Here are some books and other resources that I’ve read (or am reading). You might be interested, too.
- Knowledge Management and the Smarter Lawyer (2003) by Gretta Rusanow
- Effective Knowledge Management for Law Firms (2004) by Matthew Parsons
- A Curated List of KM Resources by Deborah Panella, Director of Library and Knowledge Services at Cravath,Swaine & Moore LLP for ILTA
- Working Knowledge by Thomas H. Davenport and Laurence Prusak
- Typography for Lawyers by Matthew Butterick
- The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success by Carmine Gallo
- The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience by Carmine Gallo
- The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss (One of my favorite books. It’s not about working less. It’s about good ideas for productivity and prioritizing things in your life.)
- Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition by Guy Kawasaki
- The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services by Richard Susskind
- iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon
- Inside Steve’s Brain by Leander Kahney (about Steve Jobs)
- Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizationsby Clay Shirky
- 9 Things a Leader Must Do by Henry Cloud
- Leading Change by John P. Kotter
- It’s Okay to Be the Boss: The Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming the Manager Your Employees Need by Bruce Tulgan
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
- Outliers: The Story of Successby Malcolm Gladwell
- The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson
- Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
- Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life by David Allen
- The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
- Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier by Carolyn Elefant and Nicole Black (Jun 16, 2010)
- Social Media for Lawyers: Twitter Edition by Adrian Dayton (Sep 28, 2009)
- Social Lawyers: Transforming Business Development, 2010 ed. by Jayne Navarre