Behold! The collective wisdom of the strategy world.

(Titles link to my summary/review. Items without links haven’t been summarized/reviewed yet. This document serves as a roadmap for “things of the week” to come.)

Books

Strategy Classics

• Competitive Strategy, by Michael Porter (amazon)
• Competitive Advantage, by Michael Porter (amazon)
• The Innovator’s Dilemma, by Clayton Christensen (amazon)
• The Innovator’s Solution, by Clayton Christensen (amazon)
• Seeing What’s Next, by Clayton Christensen (amazon)
• 7 Powers, by Hamilton Helmer (amazon)
• Good Strategy, Bad Strategy, by Richard Rumelt (amazon)
• Turning the Flywheel, by Jim Collins (amazon)
• Good to Great, by Jim Collins (amazon)
• Great by Choice, by Jim Collins (amazon)
• Zero to One, by Peter Thiel (amazon)
• The Practice of Management, Peter Drucker (amazon)

Secondary Literature on Great Strategy Thinkers

• The Personal MBA, by Josh Kaufman (amazon)
• The Lords of Strategy, by Walter Kiechel (amazon)
• Understanding Michael Porter, by Joan Magretta (amazon)

Jobs-to-be-done

• Competing Against Luck, by Clayton Christensen (amazon)
• When Coffee and Kale Compete, by Alan Klement (amazon)
• Value Proposition Design, by Alexander Osterwalder (amazon)

Positioning

• Positioning, by Al Ries and Jack Trout (amazon)
• The Origin of Brands, by Al Ries and Laura Ries (amazon)
• Obviously Awesome, by April Dunford (amazon)

Military / Politics

• Warfighting: MCDP-1, US Marine Corps (pdf)
• The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli (Mansfield translation) (amazon)
• The Art of War, by Sun Tzu (Cleary translation) (amazon)
• On War, by Carl von Clauswitz (Howard & Paret translation) (amazon)

Miscellaneous, but indispensable

• Inadequate Equilibria, by Eliezer Yudkowsky (free version) (kindle version)
• Hit Makers, by Derek Thompson (amazon)
• Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned, by Kenneth O. Stanley (amazon)
• The Origin of Wealth, by Eric Beinhocker (amazon)
• Principles, by Ray Dalio (amazon)

Podcasts

• The Critical Path (podlink)
• Exponent (podlink)
• Acquired (podlink)
• Disruptive Voice (podlink)
• Invest Like the Best (podlink)
• Jobs To Be Done Radio (podlink)
• Demand Thinking (podlink)
• Operators (podlink)
• Venture Stories (podlink)

Articles

• “What is Strategy?” by Michael Porter in HBS (pdf)
• “A Taxonomy of Moats” by Jerry Neumann (link)
• “Four Fits for $100m+ Growth” by Brian Balfour (link)

This is just the beginning! If you have a book, podcast, or article you think I should include, leave a comment below! I’ll put it up, assuming it’s a good fit.

The Library Roadmap:

• Add individual podcast episodes
• Add frameworks / ideas / concepts
• Add more articles
• Add another view, organized by topic rather than by medium