Below is a list of 50 books on strategy that every strategist should consider reading. These books cover a wide range of topics related to strategic thinking, business strategy, leadership, and more:
"The Art of Strategy" by Avinash K. Dixit and Barry J. Nalebuff
"Good Strategy Bad Strategy" by Richard P. Rumelt
"Blue Ocean Strategy" by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
"The Innovator's Dilemma" by Clayton Christensen
"Competitive Strategy" by Michael E. Porter
"Strategy Safari" by Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand, and Joseph Lampel
"The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries
"Playing to Win" by A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin
"Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
"The Strategy Book" by Max Mckeown
"The Balanced Scorecard" by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
"The Strategy Paradox" by Michael E. Raynor
"Blue Ocean Shift" by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
"The Lean Manager" by Michael Ballé and Freddy Ballé
"The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing" by Thomas T. Nagle and John E. Hogan
"Strategy Maps" by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
"The Strategy-Focused Organization" by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
"Strategy and Structure" by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
"The Strategy Process" by Henry Mintzberg and James Brian Quinn
"Execution" by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
"Competing on Analytics" by Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris
"Measure What Matters" by John Doerr
"The Innovator's Solution" by Clayton Christensen and Michael E. Raynor
"Strategy Rules" by David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano
"Strategy in the Contemporary World" by John Baylis and James Wirtz
"The Lean CEO" by Jacob Stoller
"Business Model Generation" by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
"Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works" by A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin
"The Power of Strategic Thinking" by Michel Robert
"Business Strategy" by Viatcheslav I. Boudichevski
"Strategy: A History" by Lawrence Freedman
"The Strategy of Conflict" by Thomas C. Schelling
"The Halo Effect" by Phil Rosenzweig
"Strategy Maps" by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
"The Essential Drucker" by Peter F. Drucker
"The Innovator's DNA" by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen
"Strategy and Tactics of Pricing" by Thomas T. Nagle and John E. Hogan
"Business Model You" by Timothy Clark
"HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy" by Harvard Business Review
"Strategy in the 21st Century" by Michael A. Cusumano
"Business Model Generation" by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
"The Strategy Book" by Max Mckeown
"Leading Digital" by George Westerman, Didier Bonnet, and Andrew McAfee
"Aligning the Stars" by Jay W. Lorsch and Thomas J. Tierney
"The Strategy-Focused Organization" by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
"Business Strategy: Managing Uncertainty, Opportunity, and Enterprise" by J.C. Spender
"Strategy That Works" by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi
"Understanding Michael Porter" by Joan Magretta
"Strategy: A View From the Top" by Cornelis A. de Kluyver and John A. Pearce II
"The Strategy of Conflict" by Thomas C. Schelling
These books provide a diverse range of insights into strategic thinking, planning, and execution, and are valuable resources for anyone involved in strategy development and implementation.