Your #1 Book?

Hi Nick! I think they just handed me a whopping $4.39. I'll assume you're talking about work-related books. As simple as they are, Austin Kleon's Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work are nice - and beautifully formatted for e-reading. But I have those.

For a book I don't have, I'd choose Julie Dirksen's Design for How People Learn. I always hear great things about it but haven't read it yet.

Hi Nick,

I'm now going to check out my amazon account. Haven't used it for a while.

My book would be:

Improving Performance: How to Manage the White Space in the Organization Chart

Geary A. Rummler (Author), Alan P. Brache (Author)

Although I already have a copy of this book, I'd buy another one as a backup copy. (I read paper books really fast and tend to wear them out quick.)

And to make it easier for those who have tired eyes looking at screens here's the picture version. My book glows just like that as well.

+1 for Design for How People Learn by Julie Dirksen

I plan to give this book to every instructional design student that interns with me, it's the best primer that I've found. 

@Nicholas Ostheimer

If you're a fan of Rummler, you might be interested in this YouTube video I created about his approach to performance systems for a class.

@Robert, thanks for the video link. I checked it out and found it a good review.

I do like one thing Rummler says in an interview. 'I don't have an idea of what HPT is.' He just did his work and made a difference.

As for more books I would see as #1: Anything by Robert Mager is great.

+2

I think I've seen these really cool E-Learning Uncovered Books out there....just kidding. I couldn't help myself.

If I didn't already have both of these books, it would be either Slide:ology and/or Resonate by Nancy Duarte.

Too funny, Tim! 

First book? I think it was Curious George.

I borrowed Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman from the library. I'm about half way through and I have to buy it.

Hi Nick

From a visual design perspective I' partial to two books by Nancy Duarte:

"Resonate" and "Slide:ology" (This is not a typo).

Both are worth having in a work library and especially helpful when stuck in the mud on a design challenge.

The Winds of Winter - George R.R. Martin

I know, it's nothing to do with eLearning, but it is how I detach my brain from work!