High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
The legendary former chairman and CEO of Intel reveals the managerial leverage techniques that built the silicon microprocessor industry, creating the operational blueprint for modern technology leadership.
Read Time: ~4.5 hr
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
by Greg McKeown (2014)
About this book
Essentialism isn't about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done. It is not a time management strategy, or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not.
Setting / LocationSilicon Valley, California
Story EraModern Corporate Era
Protagonist / CoreThe Essentialist Leader
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