'Smarter Faster Better' by Charles Duhigg
This 2016 book is the second bestseller Duhigg has published; the first was "The Power of Habit" in 2012.
Duhigg, a New York Times journalist, explores the science of productivity from different angles: how to make an optimal to-do list, how Disney created the mega-hit "Frozen"; and what makes Google teams effective.
The book is full of eye-opening stories that Duhigg dug up in his research, like how an airplane pilot prevented the plane from crashing by creating a "mental model."