Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2025-06-15
Lenny Rachitsky & Hilary Gridley: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
How to build a team that can “take a punch”: A playbook for building resilient, high-performing teams | Hilary Gridley (Head of Core Product, Whoop)
Hilary Gridley is the Head of Core Product at WHOOP and a passionate thought leader in leveraging AI to elevate product teams and management practices.
Hilary Gridley recommended East of Eden by John Steinbeck and The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. Lenny Rachitsky discussed Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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East of Eden
Recommended“I'm like uh I'm gonna go full fiction on this. I'm gonna say if you're going to read a book, like you don't bother reading a business book. Like I even the business books I love the most that like shaped how I think.”
Where to get it
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The Sun Also Rises
Recommended“But fiction I'm like everybody should read East of Eden by John Steinbeck and everybody should read The Sun Alter Rises by Ernest Hemingway. Uh it is like my comfort book.”
Where to get it
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Anna Karenina
Discussed“I think you'll be proud of me. I'm reading Anna Karen in there right now. Oh, I was I literally I That's the book that I'm bringing on vacation with me tomorrow.”
Where to get it
