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Every book Brad Gerstner recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Brad Gerstner appears on, in one place — not just one.
Brad Gerstner’s most recommended books
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
- Breakneck by Dan Wang
- Play Nice but Win by Michael Dell
- Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore
- Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse
- Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump
Brad Gerstner appeared on podcasts discussing several books, including Michael Dell's Play Nice but Win, which he recommended in both book and audiobook formats. He also recommended Greg McKeown's Essentialism as an organizing philosophy for managing life and business demands. Additionally, Gerstner discussed Dan Wang's Breakneck to examine innovation cultures and economic competition involving China, Donald J. Trump's Trump: The Art of the Deal in relation to negotiation tactics, and Geoffrey A. Moore's Crossing the Chasm as a framework for analyzing the challenges faced by capital-intensive startups selling to conservative early customers.
Books recommended by Brad Gerstner
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Essentialism
Essentialism by Greg McKeown is a guide to the disciplined pursuit of less, focusing energy on the vital few rather than the trivial many.
Recommended“I encourage you read the book essentialism The Art of Doing less better okay essentialism is the organizing life philosophy and business philosophy”
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The Innovator's Dilemma
The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen examines how established companies can fail when confronted with disruptive technological changes that do not immediately appeal to their mainstream customer base.
Discussed“if you back and read the innovator's Dilemma you know the the reason startup companies are able to to come in and take shares often because precisely because the incumbents are slow-footed”
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Breakneck
Breakneck by Dan Wang is a bestselling book exploring China's engineering-driven quest for the future and offering a comparative look at the political economies of the United States and China.
Discussed“And there's this new book out by Dan Wang that I want to talk about um you know uh where where he really takes on the differences between the two countries.”
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Play Nice but Win
Play Nice but Win by Michael Dell and James Kaplan is a memoir detailing the founding, rapid scaling, and dramatic leadership evolution of Dell Technologies.
Recommended“And everybody should run out and read your book, Play Nice But Win. Um, I'm actually I would recommend they listen to it because Michael took what I understand to be a very painful process for an author to read their entire book, but it's Michael's voice”
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Crossing the Chasm
Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A.
Discussed“And I like to think about it in the framework of crossing the chasm. You basically you're selling only to laggards. And that's very difficult for for especially for a capital-intensive startup to be selling only to laggards.”
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Finite and Infinite Games
Finite and Infinite Games by James P.
Discussed“when problems are finite and there's this great book about infinite and finite games like chess the ability for these models to compete and innovate is so much higher”
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Trump: The Art of the Deal
Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J.
Discussed“so then I asked Chad GPT in the art of the deal by Donald Trump you know did he did he explicitly refer to anchoring right or did he advise anchoring in a negotiation”
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Appearances
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Bill, you have a huge book coming out. Running down a dream, how to thrive in a career you actually love. I'm so excited for this book.”
“And I said at the time, I think at the end of the day he wrote a book called The Art of the Deal. He is a negotiator. He is a fair trader. He wants a fair deal for the United States.”
“I said at the end of the day he wrote a book called the art of the deal right this guy is he wants fair trade but he's a dealmaker on tariffs and on AI diffusion he's been a dealmaker”
“It moved humanity forward back to Ridley's idea of ideas having sex, right? Like it just allowed us to have more ideas, collect more information, exchange more information.”