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Books like Designing Brand Identity
The best books like Designing Brand Identity are Building a StoryBrand, The Design of Everyday Things, and Start with Why. Designing Brand Identity by Alina Wheeler is about brand strategy, visual identity, design process. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Building a StoryBrand
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Donald Miller · Business
Building a StoryBrand is Donald Miller's argument that most companies fail at marketing because they communicate from the wrong perspective.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - The Design of Everyday Things
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Donald Norman · Psychology
The Design of Everyday Things began as The Psychology of Everyday Things when first published in 1988, and Donald Norman revised it substantially for a 2013 edition that updated the examples for a digital age.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Start with Why
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Simon Sinek · Business
Start with Why is Simon Sinek's argument that the most influential leaders and organizations in history didn't succeed because they made better products or ran smarter campaigns.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - All Marketers Are Liars
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Seth Godin · Business
All Marketers Are Liars — later republished as All Marketers Tell Stories — is Seth Godin's argument that successful marketing is not about facts or features but about stories that confirm what consumers already believe about the world.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - A World Without Email
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Cal Newport · Business
A World Without Email is Cal Newport's most targeted critique of modern knowledge work culture.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Category Creation: How to Build a Brand That Customers, Employees, and Investors Will Love
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Category Creation: How to Build a Brand That Customers, Employees, and Investors Will Love
Anthony Kennada · Business
Category Creation is Anthony Kennada's account of how Gainsight, where he served as chief marketing officer, built the customer success management category from scratch — and the broader argument that this approach to marketing, creating a new market category rather than competing within an existing one, produces compounding advantages that conventional brand-building rarely matches.
Both dig into brand strategy.
Read the summary → - Co-Active Coaching
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Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, and Laura Whitworth · Business
Co-Active Coaching presents the model developed at the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), which has trained more professional coaches than any other organization in the world.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Crucial Accountability
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Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler · Business
Crucial Accountability is the sequel to Crucial Conversations, narrowing its focus from high-stakes dialogue to one specific problem: what to do when someone fails to meet an expectation.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Death by Meeting
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Patrick Lencioni · Business
Death by Meeting is Patrick Lencioni's diagnosis of one of the most universal corporate dysfunctions: meetings that are simultaneously painful and pointless.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Difficult Conversations
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Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen · Business
Difficult Conversations is the product of the Harvard Negotiation Project, the same research group that produced Getting to Yes.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Fierce Conversations
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Susan Scott · Business
Fierce Conversations is Susan Scott's argument that the quality of your relationships is determined by the quality of your conversations — and that the conversations most people avoid are precisely the ones that would most improve their relationships and results.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Roger Fisher and William Ury · Business
Getting to Yes emerged from the Harvard Negotiation Project in the late 1970s and laid out a method its authors called principled negotiation.
Both dig into communication.
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Books like Designing Brand Identity: quick answers
What are the best books like Designing Brand Identity?
The best books like Designing Brand Identity by Alina Wheeler are Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller, The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin, A World Without Email by Cal Newport, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Designing Brand Identity, such as brand strategy, visual identity, design process.
What should I read after Designing Brand Identity?
A natural next read after Designing Brand Identity is Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin.
What books are similar to Designing Brand Identity by Alina Wheeler?
Designing Brand Identity centers on brand strategy, visual identity, design process. Books with a similar feel include Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller, The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin, A World Without Email by Cal Newport, Category Creation: How to Build a Brand That Customers, Employees, and Investors Will Love by Anthony Kennada — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
