Books & Learning

Books are curated as working tools: why it matters, the concept to extract, the HR application and the topic it connects to.

Strategy

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy

Use it for: distinguishing diagnosis from goals and slogans. HR application: build HR strategy from the real business challenge.

Leadership

The Leadership Challenge

Use it for: translating leadership into observable practices. HR application: leadership development and manager effectiveness.

Performance

Measure What Matters

Use it for: understanding outcome-focused goals. HR application: compare OKRs with KPI architectures rather than treating them as synonyms.

Decision making

Thinking in Systems

Use it for: seeing feedback loops and unintended consequences. HR application: diagnose performance and engagement as systems, not isolated variables.

Talent

Work Rules!

Use it for: questioning conventional people practices. HR application: evidence-led talent and people decisions.

AI

Co-Intelligence

Use it for: thinking about human–AI collaboration. HR application: design AI workflows with explicit human judgment and governance.