Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2024-10-27
Lenny Rachitsky & Naomi Gleit: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
Meta’s Head of Product (and 29th employee) on working with Mark Zuckerberg, early growth tactics, why PMs are like conductors, and more | Naomi Gleit
Naomi Gleit is head of product at Meta, joined as employee #29, and is the longest-serving executive at Meta other than Mark Zuckerberg. She’s been at the center of some of the company’s most foundational products, including Facebook’s early growth team.
Naomi Gleit recommended The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson, Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, and The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson, and discussed Unstoppable Us Volume 3 by Yuval Noah Harari.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Devil In The White City
Recommended“I really love narrative non-fiction. So I like the Eric Larson books, they're a very compelling and page-turning way to learn about history. I recently read Devil in the White City”
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Sapiens
Recommended“another book that you know just the canonical the canonical book that I often recommend is sapiens I think he's a great example of what we talk about when we talk about simplifiers”
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The Splendid and the Vile
Recommended“I recently read Devil in the White City and um there is also one about Churchill's first year by Eric Larson. Um another book that you know just the canonical the canonical book that I often recommend is sapiens”
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Unstoppable Us Volume 3
Discussed“he also has like Unstoppable us which I think is a kids version and so clearly here is someone who is a a master”
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