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Books like Maverick
The best books like Maverick are High Output Management, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, and Reinventing Organizations. Maverick by Ricardo Semler is about workplace democracy, management, decentralization. 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.
- High Output Management
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Andrew S. Grove · Business
High Output Management is Andrew Grove's manual for how managers at any level should think about their work.
Both dig into management.
Read the summary → - No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer · Business
No Rules Rules is Reed Hastings's account of the management philosophy that has governed Netflix since the company pivoted from DVDs to streaming and built one of the most watched entertainment platforms in the world.
Both dig into organizational culture.
Read the summary → - Reinventing Organizations
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Frédéric Laloux · Business
Reinventing Organizations is Frédéric Laloux's attempt to map the next stage of organizational development.
Both dig into self-management.
Read the summary → - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni · Business
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is Patrick Lencioni's argument that most teams fail not because of strategy, talent, or resources, but because of five specific, predictable behavioral problems that compound on each other.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
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Frank Slootman · Business
Amp It Up is Frank Slootman's account of how he approaches leading organizations through rapid growth.
Shares management and organizational culture with Maverick.
Read the summary → - It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · Business
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work is a direct challenge to the mythology of startup hustle — the idea that long hours, constant urgency, and full-company stress are signs of ambition rather than poor management.
Shares management and organizational culture with Maverick.
Read the summary → - My Years with General Motors
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Alfred P. Sloan · Business
Alfred Sloan's account of his four decades building General Motors is one of the most influential management books ever written, though it reads less like a book and more like a carefully constructed argument.
Shares management and decentralization with Maverick.
Read the summary → - Nine Lies About Work
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Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall · Business
Nine Lies About Work challenges nine assumptions that dominate how organizations are designed and managed — assumptions Buckingham and Goodall argue are not just wrong but actively harmful.
Shares management and organizational culture with Maverick.
Read the summary → - Remote: Office Not Required
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Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · Business
Remote was published in 2013, years before the pandemic forced the question on most organizations.
Shares management and organizational culture with Maverick.
Read the summary → - An Everyone Culture
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Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey · Business
An Everyone Culture introduces what Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey call the Deliberately Developmental Organization — a company designed around the idea that the work of personal growth and the work of business performance are not separate activities but the same thing.
Both dig into organizational culture.
Read the summary → - Brave New Work
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Aaron Dignan · Business
Brave New Work is Aaron Dignan's diagnosis of why most organizations are dysfunctional and a practical guide to building something better.
Both dig into self-management.
Read the summary → - Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras · Business
Built to Last is Jim Collins and Jerry Porras's six-year research project into what separates companies that endure for decades from those that simply perform well for a season.
Both dig into organizational culture.
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Books like Maverick: quick answers
What are the best books like Maverick?
The best books like Maverick by Ricardo Semler are High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer, Reinventing Organizations by Frédéric Laloux, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity by Frank Slootman, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Maverick, such as workplace democracy, management, decentralization.
What should I read after Maverick?
A natural next read after Maverick is High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove. Both dig into management. Other strong choices are No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer, Reinventing Organizations by Frédéric Laloux, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni.
What books are similar to Maverick by Ricardo Semler?
Maverick centers on workplace democracy, management, decentralization. Books with a similar feel include High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer, Reinventing Organizations by Frédéric Laloux, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity by Frank Slootman, It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
