Changpeng Zhao Book Recommendations

Loonshots

How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

by Safi Bahcall

"After reading this book, you will understand why we tolerate failures at Binance, and more importantly, what types of failures we tolerate or not." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Give and Take

Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

by Adam Grant

"Good read. Givers, fake givers, matchers and takers. Why givers win." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

The Changing World Order

Why Nations Succeed and Fail

by Ray Dalio

"Goes into a lot of details about how money works (or doesn't)." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Warren Buffett

Inside the Ultimate Money Mind

by Robert G. Hagstrom

"It’s clear no one knew how to value stocks a few decades ago, maybe even today." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Work Rules!

Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead

by Laszlo Bock

"Talks about work-related insights derived from the author’s time at Google." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Team Topologies

Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow

by Matthew Skelton

"A must-read for team players, team leaders, and aspiring leaders." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Team of Teams

New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

by Stanley McChrystal

"I believe every modern organization should be run under these principles." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Super Pumped

The Battle for Uber

by Mike Isaac

"Regardless of how you view Uber, this book is a great read." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

The Starfish and the Spider

The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

by Ori Brafman

"Talks about operations in decentralized organizations, especially compared to centralized ones." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Skin in the Game

Incerto, Book 5

by Nassim Taleb

"I see this book as a complement to 'Economics in One Lesson.' And it's an excellent read on its own." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Sell with a Story

How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale

by Paul Smith

"Learn how powerful storytelling is if you want to be a better salesperson, marketer, and communicator." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

"Gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Range

Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David J. Epstein

"[About] how many great inventions happen at the intersection of disciplines." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Platform Revolution

How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You

by Geoffrey G. Parker

"A great book about platforms, how to build them, and why they are important and impactful." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Made to Stick

Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

by Chip Heath

"Informs a lot of our public outreach in terms of making our services more essential for our users." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

The Advantage

Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business

by Patrick Lencioni

"The competitive advantage of successful companies lies more on how healthy and well a company’s organization behaves and operates." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

The Law

by Frédéric Bastiat

"This short (only 60+ pages) but timeless [book] is pretty advanced for its time, and it aligns with a lot of my personal philosophy." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

The Infinite Game

by Simon Sinek

"Gives a perspective on long term vision. It will broaden your horizons and views." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Hug Your Haters

How to Embrace Complaints and Keep Your Customers

by Jay Baer

"A must-read for marketing and customer service teams." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Fallen Dragon

by Peter F. Hamilton

"Every once in a while, I enjoy science fiction novels like this one." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Exponential Organizations

Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than yours (and what to do about it)

by Salim Ismail

"An excellent book on organizations, and I found this book more relevant the more we grow our team." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Economics in One Lesson

The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

by Henry Hazlitt

"There are few books that better encapsulate the inner workings of economics than this one." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

The DevOps Handbook

How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations

by Gene Kim

"A must-read for tech teams." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

The Culture Code

The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

by Daniel Coyle

"At Binance, we constantly strive to build a great culture, and we constantly draw lessons from this book’s case studies of admirable organizations." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Crossing the Chasm

Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

by Geoffrey A. Moore

"Has helped me hone my message with regard to talking about Binance to the world." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Contagious

Why Things Catch On

by Jonah Berger

"A must-read for all product designers and marketers, and a lot of people in our team have taken the lessons in this book to heart." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

The Coaching Habit

Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

by Michael Bungay Stanier

"If you are leading a team or mentoring someone, you should read this book." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Blitzscaling

The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

by Reid Hoffman

"Has been very helpful to Binance as we chart our growth as an organization." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Antifragile

Incerto, Book 3

by Nassim Taleb

"We definitely want Binance to be antifragile. This book may explain why we make some of the decisions we make." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)

Alchemy

The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life

by Rory Sutherland

"Addresses some of the counterintuitive points in life and business in a very interesting way." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)