force clarity around how a business actually works.
Principles of UX
Adrian Bece
A practical reference for product thinking through interface decisions. Useful when design conversations start getting vague.