Validere's 10 Books for The Holidays to Treat Your-shelves - Validere

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Book your Holidays with Good Reads

10 book recos from your friends at Validere to treat your-shelves!

Mark LeDain

VP Strategy

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller

by Ron Chernow

This is a great book that provides a useful perspective on the development of both modern day business and the energy industry. Rockefeller experienced a lot in his life which is probably why the wisdom is so useful. Unfortunately this book is around 800 pages (my wife got it for me to keep me silent at the pool one vacation) but well worth it.

Nicole Rogers

SVP Sales

Platform Revolution

by Geoffrey G. Parker

Platform Revolution gives you a window into non-traditional business models and why they are changing us personally and professionally. This book on modern business is done well laced with case studies to keep a grip on the facts.

Jon DeCoste

VP Product Quality Innovation

Shoe Dog

by Phil Knight

It is a great American story about entrepreneurship and struggles in building a multi billion dollar company. Waffle maker soles and selling out of a trunk at racing meets.

Nouman Ahmad

Co-Founder & CEO

Guns of August

by Barbara W. Tuchman

One of the best history books of all time in my opinion.

Ian Burgess

Co-Founder, President & CTO

Scale

by Geoffrey West

Provides a really good background on scaling laws that govern lots of facets of life. For example, why most mammals have the same number of heartbeats in their lifespan (smaller mammals having faster hearts and proportionally shorter lifespans). This logic is then extended to the scaling laws of cities and point to fundamental forces behind seemingly surprising trends like why GDP per capita tends to increase with population density.

Nicole Osborne

Director Talent

Thinking Fast & Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

This book teaches you so much about the mental trappings of cognitive biases and while you can’t eliminate them, you can at least become more aware and think through ways to try and mitigate them.

Jared Poplawski

Account Executive

Sapiens: A Graphic History

by Yuval Noah Harari

The original has been a favourite of many but this version appeals to a wider audience of all ages. Its numerous messages are great reminders especially in our chaotic time of fake news and global pandemics.

Tarun Ajwani

VP Edge

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama

He narrates himself in audio books.

Tess O’Hara

Professional Services Consultant

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

It is a beautiful and heartwarming war story. Emotionally engaging and easy to read. A book to decompress with.

Jake MacDonnell

Implementation Consultant

A Man for All Markets

by Edward O. Thorp

Riveting bio of man who used advanced stats to (1) invent card counting and make a ton of money at blackjack and then (2) invent option pricing theory and make a ton of money on wall street.