I found reading as a powerful and convenient way to learn about specific themes and build upon the experience of other peers in the industry.
I have a reading frequency of 1 to 2 books per week with a quarterly priority aligned on my current and upcoming priorities, as well as areas of interests to keep learning out of my comfort zone.
One tactic I can share with you is to read 5 to 10 books on a specific subject completed by online sources and other available material. Once you see repeated content, patterns, you are starting to understanding the topic at hand.
Currently reading
Isaacson, W. (2015). Steve jobs. Abacus.
Charles M. Johnston (2015). Cultural Maturity: A Guidebook for the Future (With an Introduction to the Ideas of Creative Systems Theory). ICD Press.
Tanya Reilly (2022). The Staff Engineer’s Path. O’Reilly Media.
Recommended – Transformation
Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim (2018). Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations. IT Revolution Press.
Yes Caseau (2022). The Lean Approach to Digital Transformation: From Customer to Code and From Code to Customer. Productivity Press.
Gene Kim (2019). The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data. IT Revolution Press.
Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford (2018). The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win. IT Revolution Press.
Eric Ries (2011). The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. Crown Business.
Jez Humble, David Farley (2010). Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation. Addison-Wesley Professional.
Tony Fadell (2022). Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making. Harper Business.
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried (2010). Rework. Vermilion.
Recommended – Software
David Thomas, Andrew Hunt (2019). The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery. Addison-Wesley Professional
Martin Fowler (2018). Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. Addison-Wesley Professional.
Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright (2020). Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time. O’Reilly Media.
John Ousterhout (2018). A Philosophy of Software Designy. Yaknyam Press.
Lisa Crispin, Janet Gregory (2008). Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams. Addison-Wesley Professional.
Mark Seemann (2019). Dependency Injection Principles, Practices, and Patterns. Manning.
Vladimir Khorikov (2020). Unit Testing Principles, Practices, and Patterns: Effective testing styles, patterns, and reliable automation for unit testing, mocking, and integration testing. Manning.
Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, Zhamak Dehghani (2021). Software Architecture: The Hard Parts. O’Reilly Media.
Adam Bellemare (2020). Building Event-Driven Microservices: Leveraging Organizational Data at Scale. O’Reilly Media.
Sam Newman (2021). Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems. O’Reilly Media.
Sam Newman (2019). Monolith to Microservices: Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith. O’Reilly Media.
Recommended – Architecture
Gregor Hohpe (2020). The Software Architect Elevator: Redefining the Architect’s Role in the Digital Enterprise. O’Reilly Media.
Eben Hewitt (2018). Technology Strategy Patterns: Architecture as Strategy. O’Reilly Media.
Gregor Hohpe (2021). Cloud Strategy: A Decision-Based Approach to Successful Cloud Migration.
Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, David Robertson (2006). Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution. Harvard Business Review Press.
Piethein Strengholt (2020). Data Management at Scale: Best Practices for Enterprise Architecture. O’Reilly Media.
Evans Eric (2003). Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Softwarey. Addison-Wesley Professional.
Robert C. Martin (2017). Clean Architecture: A Craftsman’s Guide to Software Structure and Design. Pearson.
Martin Fowler (2002). Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. Addison-Wesley Professional.
Recommended – Organization
Will Larson (2019). An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management. Stripe Press.
Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais (2019). Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow. IT Revolution Press.
Karen Martin, Mike Osterling (2013). Value Stream Mapping: How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation. McGraw Hill.
Daniel Coyle (2018). The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups. Bantam.
Donella H. Meadows, Diana Wright (2008). Thinking in Systems. Chelsea Green Publishing.
Albert Rutherford (2019). Learn To Think in Systems: Use System Archetypes to Understand, Manage, and Fix Complex Problems and Make Smarter Decisions. Dorottya Zita Varga.
Albert Rutherford (2021). The Systems Thinker: Essential Thinking Skills For Solving Problems, Managing Chaos, and Creating Lasting Solutions in a Complex World.
Richarh M. Burton, Borge Obel, Dorthe Dojbak Hakonsson (2020). Organizational Design: A Step-by-Step Approach. Cambridge University Press.
Recommended – Leadership
Simon Senek (2011). Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. Portfolio.
Simon Senek (2017). Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t. Portfolio.
Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Emily Gregory (2021). Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High. McGraw Hill.
Camille Fournier (2017). The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change. O’Reilly Media.
Jeffrey K. Liker (2020). The Toyota Way, Second Edition: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer. McGraw Hill.
Patrick Lencioni (2002). The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Jossey-Bass.
John C. Maxwell, Henry O. Arnold (2022). The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: 25th Anniversary: Follow Them and People Will Follow You. HarperCollins Leadership.
Jocko Willink, Leif Babin (2017). Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win. St. Martin’s Press.
Michael Lopp (2020). The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well. O’Reilly Media.
Thinknetic (2021). Critical Thinking In A Nutshell: How To Become An Independent Thinker And Make Intelligent Decisions.
Gallup (2007). StrengthsFinder 2.0. Gallup.
Recommended – Personal Improvement
Stephen R. Covey (2022). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition. Mango.
Daniel Goleman (2005). Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. Random House Publishing Group.
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves (2009). Emotional Intelligence 2.0. TalentSmart.
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic (2015). Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals. Wiley.
James Clear (2018). Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. Avery.
David Allen. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity .Piaktus Books.
Vitor E. Frankl (2006). Man’s Search for Meaning. Beacon Press.
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