Working at sea in the maritime industry, most have extensive training in technical matters and have most likely been promoted based on technical expertise. Unfortunately, there are those who might not have spent much time understanding the “computer between the ears” – in other words, our brains. Below, we have a selection of books that might help you do just that – a little about the hard wiring of why we think like we think, do what we do and what we can do to mitigate some our lower evolved traits. An ever growing list of books pertaining to the maritime industry, personal development, leadership and management has also been included. They have been contributed by Merchant Marine Captain Dan Ziemer, U.S. Marine Corps Colonel (ret) Walt Megonigal, the cohort at gCaptain and the staff here at Madden Maritime.
Before you head out to sea again, you might want to pick up a couple of these. There’s a lot of great information here!
Disclaimer : The links below are all to Amazon – not because Madden Maritime has any relationship with them, but simply because it seems to be the easiest way for those at sea to obtain them (i.e. through a Kindle or Kindle app).
Leadership
Start With Why : How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action – Simon Sinek
Verbal Judo : The Gentle Art of Persuasion – George J. Thompson and Jerry B. Jenkins
Outliers : The Story of Success – Malcolm Gladwell
David and Goliath : Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants – Malcolm Gladwell
Dataclysm : Love, Sex, Race and Identity – What Our Online Lives Tell Us About Our Offline Selves – Christian Rudder
Creating Magic : 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney – Lee Cockerell
Good to Great : Why Some Companies Make the Leap….and Others Don’t – Jim Collins
Leaders Eat Last : Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t – Simon Sinek
Thinking About Thinking
Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking – Susan Caine
The Talent Code : Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How. – Daniel Coyle
The Art of Learning : An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance – John Waitzkin
The Power of Habit : Why We Do What We Want To Do in Life and Business – Charles Duhigg
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking – Malcolm Gladwell
Thinking Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
My Stroke of Insight : A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey – Jill Bolte Taylor
Deep Survival : Who Lives, Who Dies and Why – Laurence Gonzales
Moonwalking with Einstein : The Art and Science of Remembering Everything – Joshua Foer
The Lucifer Effect : Understanding How Good People Turn Evil – Philip Zimbardo
Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind – Yuval Noah Harari
Emotional Intelligence : Why It Can Matter More Than IQ – Daniel Goleman
The Wisdom of Crowds – James Surowiecki
Being Wrong : Adventures in the Margin of Error – Kathryn Schulz
Transportation Industry
Logistics Clusters : Delivering Value and Driving Growth – Yossi Sheffi
The Box : How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger – Marc Levinson
Human Factors in the Maritime Domain – Michelle Grech, Tim Horberry and Thomas Koester
Management
It’s Your Ship : Management Techniques From the Best Damn Ship In the Navy – D. Michael Abrashoff
Biographies, Autobiographies and Historical
Founding Brothers : The Revolutionary Generation – Joseph J. Ellis
Susan B. Anthony : Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian – Alma Lutz
When Genius Failed : The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management – Roger Lowenstein
Guns, Germs and Steel : The Fates of Human Society – Jared Diamond
Civilization : The West and the Rest – Niall Ferguson
The Voyage of the Rose City : An Adventure At Sea – John Moynihan
The Grey Seas Under – Farley Mowat
The Serpent’s Coil – Farley Mowat
Personal Development
The Primal Blueprint : Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health and Boundless Energy – Mark Sisson
The Personal Experience Effect : Big Brand Theory Applied To Personal Life – Jim Joseph