Work Rules!
Workplace and management practices drawn from inside Google
Ranked 10 of 12 in best career and future-of-work books
Workplace and management practices drawn from Google, aimed at managers and teams rather than the wider economy. Its examples come from one company, so it ranks below the economic and career titles above.
Best for Management practice inside a large company
About Work Rules!
Bock presents workplace and management practices from Google, and he frames them as ideas that readers can adapt for their own teams and careers. The subtitle promises insights on how to live and lead, so the scope covers both individual work habits and the management of others. The examples come from one large company, so readers should treat them as cases rather than universal rules.
Twelve published the book in 2015, and Grand Central Publishing has issued later printings in the Open Library record. It suits managers, team leads and readers who want to see how a large technology company organizes people. It says less about automation or AI than the economic titles in this list, so it complements them rather than competing with them.
Key features
- Google workplace practices
- Management and team habits
- Personal work habits
- Print editions since 2015
Strengths
- Practical examples from a large company
- Ideas for managers and individual readers
- Recent printings from Grand Central Publishing
Limits
- Examples come from a single company
- Less about automation or AI than the economic titles
Where Work Rules! ranks
How Work Rules! compares
| Product | Score | Price | Formats | Main angle | Best reader | Draws on research or data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#8 Mindset | 85.0 | Paid | Fixed and growth mindsets | Learners and people changing careers | Yes | |
#9 Human + Machine | 84.0 | Paid | Human and AI teams in companies | Executives and operations leaders | No | |
| #10Work Rules! | 83.0 | Paid | Workplace and management practice | Managers and team leads | Yes | |
#11 AI Superpowers | 82.5 | Paid | US-China AI race and jobs | Policy readers and business leaders | No | |
#12 How to Remain Valuable When Intelligence Becomes Cheap* | 70.0 | Paid | PDF, EPUB | Career strategy in an AI economy | Individuals planning careers | No |
The full comparison table for best career and future-of-work books has all 12 products.
Alternatives to Work Rules!
All 11 alternatives
Co-IntelligenceEthan Mollick's practical guide to working alongside generative AI
The Second Machine AgeEconomic analysis of how digital technology affects work and prosperity
Prediction MachinesHow AI lowers the cost of prediction and what becomes more valuable
RangeDavid Epstein's case for broad experience over early specialization
So Good They Can't Ignore YouCal Newport's argument for building rare skills over following passion
A World Without WorkAnalysis of how automation may reshape paid work and policy
Related rankings
- Best AI and machine learning books13 products ranked · 1 in common
- Best computer architecture books11 products ranked
- Best music theory books12 products ranked
- Best personal finance and investing books12 products ranked
- Best productivity and note-taking books10 products ranked
- Best programming books11 products ranked
Questions about Work Rules!
- Is Work Rules! free?
- Work Rules! is a paid product (paid). Print editions sold by booksellers; price varies by seller.
- Which formats is Work Rules! available in?
- Work Rules! is offered as Print.
- What is Work Rules! best for?
- Management practice inside a large company. In our ranking of career and future-of-work books it is number 10 of 12 with a score of 83.0.
- What are the best alternatives to Work Rules!?
- The highest-ranked alternatives on listme.name are Co-Intelligence, The Second Machine Age, Prediction Machines, Range.
Show this ranking on your site
If you make or maintain Work Rules!, this badge links back to this page and shows its current rank. It updates when the ranking does.
<a href="https://listme.name/books/work-rules"><img src="https://listme.name/badge/work-rules.svg" height="28" alt="Ranked #10 of 12 career and future-of-work books on listme.name"></a>Made by, or connected to, the publisher of this site or people the publisher works with. Listed on the same criteria as everything else, with the lift described in How we rank and Disclosure.