Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2024-09-26
Lenny Rachitsky & Tamar Yehoshua: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
Lessons in product leadership and AI strategy from Glean, Google, Amazon, and Slack | Tamar Yehoshua (Product at Glean, ex-Google and Slack)
Tamar Yehoshua is the president of product and technology at Glean. Prior to joining Glean, Tamar was chief product officer at Slack, where she led product, design, and research as the company scaled, including a 10x increase in revenue, its public listing, and an acquisition by Salesforce.
Tamar Yehoshua recommended The Everything Store by Brad Stone, Working Backwards by Colin Bryar and others, Switch by Chip Heath and others, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth and others, and discussed Behind the Cloud by Marc Benioff and others. Lenny Rachitsky recommended How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk by Adele Faber and others, and discussed Listen by Patty Wipfler and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Everything Store
Recommended“read Colin Brier's working backwards the everything box I think it's called the everything store the everything store”
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Working Backwards
Recommended“read Colin Brier's working backwards the everything box I think it's called the everything store the everything store”
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Behind the Cloud
Discussed“it was this is in the uh Beyond software or something this is in his book that that he wrote about the early phases of Salesforce”
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Listen
Discussed“this reminds me of a book I'm reading a parenting book I'm reading right now that a former guest recommended called listen and the core thesis of the book is when your kids are acting up”
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How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk
Recommended“and so my favorite parenting book I don't know if this is is the same one or a different one it's how to talk so your kids will listen and how to listen so your kids will talk”
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Switch
Recommended“when I started at slack he recommended the book switch how to change things when change is hard by uh chip and Dan Heath and it's such a good book and it's about like how do you set a path for people to follow”
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Team of Rivals
Recommended“and one book I really liked was uh Team of Rivals uh it's a it's a book about Lincoln and putting together his cabinet in during the Civil War one I just learned a lot about the Civil War”
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Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Recommended“I think the best parenting book I read besides the how to talk to your kid listen how to listen to to talk is uh I think it's called healthy sleep habits happy baby like we are much happier when we sleep well”
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