👁️ Vision Work

Books on the practice of crafting a compelling personal or organizational vision — the deliberate, reflective process of imagining and articulating a desired future.

Vivid Vision

by Cameron Herold • 2019

Write what your company looks like three years from now, in detail. Alignment follows.

3.91

1k+

🎯 Strategic Vision 🔗 Organizational Alignment 🏆 Goal Setting

Vivid Vision 88%

Write what your company looks like three years from now, in detail. Alignment follows.

by Cameron Herold 2019

3.91

1k+ ratings

🎯 Strategic Vision 🔗 Organizational Alignment 🏆 Goal Setting

Master Your Workday Now!

by Michael Linenberger • 2010

Twenty tasks, a daily vision ritual, and one question your inbox will never answer.

3.78

165

🗂️ Task Management ⏰ Time Management 👁️ Goal Visualization

Master Your Workday Now! 88%

Twenty tasks, a daily vision ritual, and one question your inbox will never answer.

by Michael Linenberger 2010

3.78

165 ratings

🗂️ Task Management ⏰ Time Management 👁️ Goal Visualization

The Art of Seeing

by Aldous Huxley • 1942

Your glasses are crutches. How a near-blind writer retrained his eyes and mind to see clearly.

3.64

641

🩺 Holistic Eye Care 👁️ Vision Therapy 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

The Art of Seeing 87%

Your glasses are crutches. How a near-blind writer retrained his eyes and mind to see clearly.

by Aldous Huxley 1942

3.64

641 ratings

🩺 Holistic Eye Care 👁️ Vision Therapy 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

The Vision Driven Leader

by Michael Hyatt • 2020

The difference between a manager and a leader is one document. Here is the template.

4.16

1k+

🎯 Strategic Visioning 📈 Scaling Businesses 👁️ Visionary Leadership

The Vision Driven Leader 87%

The difference between a manager and a leader is one document. Here is the template.

by Michael Hyatt 2020

4.16

1k+ ratings

🎯 Strategic Visioning 📈 Scaling Businesses 👁️ Visionary Leadership

Do More Great Work

by Michael Bungay Stanier • 2010

The exercises that turn vague career dissatisfaction into a concrete project you can start tomorrow.

3.82

1k+

🎯 Meaningful Work 🪞 Reflective Practice 💡 Creative Ideation

Do More Great Work 87%

The exercises that turn vague career dissatisfaction into a concrete project you can start tomorrow.

by Michael Bungay Stanier 2010

3.82

1k+ ratings

🎯 Meaningful Work 🪞 Reflective Practice 💡 Creative Ideation

Shop Class as Soulcraft

by Matthew B. Crawford • 2009

White-collar work dulls the mind. The intellectual case for picking up a wrench instead.

3.74

11k+

🔨 Craftsmanship 🧑‍💻 Knowledge Work 🧠 Tacit Knowledge

Shop Class as Soulcraft 87%

White-collar work dulls the mind. The intellectual case for picking up a wrench instead.

by Matthew B. Crawford 2009

3.74

11k+ ratings

🔨 Craftsmanship 🧑‍💻 Knowledge Work 🧠 Tacit Knowledge

Zen and the Art of Making a Living

by Laurence G. Boldt • 1992

Discover the work only you can do and turn your career into self-expression.

3.93

678

🎨 Career Design 💼 Meaningful Work 🎭 Creative Self-Expression

Zen and the Art of Making a Living Summary

Zen and the Art of Making a Living 87%

Discover the work only you can do and turn your career into self-expression.

by Laurence G. Boldt 1992

3.93

678 ratings

🎨 Career Design 💼 Meaningful Work 🎭 Creative Self-Expression

Joy, Inc.

by Richard Sheridan • 2013

From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.

4.07

2k+

🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 💻 Software Management

Joy, Inc. 87%

From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.

by Richard Sheridan 2013

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 💻 Software Management

The Visual Story

by Bruce Block • 2021

How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.

4.67

🎬 Visual Storytelling 📽️ Cinematography 🎥 Film Craft

The Visual Story 87%

How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.

by Bruce Block 2021

4.67

3 ratings

🎬 Visual Storytelling 📽️ Cinematography 🎥 Film Craft

The Creative Entrepreneur

by Lisa Sonora Beam • 2008

Turn your creative passion into a business using a blank journal and a proven framework.

4.12

377

🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship ✏️ Visual Thinking 📓 Art Journaling

The Creative Entrepreneur 87%

Turn your creative passion into a business using a blank journal and a proven framework.

by Lisa Sonora Beam 2008

4.12

377 ratings

🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship ✏️ Visual Thinking 📓 Art Journaling

Unfolding the Napkin

by Dan Roam • 2009

Turn any business mess into a picture everyone gets, with the drawing skills you already have.

4.04

964

👁️ Visual Thinking ✍️ Hand-Drawn Visuals 🖍️ Graphic Facilitation

Unfolding the Napkin 87%

Turn any business mess into a picture everyone gets, with the drawing skills you already have.

by Dan Roam 2009

4.04

964 ratings

👁️ Visual Thinking ✍️ Hand-Drawn Visuals 🖍️ Graphic Facilitation

The Signals Are Talking

by Amy Webb • 2016

Trends leave footprints at the fringe. A system for reading the future before it becomes obvious.

3.70

641

🧭 Strategic Foresight 🗺️ Scenario Planning 🔍 Pattern Recognition

The Signals Are Talking 87%

Trends leave footprints at the fringe. A system for reading the future before it becomes obvious.

by Amy Webb 2016

3.70

641 ratings

🧭 Strategic Foresight 🗺️ Scenario Planning 🔍 Pattern Recognition

The Mind's Eye

by Oliver Sacks • 2010

Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.

3.92

14k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🩺 Clinical Neurology 🔄 Brain Plasticity

The Mind's Eye 87%

Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.

by Oliver Sacks 2010

3.92

14k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🩺 Clinical Neurology 🔄 Brain Plasticity

Getting Results the Agile Way

by J.D. Meier • 2010

Three daily outcomes instead of chaos. A weekly rhythm instead of burnout. The system that delivers.

3.75

1k+

🎯 Outcome Focus 📅 Weekly Planning ⚖️ Whole-Life Planning

Getting Results the Agile Way 87%

Three daily outcomes instead of chaos. A weekly rhythm instead of burnout. The system that delivers.

by J.D. Meier 2010

3.75

1k+ ratings

🎯 Outcome Focus 📅 Weekly Planning ⚖️ Whole-Life Planning

Creative personal branding

by Jürgen Salenbacher • 2010

A branding guide that starts where most don't: self-awareness, vision, and creative leadership.

3.14

247

🧱 Personal Branding 🎨 Creative Economy 💡 Design Thinking

Creative personal branding 87%

A branding guide that starts where most don't: self-awareness, vision, and creative leadership.

by Jürgen Salenbacher 2010

3.14

247 ratings

🧱 Personal Branding 🎨 Creative Economy 💡 Design Thinking

Steve Jobs and Philosophy

by Shawn E. Klein • 2015

What made Steve Jobs a tyrant also made him a visionary. Philosophers weigh the evidence.

3.81

🔍 Business Ethics 🤖 Philosophy Of Technology 💡 Innovation Studies

Steve Jobs and Philosophy 86%

What made Steve Jobs a tyrant also made him a visionary. Philosophers weigh the evidence.

by Shawn E. Klein 2015

3.81

21 ratings

🔍 Business Ethics 🤖 Philosophy Of Technology 💡 Innovation Studies

Unboss

by Jacob Bøtter • 2012

The boss is obsolete. Your next leader serves, partners, tears down walls, and puts purpose first.

3.85

174

🏢 Organizational Design 🤲 Servant Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business

Unboss 86%

The boss is obsolete. Your next leader serves, partners, tears down walls, and puts purpose first.

by Jacob Bøtter 2012

3.85

174 ratings

🏢 Organizational Design 🤲 Servant Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business

Doing The Impossible

by Patrick Bet-David • 2011

An identity that earns 30,000 dollars can't hold 200,000. The laws for raising your floor.

4.24

745

🪪 Identity-Based Success 🤝 Credibility Building 🧭 Mentorship

Doing The Impossible 86%

An identity that earns 30,000 dollars can't hold 200,000. The laws for raising your floor.

by Patrick Bet-David 2011

4.24

745 ratings

🪪 Identity-Based Success 🤝 Credibility Building 🧭 Mentorship

Beyond Entrepreneurship

by Jim Collins • 1992

Twelve principles for building a lasting company, starting with who you let on the team.

4.11

403

💼 Venture Building 👥 Team Building 🎯 Vision And Purpose

Beyond Entrepreneurship 86%

Twelve principles for building a lasting company, starting with who you let on the team.

by Jim Collins 1992

4.11

403 ratings

💼 Venture Building 👥 Team Building 🎯 Vision And Purpose

The Age of Unreason

by Charles B. Handy • 1989

The company of the future has three parts, your career five, and the old job for life is dead.

3.91

546

🏢 Organizational Design 🌐 Future Of Work 🔀 Change Management

The Age of Unreason 86%

The company of the future has three parts, your career five, and the old job for life is dead.

by Charles B. Handy 1989

3.91

546 ratings

🏢 Organizational Design 🌐 Future Of Work 🔀 Change Management

How to Think Like Einstein

by Daniel Smith • 2014

The habits that let a slow-developing patent clerk rewrite physics, and why they still work.

3.57

282

🧪 Scientific Creativity 📖 Intellectual Biography 🚫 Nonconformity

How to Think Like Einstein 86%

The habits that let a slow-developing patent clerk rewrite physics, and why they still work.

by Daniel Smith 2014

3.57

282 ratings

🧪 Scientific Creativity 📖 Intellectual Biography 🚫 Nonconformity

Personal Kanban

by Jim Benson • 2011

Your brain isn't built for to-do lists. The visual system that calms the chaos.

3.77

2k+

📋 Visual Task Management ⏱️ Personal Productivity 📌 Kanban

Personal Kanban 86%

Your brain isn't built for to-do lists. The visual system that calms the chaos.

by Jim Benson 2011

3.77

2k+ ratings

📋 Visual Task Management ⏱️ Personal Productivity 📌 Kanban

The Monk and the Riddle

by Randy Komisar • 2000

Defer your dreams and you risk never living them; build a career that pulls, not pushes.

3.87

3k+

🛠️ Meaningful Work 🚀 Startup Culture 💎 Values Alignment

The Monk and the Riddle 86%

Defer your dreams and you risk never living them; build a career that pulls, not pushes.

by Randy Komisar 2000

3.87

3k+ ratings

🛠️ Meaningful Work 🚀 Startup Culture 💎 Values Alignment

The Creativity Leap

by Natalie Nixon • 2020

You're not uncreative. You just haven't been trained to toggle between curiosity and discipline.

3.75

153

💡 Design Thinking 🎨 Creativity At Work 🎭 Improv In Business

The Creativity Leap 86%

You're not uncreative. You just haven't been trained to toggle between curiosity and discipline.

by Natalie Nixon 2020

3.75

153 ratings

💡 Design Thinking 🎨 Creativity At Work 🎭 Improv In Business

Flash Foresight

by Daniel Burrus • 2010

The future hides certainties in plain sight. A method for spotting them and moving first.

4.02

387

🔭 Strategic Foresight 🚀 Futurism ⚡ Technological Disruption

Flash Foresight 86%

The future hides certainties in plain sight. A method for spotting them and moving first.

by Daniel Burrus 2010

4.02

387 ratings

🔭 Strategic Foresight 🚀 Futurism ⚡ Technological Disruption

The Path of Least Resistance

by Robert Fritz • 1989

Problem solving oscillates. Creating resolves. Your underlying structure decides which you live.

4.06

2k+

🤖 Systems Thinking 🎨 Creative Process 🧭 Creative Orientation

The Path of Least Resistance 86%

Problem solving oscillates. Creating resolves. Your underlying structure decides which you live.

by Robert Fritz 1989

4.06

2k+ ratings

🤖 Systems Thinking 🎨 Creative Process 🧭 Creative Orientation

Visual Intelligence

by Amy E. Herman • 2016

Art-based exercises that train your eye to see what everyone else misses, used by the FBI.

4.10

3k+

🔍 Perception Training 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Perspective-Taking

Visual Intelligence 86%

Art-based exercises that train your eye to see what everyone else misses, used by the FBI.

by Amy E. Herman 2016

4.10

3k+ ratings

🔍 Perception Training 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Perspective-Taking

The Visual Story

by Bruce Block • 2007

Stop guessing at visual impact. A system for making every frame serve your story deliberately.

4.30

772

🎬 Visual Storytelling 📷 Cinematography 🖼️ Visual Composition

The Visual Story 86%

Stop guessing at visual impact. A system for making every frame serve your story deliberately.

by Bruce Block 2007

4.30

772 ratings

🎬 Visual Storytelling 📷 Cinematography 🖼️ Visual Composition

The Orbital Perspective

by Ron Garan • 2015

An astronaut's 71-million-mile view shows Earth borderless, and a plan for fixing global problems.

3.80

205

🪐 Overview Effect 🔗 Systems Thinking 🌐 Global Cooperation

The Orbital Perspective 86%

An astronaut's 71-million-mile view shows Earth borderless, and a plan for fixing global problems.

by Ron Garan 2015

3.80

205 ratings

🪐 Overview Effect 🔗 Systems Thinking 🌐 Global Cooperation

Business Model You

by Timothy Clark • 2022

One-page career canvas: spot the pain, prototype the fix, and earn the leap.

4.00

🗺️ Career Design 📊 Personal Business Models 👁️ Visual Thinking

Business Model You 86%

One-page career canvas: spot the pain, prototype the fix, and earn the leap.

by Timothy Clark 2022

4.00

13 ratings

🗺️ Career Design 📊 Personal Business Models 👁️ Visual Thinking

Visual Thinking

by Colin Ware • 2008

Vision is not a camera. Design for how the brain samples, scans, and skips.

3.81

189

🖥️ Data Visualization 💬 Visual Communication 🧠 Cognitive Science

Visual Thinking 86%

Vision is not a camera. Design for how the brain samples, scans, and skips.

by Colin Ware 2008

3.81

189 ratings

🖥️ Data Visualization 💬 Visual Communication 🧠 Cognitive Science

Put Your Dream to the Test

by John C. Maxwell • 2009

A ten-question test that reveals whether your dream is built to last or just someone else's.

4.26

2k+

🧭 Life Purpose 🎯 Personal Vision 📋 Goal Systems

Put Your Dream to the Test 86%

A ten-question test that reveals whether your dream is built to last or just someone else's.

by John C. Maxwell 2009

4.26

2k+ ratings

🧭 Life Purpose 🎯 Personal Vision 📋 Goal Systems

A Whole New Mind

by Daniel H. Pink • 2004

Routine brainwork is being outsourced; six human skills now command the premium.

3.92

30k+

🏢 Future Of Work 🎨 Creative Economy 🧠 Design Thinking

A Whole New Mind 86%

Routine brainwork is being outsourced; six human skills now command the premium.

by Daniel H. Pink 2004

3.92

30k+ ratings

🏢 Future Of Work 🎨 Creative Economy 🧠 Design Thinking

Embracing Change

by Tony Buzan • 2005

Change happens. A brain-based system to stop reacting and start designing your future.

3.57

🌊 Change Management 🖼️ Visual Thinking 🧠 Brain Potential

Embracing Change 86%

Change happens. A brain-based system to stop reacting and start designing your future.

by Tony Buzan 2005

3.57

42 ratings

🌊 Change Management 🖼️ Visual Thinking 🧠 Brain Potential

Designing Your Life

by Bill Burnett • 2016

Stop planning your life. Start prototyping it: experiments that reveal the work you actually want.

3.90

23k+

🎨 Design Thinking 🔍 Career Exploration 🧭 Work-Life Alignment

Designing Your Life 86%

Stop planning your life. Start prototyping it: experiments that reveal the work you actually want.

by Bill Burnett 2016

3.90

23k+ ratings

🎨 Design Thinking 🔍 Career Exploration 🧭 Work-Life Alignment

Information Is Beautiful

by David McCandless • 2001

Concept is the secret: why a simple, clever data drawing can reveal more than a supercomputer.

4.12

4k+

📊 Data Visualization 🎨 Data Art 👁️ Visual Literacy

Information Is Beautiful 86%

Concept is the secret: why a simple, clever data drawing can reveal more than a supercomputer.

by David McCandless 2001

4.12

4k+ ratings

📊 Data Visualization 🎨 Data Art 👁️ Visual Literacy

Art of Achievement

by Tom Morris • 2002

Seven inner capacities that sustain achievement. The last one is why ambitious people burn out.

3.95

🏢 Business Philosophy 🎯 Goal Setting 📚 Applied Philosophy

Art of Achievement 86%

Seven inner capacities that sustain achievement. The last one is why ambitious people burn out.

by Tom Morris 2002

3.95

61 ratings

🏢 Business Philosophy 🎯 Goal Setting 📚 Applied Philosophy

Die Empty

by Todd Henry • 2013

Your best work shouldn't die with you. The daily routine that gets it out.

3.75

4k+

🎯 Meaningful Work ⏰ Daily Routines 🔍 Curiosity

Die Empty 86%

Your best work shouldn't die with you. The daily routine that gets it out.

by Todd Henry 2013

3.75

4k+ ratings

🎯 Meaningful Work ⏰ Daily Routines 🔍 Curiosity

If Aristotle Ran General Motors

by Tom Morris • 1997

Ancient philosophy holds a blueprint for business success that modern management overlooks.

3.81

283

🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics 🏛️ Virtue Ethics

If Aristotle Ran General Motors 86%

Ancient philosophy holds a blueprint for business success that modern management overlooks.

by Tom Morris 1997

3.81

283 ratings

🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics 🏛️ Virtue Ethics

The Right-Brain Business Plan

by Jennifer Lee. • 2011

Spreadsheets feel wrong for your creative work. A visual, paint-and-collage plan built on intuition.

4.03

681

🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🗺️ Visual Planning 💸 Money Mindset

The Right-Brain Business Plan 86%

Spreadsheets feel wrong for your creative work. A visual, paint-and-collage plan built on intuition.

by Jennifer Lee. 2011

4.03

681 ratings

🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🗺️ Visual Planning 💸 Money Mindset

The Craftsman

by Richard Sennett • 2008

Making things well is a universal human drive. Modern work is designed to suppress it.

3.84

2k+

🔨 Philosophy Of Work 🏺 Material Culture 🔧 Skilled Labor

The Craftsman 86%

Making things well is a universal human drive. Modern work is designed to suppress it.

by Richard Sennett 2008

3.84

2k+ ratings

🔨 Philosophy Of Work 🏺 Material Culture 🔧 Skilled Labor

Discover Your Genius

by Michael J. Gelb • 2009

Your brain already has the hardware for genius. Ten history-altering minds show how to use it.

3.66

450

🧠 Biographical Self-Help 🎨 Creative Development 🏛️ Renaissance Humanism

Discover Your Genius 86%

Your brain already has the hardware for genius. Ten history-altering minds show how to use it.

by Michael J. Gelb 2009

3.66

450 ratings

🧠 Biographical Self-Help 🎨 Creative Development 🏛️ Renaissance Humanism

The Back of the Napkin

by Dan Roam • 2008

Turn stick figures into solved problems and sold ideas: the visual thinking system anyone can use.

3.96

16k+

🧠 Visual Thinking 💬 Visual Communication ✏️ Diagramming

The Back of the Napkin 86%

Turn stick figures into solved problems and sold ideas: the visual thinking system anyone can use.

by Dan Roam 2008

3.96

16k+ ratings

🧠 Visual Thinking 💬 Visual Communication ✏️ Diagramming

Is Your Work Worth It?

by Christopher Wong Michaelson • 2024

Your salary answers the wrong question. A philosopher's guide to what work is actually worth.

3.61

🧭 Meaningful Work 🪪 Work Identity 📞 Occupational Calling

Is Your Work Worth It? 86%

Your salary answers the wrong question. A philosopher's guide to what work is actually worth.

by Christopher Wong Michaelson 2024

3.61

82 ratings

🧭 Meaningful Work 🪪 Work Identity 📞 Occupational Calling

Keep Going

by Austin Kleon • 2019

Creativity runs in seasons, not streaks. Ten ways to keep making work through the winter.

4.26

18k+

🎨 Creative Practice 📅 Creative Routines 🧘 Creative Solitude

Keep Going 86%

Creativity runs in seasons, not streaks. Ten ways to keep making work through the winter.

by Austin Kleon 2019

4.26

18k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Practice 📅 Creative Routines 🧘 Creative Solitude

Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success

by Steve Harvey • 2014

Find your effortless gift, build a life of balance, vision, and sacred boundaries around it.

4.09

4k+

🕊️ Christian Self-Help 💡 Unique Talent Discovery 🎯 Vision And Goal Setting

Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success Summary

Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success 86%

Find your effortless gift, build a life of balance, vision, and sacred boundaries around it.

by Steve Harvey 2014

4.09

4k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Self-Help 💡 Unique Talent Discovery 🎯 Vision And Goal Setting

The Art of Focus

by Dan Koe • 2024

Your attention is stolen daily. The system for reclaiming it and building a one-person business.

3.81

801

🎯 Attention Management 🚀 One-Person Business 👁️ Perspective Shifting

The Art of Focus 86%

Your attention is stolen daily. The system for reclaiming it and building a one-person business.

by Dan Koe 2024

3.81

801 ratings

🎯 Attention Management 🚀 One-Person Business 👁️ Perspective Shifting

The Idea Hunter

by Andy Boynton • 2011

Curiosity, observation, and rapid prototyping: a daily system for finding ideas anywhere.

3.77

585

🧱 Systematic Creativity 🔍 Curiosity Cultivation 👁️ Observation Skills

The Idea Hunter 86%

Curiosity, observation, and rapid prototyping: a daily system for finding ideas anywhere.

by Andy Boynton 2011

3.77

585 ratings

🧱 Systematic Creativity 🔍 Curiosity Cultivation 👁️ Observation Skills

Firestarters

by Raoul Davis Jr. • 2018

Your drive has a type. Learn yours and protect it from what kills momentum.

4.29

5k+

🎯 Personal Mission 💡 Intrinsic Motivation ⚡ Action Taking

Firestarters 86%

Your drive has a type. Learn yours and protect it from what kills momentum.

by Raoul Davis Jr. 2018

4.29

5k+ ratings

🎯 Personal Mission 💡 Intrinsic Motivation ⚡ Action Taking

Linchpin

by Seth Godin • 2010

Competence makes you employable. Generosity makes you indispensable. The manual for the second one.

3.83

47k+

🧠 Knowledge Work 💝 Emotional Labor 🧱 Creative Blocks

Linchpin 86%

Competence makes you employable. Generosity makes you indispensable. The manual for the second one.

by Seth Godin 2010

3.83

47k+ ratings

🧠 Knowledge Work 💝 Emotional Labor 🧱 Creative Blocks

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