The Book Day has arrived, along with one of the most significant celebrations in Catalonia, the festival of Sant Jordi. This year, after not being able to celebrate it last year, we didn't want to miss the opportunity to contribute our bit. That's why we are sharing a small selection of 8 books from different disciplines that have inspired and accompanied the members of the Lúcid team throughout their work.

Even though today is Sant Jordi, books are part of our lives all year round and serve as a great source of learning and improvement. We hope this small book recommendation will accompany you and be as useful to you as it has been to the Lúcid team.

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

Marc Fabra, our Managing Partner & Head of Industrial Design, recommends the book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates.

After dedicating a decade to researching climate change, guided by experts in physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, Bill Gates has identified the measures we need to take to prevent an irreversible environmental disaster.

"Through this book, the author aims to raise awareness about the need to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and provide the necessary tools to achieve that goal."

2. Agile Organizations

Our Head of Manufacturing, Carles Ginés, recommends the book Agile Organizations: Respond to Your Customers' Needs with Engaged and Self-Managed Teams by Sergi Mussons.

Sergi Mussons is an engineer specializing in developing highly engaged teams. In this book, he shares his formula for success in building responsible, high-performing teams and successful companies. This formula intelligently combines new organizational structures, supportive leadership, QRM and Agile techniques to achieve speed and quality in production while respecting people.

"With this book, Mussons demonstrates that a company can be structurally focused on taking care of its customers, fostering leadership, and organizing to execute processes and projects in record time."

3. Stop Starting, Start Finishing!

Our PMO, Oriol G. Vivet, recommends the book Stop Starting, Start Finishing! by Arne Roock.

This is an illustrated book that tells the story of Justin, a project manager who achieved great results with his team by doing very simple things. It is a guide that explains the basic concepts of Kanban for knowledge work and shows how limiting the amount of work in progress can lead to better and faster outcomes.

"The perfect book for those looking to change their work discipline and strive for excellence."

4. How to Have Kick-ass Ideas

Ferran Sesplugues, our Head of Strategy & Innovation, recommends the book How to Have Kick-ass Ideas: Shake Up Your Business, Shake Up Your Life by Chris Barez-Brown.

Chris Baréz-Brown transforms companies worldwide into highly creative and successful teams. In this book, he shares his best techniques to help you reconnect with your inner creative genius. It's about fun, freshness, and new ways of thinking-filling your life with new experiences and enjoying the process.

"Through practical and inspiring methods, you'll be able to kick-start your creativity, identify what you want in life, and make it happen."