🛡️ Psychological Safety

Explorations of the conditions that allow people to speak up, take risks, and fail without fear—essential reading for leaders building teams where honesty and innovation can thrive.

Think Again

by Adam M. Grant • 2021

The people who get the most things right are the fastest to admit they were wrong.

4.13

150k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤲 Intellectual Humility 💭 Changing Minds 🔄 Updating Beliefs 🏢 Organizational Psychology

Think Again

The people who get the most things right are the fastest to admit they were wrong.

by Adam M. Grant 2021

4.13

150k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤲 Intellectual Humility 💭 Changing Minds 🔄 Updating Beliefs 🏢 Organizational Psychology

Radical Candor

by Kim Malone Scott • 2017

Good bosses care. Great bosses also confront. The framework that makes both possible.

4.05

58k+

🧑‍💼 People Management 🗣️ Feedback Culture 🌱 Talent Development 🖥️ Tech Management 🆕 New Managers

Radical Candor

Good bosses care. Great bosses also confront. The framework that makes both possible.

by Kim Malone Scott 2017

4.05

58k+ ratings

🧑‍💼 People Management 🗣️ Feedback Culture 🌱 Talent Development 🖥️ Tech Management 🆕 New Managers

Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

by Kerry Patterson • 2002

The playbook for the conversations you dread: say hard things without destroying the relationship.

4.07

83k+

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🤝 Conflict Resolution 💼 Workplace Communication 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🔽 De-Escalation

Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

The playbook for the conversations you dread: say hard things without destroying the relationship.

by Kerry Patterson 2002

4.07

83k+ ratings

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🤝 Conflict Resolution 💼 Workplace Communication 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🔽 De-Escalation

How to Know a Person

by David Brooks • 2023

Make anyone feel genuinely known. It is a teachable skill, not a natural gift.

4.03

41k+

🧠 Social Intelligence 💬 Conversation Skills ❤️ Empathy 🌍 Cultural Awareness 🧩 Personality Types

How to Know a Person

Make anyone feel genuinely known. It is a teachable skill, not a natural gift.

by David Brooks 2023

4.03

41k+ ratings

🧠 Social Intelligence 💬 Conversation Skills ❤️ Empathy 🌍 Cultural Awareness 🧩 Personality Types

Smarter Faster Better

by Charles Duhigg • 2016

Productivity relies on meaningful choices, safe teams, and stretch goals that drive real growth.

3.90

36k+

🏢 Organizational Psychology ⚡ Workplace Productivity 🎯 Goal Setting Frameworks 🧠 Mental Models 🎲 Decision Science

Smarter Faster Better

Productivity relies on meaningful choices, safe teams, and stretch goals that drive real growth.

by Charles Duhigg 2016

3.90

36k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Psychology ⚡ Workplace Productivity 🎯 Goal Setting Frameworks 🧠 Mental Models 🎲 Decision Science

Turn the Ship Around!

by L. David Marquet • 2013

What happens when a submarine captain gives away control: worst crew to best in the fleet.

4.23

22k+

🪖 Military Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🔀 Distributed Leadership ⚙️ Operational Discipline 🔄 Behavioral Change

Turn the Ship Around!

What happens when a submarine captain gives away control: worst crew to best in the fleet.

by L. David Marquet 2013

4.23

22k+ ratings

🪖 Military Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🔀 Distributed Leadership ⚙️ Operational Discipline 🔄 Behavioral Change

Give and Take

by Adam M. Grant • 2013

Why helping others drives your success more than taking ever could.

4.07

40k+

🧠 Organizational Psychology 🤲 Altruism 🔗 Networking 👥 Collaboration 🌱 Talent Development

Give and Take

Why helping others drives your success more than taking ever could.

by Adam M. Grant 2013

4.07

40k+ ratings

🧠 Organizational Psychology 🤲 Altruism 🔗 Networking 👥 Collaboration 🌱 Talent Development

The Geek Way

by Andrew McAfee • 2023

Tech companies run on a different OS: four norms that leave industrial management behind.

3.89

914

💻 Tech Company Culture 📊 Evidence-Based Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 🪟 Workplace Transparency 🧠 Cognitive Biases At Work

The Geek Way

Tech companies run on a different OS: four norms that leave industrial management behind.

by Andrew McAfee 2023

3.89

914 ratings

💻 Tech Company Culture 📊 Evidence-Based Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 🪟 Workplace Transparency 🧠 Cognitive Biases At Work

Originals

by Adam M. Grant • 2016

Innovators keep their day jobs, delay deadlines, and let pioneers make the mistakes.

3.95

58k+

🏢 Organizational Psychology 💡 Innovation Strategy 🎨 Creativity Research 🔍 Innovation Myths ✍️ Creative Process

Originals

Innovators keep their day jobs, delay deadlines, and let pioneers make the mistakes.

by Adam M. Grant 2016

3.95

58k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Psychology 💡 Innovation Strategy 🎨 Creativity Research 🔍 Innovation Myths ✍️ Creative Process

The Fearless Organization

by Amy C. Edmondson • 2018

Your meetings are silent for a reason. The research-backed playbook for making it safe to speak up.

3.97

5k+

🏢 Organizational Culture 🧩 Organizational Behavior 🤝 Team Dynamics 🔬 Failure Tolerance 📚 Learning Culture

The Fearless Organization

Your meetings are silent for a reason. The research-backed playbook for making it safe to speak up.

by Amy C. Edmondson 2018

3.97

5k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 🧩 Organizational Behavior 🤝 Team Dynamics 🔬 Failure Tolerance 📚 Learning Culture

The Making of a Manager

by Julie Zhuo • 2019

Nobody trained you to manage. What works, from someone who figured it out on the job.

4.20

22k+

🌱 New Managers 👥 People Management 💬 Feedback Skills 🧱 Team Building 🤝 Team Culture

The Making of a Manager

Nobody trained you to manage. What works, from someone who figured it out on the job.

by Julie Zhuo 2019

4.20

22k+ ratings

🌱 New Managers 👥 People Management 💬 Feedback Skills 🧱 Team Building 🤝 Team Culture

The Culture Code

by Daniel Coyle • 2017

Team chemistry looks like magic. It's actually a trainable set of invisible signals.

4.24

36k+

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Team Dynamics 🤝 Trust Building 💬 Vulnerable Leadership 🧠 Group Psychology

The Culture Code

Team chemistry looks like magic. It's actually a trainable set of invisible signals.

by Daniel Coyle 2017

4.24

36k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Team Dynamics 🤝 Trust Building 💬 Vulnerable Leadership 🧠 Group Psychology

What You Do Is Who You Are

by Ben Horowitz • 2019

Your culture is what happens when the boss leaves the room. Here's how to design it.

4.00

8k+

🏢 Corporate Culture 🚀 Founders 🧠 Organizational Behavior 🎨 Culture Design 🧩 Subcultures

What You Do Is Who You Are

Your culture is what happens when the boss leaves the room. Here's how to design it.

by Ben Horowitz 2019

4.00

8k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Culture 🚀 Founders 🧠 Organizational Behavior 🎨 Culture Design 🧩 Subcultures

An Everyone Culture

by Robert Kegan • 2016

What if your company's real product was more capable adults, and profit was the side effect?

3.95

1k+

🏢 Organizational Culture 📚 Learning Organizations 💬 Feedback Culture 🔄 Organizational Transformation 🧠 Adult Development

An Everyone Culture

What if your company's real product was more capable adults, and profit was the side effect?

by Robert Kegan 2016

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 📚 Learning Organizations 💬 Feedback Culture 🔄 Organizational Transformation 🧠 Adult Development

Multipliers

by Liz Wiseman • 2010

Some leaders double team brainpower; others halve it. The gap is behavioral, not genetic.

3.99

17k+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Team Leadership 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🌱 Talent Development ⚖️ Decision Making 🧠 Growth Mindset

Multipliers

Some leaders double team brainpower; others halve it. The gap is behavioral, not genetic.

by Liz Wiseman 2010

3.99

17k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Team Leadership 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🌱 Talent Development ⚖️ Decision Making 🧠 Growth Mindset

Right Kind of Wrong

by Amy C. Edmondson • 2023

Two kinds of failure to prevent, one kind to pursue. The difference is where innovation lives.

3.90

3k+

📉 Learning From Failure 💡 Innovation Culture 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧪 Experimentation Culture 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Right Kind of Wrong

Two kinds of failure to prevent, one kind to pursue. The difference is where innovation lives.

by Amy C. Edmondson 2023

3.90

3k+ ratings

📉 Learning From Failure 💡 Innovation Culture 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧪 Experimentation Culture 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Black Box Thinking

by Matthew Syed • 2015

Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.

4.28

15k+

💥 Learning From Failure 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🌱 Growth Mindset 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔗 Systems Thinking

Black Box Thinking

Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.

by Matthew Syed 2015

4.28

15k+ ratings

💥 Learning From Failure 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🌱 Growth Mindset 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔗 Systems Thinking

Multipliers

by Liz Wiseman • 2010

Two leaders, comparable teams: one gets twice the brainpower. Five habits explain the gap.

3.99

17k+

🧑‍💼 People Management 🌱 Talent Development 💬 Healthy Conflict 🎯 Coaching Culture 💪 Strengths-Based Leadership

Multipliers

Two leaders, comparable teams: one gets twice the brainpower. Five habits explain the gap.

by Liz Wiseman 2010

3.99

17k+ ratings

🧑‍💼 People Management 🌱 Talent Development 💬 Healthy Conflict 🎯 Coaching Culture 💪 Strengths-Based Leadership

Crucial Conversations

by Emily Gregory • 2021

Hard conversations follow a pattern. Repeatable skills for staying in dialogue when it matters most.

4.04

2k+

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🔄 Feedback Culture 🧘 Emotional Regulation 👂 Active Listening

Crucial Conversations

Hard conversations follow a pattern. Repeatable skills for staying in dialogue when it matters most.

by Emily Gregory 2021

4.04

2k+ ratings

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🔄 Feedback Culture 🧘 Emotional Regulation 👂 Active Listening

The Knowing-Doing Gap

by Jeffrey Pfeffer • 1993

Your company knows what to do. Why doesn't it? The answer is in how it's built.

3.96

1k+

📊 Evidence-Based Management 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🏛️ Corporate Culture 🔄 Change Management ⚙️ Execution

The Knowing-Doing Gap

Your company knows what to do. Why doesn't it? The answer is in how it's built.

by Jeffrey Pfeffer 1993

3.96

1k+ ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Management 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🏛️ Corporate Culture 🔄 Change Management ⚙️ Execution

Cultures of Growth

by Mary C. Murphy • 2024

Mindset is cultural, not personal. Your workplace is quietly deciding whether you grow or stagnate.

3.90

503

🏢 Organizational Culture 🧠 Growth Mindset 💡 Innovation Culture 💬 Feedback Culture 🔬 Mindset Psychology

Cultures of Growth

Mindset is cultural, not personal. Your workplace is quietly deciding whether you grow or stagnate.

by Mary C. Murphy 2024

3.90

503 ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 🧠 Growth Mindset 💡 Innovation Culture 💬 Feedback Culture 🔬 Mindset Psychology

Multipliers

by Liz Wiseman • 2010

Some leaders double their team's intelligence. Others halve it. The gap is measurable and fixable.

3.99

17k+

🧠 Talent Development 🌱 Growth Mindset 🤲 Servant Leadership 🔓 Empowering Leadership 👥 Team Dynamics

Multipliers

Some leaders double their team's intelligence. Others halve it. The gap is measurable and fixable.

by Liz Wiseman 2010

3.99

17k+ ratings

🧠 Talent Development 🌱 Growth Mindset 🤲 Servant Leadership 🔓 Empowering Leadership 👥 Team Dynamics

Be Exceptional

by Joe Navarro • 2021

Exceptional isn't innate: five observable traits anyone can build, from a former FBI agent.

3.98

697

🏛️ Leadership Development 👁️ Nonverbal Communication 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤝 Trust Building 🕵️ Fbi Behavioral Analysis

Be Exceptional

Exceptional isn't innate: five observable traits anyone can build, from a former FBI agent.

by Joe Navarro 2021

3.98

697 ratings

🏛️ Leadership Development 👁️ Nonverbal Communication 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤝 Trust Building 🕵️ Fbi Behavioral Analysis

Rebel Ideas

by Matthew Syed • 2019

Why smart groups go blind together, and how difference becomes the ultimate edge.

4.26

6k+

🏢 Organizational Psychology 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🌐 Cognitive Diversity 🔍 Groupthink 📣 Echo Chambers

Rebel Ideas

Why smart groups go blind together, and how difference becomes the ultimate edge.

by Matthew Syed 2019

4.26

6k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Psychology 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🌐 Cognitive Diversity 🔍 Groupthink 📣 Echo Chambers

The New Model of Selling

by Jerry Acuff • 2023

Listen 70% of the time, kill the hard close, and guide skeptics to sell themselves.

4.37

265

🗣️ Consultative Selling 👂 Active Listening 🧠 Emotional Intelligence ❓ Question Based Selling 🤝 Trust Building

The New Model of Selling

Listen 70% of the time, kill the hard close, and guide skeptics to sell themselves.

by Jerry Acuff 2023

4.37

265 ratings

🗣️ Consultative Selling 👂 Active Listening 🧠 Emotional Intelligence ❓ Question Based Selling 🤝 Trust Building

Optimal

by Daniel Goleman • 2024

The emotional skills that outperform IQ at work, and how organizations can build them.

3.35

681

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🏢 Workplace Culture 🤝 Team Performance 📈 Leadership Development 🧘 Resilience Training

Optimal

The emotional skills that outperform IQ at work, and how organizations can build them.

by Daniel Goleman 2024

3.35

681 ratings

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🏢 Workplace Culture 🤝 Team Performance 📈 Leadership Development 🧘 Resilience Training

Move Fast and Fix Things

by Frances Frei • 2023

Your speed problem is actually a trust problem. Diagnose it Monday, accelerate by Friday.

3.62

600

🏢 Organizational Change 🤝 Trust Building 💪 Empowered Teams 🌍 Inclusive Leadership ⚡ Conflict Resolution

Move Fast and Fix Things

Your speed problem is actually a trust problem. Diagnose it Monday, accelerate by Friday.

by Frances Frei 2023

3.62

600 ratings

🏢 Organizational Change 🤝 Trust Building 💪 Empowered Teams 🌍 Inclusive Leadership ⚡ Conflict Resolution

Leading Without Authority

by Keith Ferrazzi • 2020

No authority? No problem. Build trust, coach peers, and lead the teams you were never given.

3.74

1k+

🧭 Lateral Leadership 🗣️ Peer Coaching 🤲 Servant Leadership 🏢 Modern Workplace 💬 Candor At Work

Leading Without Authority

No authority? No problem. Build trust, coach peers, and lead the teams you were never given.

by Keith Ferrazzi 2020

3.74

1k+ ratings

🧭 Lateral Leadership 🗣️ Peer Coaching 🤲 Servant Leadership 🏢 Modern Workplace 💬 Candor At Work

The Heart of Business

by Hubert Joly • 2021

Purpose beats profit as strategy. A CEO's playbook for winning by serving every stakeholder first.

4.23

1k+

🏢 Corporate Turnarounds 🌐 Stakeholder Capitalism 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business 🤲 Servant Leadership 💼 Work And Meaning

The Heart of Business

Purpose beats profit as strategy. A CEO's playbook for winning by serving every stakeholder first.

by Hubert Joly 2021

4.23

1k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Turnarounds 🌐 Stakeholder Capitalism 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business 🤲 Servant Leadership 💼 Work And Meaning

The No Asshole Rule

by Robert I. Sutton • 2007

Brilliant jerks cost more than they're worth. A Stanford professor's case for zero tolerance.

3.60

9k+

🐍 Toxic Workplaces 🏢 Organizational Culture 🛑 Workplace Bullying 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤝 Civility At Work

The No Asshole Rule

Brilliant jerks cost more than they're worth. A Stanford professor's case for zero tolerance.

by Robert I. Sutton 2007

3.60

9k+ ratings

🐍 Toxic Workplaces 🏢 Organizational Culture 🛑 Workplace Bullying 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤝 Civility At Work

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