Below is a list of books (kindle books except for 5 or so) I read in 2014. I didn’t quite get to read as many books as I did in 2013 because I went back to school to pursue my MBA with a Specialization in IT Management. I also got promoted to a new position with much more significant responsibilities. Finding time for leisure reading was a challenge. Here’s a list of books I read in 2015. Please feel free to ask me for any recommendations.
Business/Productivity:
- Difference: The one-page method for reimagining your business and reinventing your marketing by Bernadette Jiwa
- Economics (McGraw-Hill Series in Economics) by McConnell
- Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal
- It’s Not a Plan Until the Numbers Add Up: StartupModels.com – A Guide to Building Financial Models For Business Using finmodel4.xls by Mike Colwell
- Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness by Frederic Laloux, Ken Wilber
- Social Machines: How to Develop Connected Products That Change Customers’ Lives by Peter Semmelhack
- Startup Growth Engines: Case Studies of How Today’s Most Successful Startups Unlock Extraordinary Growth by Sean Ellis, Morgan Brown
- The E-MBA Series: Business Writing by Nate Frost
- Thinking about the Future, Guidelines for Strategic Foresight by Andy Hines, Peter Bishop
- Tilt: Shifting Your Strategy from Products to Customers by Niraj Dawar
- Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become? by Michael Schrage
Change & Innovation:
- Change by Design by Tim Brown
- Everything Connects: How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation, and Sustainability: How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation and Su
- Innovation Step-by-Step: How to Create & Develop Ideas for your Challenge by Darin Eich
- Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections for Brilliant Ideas and Profitable Innovation: Weaving Together Connections for Brilliant Ideas and Profitable InnovationThe Innovation Paradox: Why Good Businesses Kill Breakthroughs and How They Can Change (BK Business) by Tony Davila, Marc Epstein
- The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators by Clayton M. Christensen, Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen
- The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson
- The Lean Enterprise: How Corporations Can Innovate Like Startups by Trevor Owens, Obie Fernandez
General Reading:
- An Extraordinary Absence by Jeff Foster
- How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination by Sally Hogshead
- How to Be Interesting: (In 10 Simple Steps) by Jessica Hagy
- Life is Short And So Is This Book: Brief Thoughts On Making The Most Of Your Life by Peter Atkins
- Mind Over Mind: The Surprising Power of Expectations by Chris Berdik
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition by American Psychological Association
- Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) by Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn
- The Achievement Factory: How to Fulfill Your Dreams and Make Life an Adventure by Andrii Sedniev
- The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves by Stephen Grosz
- The Five Levels of Attachment: Toltec Wisdom for the Modern World by Ruiz Jr, don Miguel
- The Learning Self: Understanding the Potential for Transformation by Mark Tennant
- The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life by Thomas M. Sterner
- The Universe Doesn’t Give a Flying Fuck About You (Epic series Book 1) by Johnny Truant
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do (Issues of Our Time) by Claude M. Steele
- You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment by Thich Nhat Hanh
Higher Education/Student Affairs:
- A Quick Beginner’s Guide to Institutional Effectiveness by Tra Patterson
- Academic Capitalism and the New Economy by Sheila Slaughter, Gary Rhoades
- American Higher Education in Crisis?: What Everyone Needs to Know by Goldie Blumenstyk
- Asian Americans in Higher Education: Charting New Realities: AEHE Volume 40, Number 1 (J-B ASHE Higher Education Report Series (AEHE)) by Pak, Yoon K., Maramba, Dina C.,
- Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates by Richard Arum, Josipa Roksa
- Bridging the Divide between Faculty and Administration: A Guide to Understanding Conflict in the Academy by James L. Bess, Jay R. Dee
- Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers by Thomas A. Angelo, K. Patricia Cross
- College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success (The ACE Series on Higher Education) by Seidman, Alan, Seidman, Alan, Astin, Alexander W., Berger, Joseph B., Bibo,
- Degrees of digitization: Digital technology and the contemporary university: Degrees of digitization (Research into Higher Education) by Neil Selwyn
- Digital Learning: Exploring Evolving Ecosystems of Technology-Enhanced Education by Mark Anderson
- Engaging Students through Social Media: Evidence-Based Practices for Use in Student Affairs by Reynol Junco
- How College Works by Daniel F. Chambliss
- How Colleges Change: Understanding, Leading, and Enacting Change by Adrianna Kezar
- Improving Student Engagement and Development through Assessment: Theory and practice in higher education by Lynn Clouder, Christine Broughan, Steve J
- In Search of Self: Exploring Student Identity Development: New Directions for Higher Education, Number 166 (J-B HE Single Issue Higher Education) by Hanson, Chad
- Job One 2.0: Understanding the Next Generation of Student Affairs Professionals by Magolda, Peter M., Carnaghi, Jill Ellen
- Learning for the Future: Rethinking Schools for the 21st Century by Gabriel Rshaid
- Making Change Happen in Student Affairs: Challenges and Strategies by Margaret J. Barr, George S. McClellan, Arthur Sandeen
- Mental Health Issues and the University Student by Doris Iarovici
- Navigating The Digital Shift: Implementation Strategies For Blended And Online Learning by John Bailey, Carri Schneider, Vander Ark, Tom
- New Scholarship in Critical Quantitative Research, Part 1: Studying Institutions and People in Context: New Directions for Institutional Research, Number … (J-B IR Single I
- One Size Does Not Fit All: Traditional and Innovative Models of Student Affairs Practice by Kathleen Manning, Jillian Kinzie, John H Schuh
- Public Universities and Regional Growth: Insights from the University of California (Innovation and Technology in the World E) by Martin Kenney, Davi
- Research Strategies: Finding Your Way through the Information Fog by William Badke
- Selected Contemporary Assessment Issues: 142 (J-B SS Single Issue Student Services) by Schuh, John H.
- Supporting Student Affairs Professionals: New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 166 (J-B CC Single Issue Community Colleges) by Ozaki, C. Casey, Hornak, Anne M.,
- The Human Side of the Strategic Planning Process in Higher Education by Robert Delprino
- The Seven Futures of American Education: Improving Learning & Teaching in a Screen-Captured World by John Sener
- The War on Learning: Gaining Ground in the Digital University by Elizabeth Losh
- Transforming Students by Charity Johansson, Peter Felten
- Understanding and Developing Student Engagement (SEDA Series) by Colin Bryson
- Understanding the College Experience by Tim Vootkala
- Using Typological Approaches to Understand College Student Experiences and Outcomes: New Directions for Institutional Research, Assessment Supplement 2011 (J-B IR Single Issue Institutional Research) by Hu, Shouping, Li, Shaoqing
Information Technology:
- A Chief Technology Officer Thinks About Innovation by Roger Smith
- CIO 100: The First 100 days as CIO by Gary Buck
- Cloud Computing and Electronic Discovery (Wiley CIO) by James P. Martin, Harry Cendrowski
- Confessions of a Successful CIO: How the Best CIOs Tackle Their Toughest Business Challenges (Wiley CIO) by Dan Roberts, Brian Watson
- Disrupt IT: A new model for IT in the digital age by Ian Cox
- Health Informatics: Practical Guide for Healthcare and Information Technology Professionals (Sixth Edition) by Robert E. Hoyt, Ann Yoshihashi
- Implementing ITSM: From Silos to Services: Transforming the IT Organization to an IT Service Management Valued Partner by Randy A. Steinberg
- Information Technology Rethought as Memory Extension: Toward an integral cognitive theory of memory and technology. by Dr. Lars Ludwig
- Innovation, Technology and Leadership: Observations and Insights from a Technology Veteran by Stephen R. Smith
- IT Business Partnerships: A Field Guide: Paving the Way for Business and Technology Convergence by Joseph Topinka and John Sculley
- IT Strategy & Technology Innovation by David McKean
- Measuring ITSM: Measuring, Reporting, and Modeling the IT Service Management Metrics that Matter Most to IT Senior Executives by Randy A. Steinberg
- The Economics of Information Technology: An Introduction (Raffaele Mattioli Lectures) by Hal R. Varian, Joseph Farrell, Carl Shapiro
- The Ordinary Man’s Guide to the History of Information Technology by Lawrence Hardy
Management/Leadership:
- Collective Articles for your MBA: Concentrated in eBusiness Technology by Kurt Grashaw
- Gen Y Now: Millennials and the Evolution of Leadership by Buddy Hobart, Herb Sendek
- MBA Notes: Course Notes from a Top MBA Program by Blum, Jeff
- MBA Terms, Concepts, Strategies, and Tactics by Allen Williams
Technology (Social Media, Big Data, Wearable Computing, Cloud, Mobile, …):
- Anticipating 2025: A guide to the radical changes that may lie ahead, whether or not we’re ready by David Wood, Mark Stevenson, Rohit Talwar, Calum Chace, David Pearce, S
- Beginning Google Glass Development by Jeff Tang
- Big Data Overview by Ali Roghani
- Billion Dollar Apps: How To Find & Implement A Winning Mobile Strategy by Alex Bratton
- Brave NUI World: Designing Natural User Interfaces for Touch and Gesture by Daniel Wigdor, Dennis Wixon
- Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure: Best Practices for DevOps, Data Storage, High Availability, and More (Developer Reference) by Scott Guthrie, Mark Simms, Tom Dyks
- City as Interface: How New Media Are Changing the City (Reflect Book 10) by Martijn de Waal
- Code Halos: How the Digital Lives of People, Things, and Organizations are Changing the Rules of Business by Malcolm Frank, Paul Roehrig, Ben Pring
- Connected Health: How Mobile Phones, Cloud and Big Data Will Reinvent Healthcare by Jody Ranck
- Designing the Internet of Things by Adrian McEwen, Hakim Cassimally
- Digital Technology and the Contemporary University: Degrees of digitization (Research into Higher Education) by Neil Selwyn
- From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: Disruptive Innovation in the Age of the Internet: Disruptive Innovation in the Age of the Internet by John Naughton
- Google Glass Programming in PHP by Tony Gaitatzis, Bruno Daoust, Linda Manning, Arwen Moore
- Google Glass: What Is It and How Can It Change Our Lives by Google Glass
- It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens by danah boyd
- Mad Men of Mobile: Leading Entrepreneurs and Innovators Share Their Stories, from SIRI to SHAZAM by Danielle Newnham
- Manager’s Guide to Mobile Learning (Briefcase Books Series) by Brenda J. Enders
- Mobile Interface Theory by Jason Farman
- Mobile Media Learning: Amazing Uses of Mobile Devices for Learning by John Martin, Seann Dikkers, et al., Bob Coulter
- Mobile Ready: Connecting With The Untethered Consumer by Scott Bales
- Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices by Tim Speed, Darla Nykamp, Mari Heiser, Joseph Anderson, Jaya Nampalli
- Rethinking the Internet of Things: A Scalable Approach to Connecting Everything by Francis daCosta
- Sensor Technologies: Healthcare, Wellness and Environmental Applications (Expert’s Voice in Networked Technologies) by Michael McGrath, Ni Scanaill, Cliodhna
- shift 2020 – How Technology Will Impact Our Future: A collaborative book including foresights on how technology will impact our future by some of the world’s leading experts.
- Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia by Anthony M. Townsend
- Space, Time, and Cloud: The Emerging Consumer Tech Reality by Pyrus Elwood
- Tech Tonics: Can Passionate Entrepreneurs Heal Healthcare with Technology by David Shaywitz, Lisa Suennen
- The Mobile Mind Shift: Engineer Your Business To Win in the Mobile Moment by Ted Schadler, Josh Bernoff, Julie Ask
- The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? by Patrick Tucker
- The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies by Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee
- The The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology by Wiebe E. Bijker, Thomas P. Hughes,
- The Wired Man by David Adam Suski
- Web Designers Guide to Google Glass by Joe Casabona
- What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube: PRIVACY is DEAD. The NEW rules for business, personal, and family reputation. by Erik Qualman
- Writing on the Wall: Social Media – The First 2,000 Years by Tom Standage
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