Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2026-02-26
Lenny Rachitsky & Jeetu Patel: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco president on the AI revolution | Jeetu Patel
Jeetu Patel is the president and chief product officer at Cisco, where he leads a team of 30,000 people and is playing a central role in the massive AI infrastructure buildout happening right now. Previously, he spent five years as CPO at Box and 17 years running his own startup.
Lenny Rachitsky recommended Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Jeetu Patel recommended The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen, The Innovator's Solution, and The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Be Useful
Recommended“Arnold Schwarzenegger has this book that he put out and I feel like the title of the book is the best piece of advice and the simplest way to describe how to be successful in life which is be useful.”
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The Innovator's Dilemma
Recommended“The Bible in tech in my mind is Innovator's Dilemma and Innovator Solutions from Clayton Christensen. I think we you have to read that book and I' I'd say I'd recommend to people that read it every every few years.”
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The Innovator's Solution
Recommended“The Bible in tech in my mind is Innovator's Dilemma and Innovator Solutions from Clayton Christensen. I think we you have to read that book and I' I'd say I'd recommend to people that read it every every few years.”
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Recommended“And then the other one that I love is um Ben Horowitz's book hard thing about hard things really talks about how you manage your psychology when things get hard. I think those are the ones I I I'm not a big believer”
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