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Every book Ken Norton recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Ken Norton has recommended or discussed 5 books on podcasts, as of July 24, 2022.
- Ken Norton has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of July 24, 2022.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of July 24, 2022.
- The 3 books Ken Norton has mentioned in the most episodes, as of July 24, 2022: Dare to Lead, Immunity to Change and Mastering Leadership.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Ken Norton aired on July 24, 2022.
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Ken Norton appeared on Lenny's Podcast to discuss product leadership skills and shared several book recommendations for leaders. He recommended Brené Brown's Dare to Lead as a useful resource for confronting personal values. For organizational leadership and management science, Norton recommended The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Diana Chapman, Jim Dethmer, and Kaley Klemp, as well as Mastering Leadership by Robert J. Anderson and William A. Adams, which outlines systems for creative versus reactive leadership. He also recommended Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey’s Immunity to Change for insights into adult development and meaning-making, and named Clayton Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma as his favorite book for product managers and leaders.
Books Ken Norton recommended or discussed
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Dare to Lead
Recommended“Um Brené Brown's uh Dare to Lead is a good book and she actually even has a whole section in there around values, sort of confronting your values. I like her approach.”
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Immunity to Change
Recommended“Um from an adult development standpoint, um Robert Kegan is is sort of the the the godfather of the adult stage development work and the sort of meaning-making that that underlies a lot of this. Um he has a great book called Immunity to Change”
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Mastering Leadership
Recommended“Bob Anderson and Bill Adams' book Mastering Leadership creates the sort of um uh the entire sort of system, integrated system around creative versus reactive. Um and and sort of as a teaser, they they identify five levels of leadership”
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The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
Recommended“The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership book is fantastic. There's a and and you don't even need to to buy the book. There's a ton of stuff on their website.”
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The Innovator's Dilemma
Recommended“Um and it's just uh add books I've never recommended before. Uh probably Innovator's Dilemma. It's probably my number one favorite book for for product managers and product leaders.”
Where to get it
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| How to unlock your product leadership skills | Ken Norton, Ex-Google | Lenny's Podcast | 2022-07-24 | 6 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
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