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  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life - Mark Manson
    • This book discusses the importance of setting priorities and focusing on what is truly important in life. It argues that many people are overwhelmed and stressed out because they try to care about too many things, and that they would be better off if they focused on a smaller number of things that truly matter.
  • Failure is not an option - Gene Krantz
    • A book about the importance of a clear mission and vision, adaptability and resilience, confidence and determination.
  • Outcomes Over Output: Why customer behavior is the key metric for business success - Joshua Seiden
    • Outcomes Over Output is a book that argues that customer behavior, rather than output or productivity, is the key metric for business success. It suggests that businesses should focus on understanding and measuring their customers’ behaviors and experiences, and use this information to drive strategy and decision-making.
  • The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change – Camille Fournier
    • Provides guidance and advice for tech leaders who are managing teams and organisations through periods of growth and change.
  • The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations – Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis
    • The DevOps Handbook is a comprehensive guide to implementing DevOps principles and practices in technology organisations. The book covers a wide range of topics, including cultural and organizational changes, automation and tooling, and processes and practices that enable organisations to deliver high-quality software faster and more reliably.
  • The Delicate Art of Bureaucracy: Digital Transformation With the Monkey, the Razor, and the Sumo Wrestler by Mark Schwartz
    • The Delicate Art of Bureaucracy is a book about digital transformation in organisations. It uses the metaphor of the monkey, the razor, and the sumo wrestler to represent three different approaches to achieving change: the monkey represents a agile and flexible approach, the razor represents a lean and efficient approach, and the sumo wrestler represents a heavyweight and bureaucratic approach.
  • Sooner Safer Happier: Patterns and Antipatterns for Organizational Agility: Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility by Jonathan Smart
    • The book identifies a number of patterns and antipatterns that organisations can use to achieve business agility. Patterns are effective practices that organisations can adopt to become more agile, while antipatterns are practices that hinder agility. The book discusses a range of topics, including organisational structure, culture, leadership, and processes, and provides practical advice on how organisations can adopt patterns and avoid antipatterns in order to become more agile.
  • Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
    • The book presents the results of a comprehensive study of over 200 high-performing technology organisations, and identifies four key metrics that are correlated with organizational performance: lead time (the time it takes to go from idea to implementation), deployment frequency (the rate at which new code is released), mean time to recover (the time it takes to recover from failures), and change fail rate (the percentage of changes that result in failures).
  • Designing Delivery by Jeff Sussna
    • Designing Delivery is a book about designing and implementing delivery systems that are efficient, effective, and resilient. It argues that the design of delivery systems has a significant impact on the performance of organisations, and that organisations can improve their performance by designing delivery systems that are aligned with their goals and values.
  • The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim
    • The book uses a narrative format to illustrate the principles and practices of DevOps, and covers topics such as organisational culture, continuous delivery, and the importance of collaboration and communication. It is a valuable resource for professionals looking to understand and implement DevOps principles and practices in their organisations.
  • The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
    • The Lean Startup is a book that provides a framework for building successful businesses through rapid experimentation and iteration. It argues that traditional business planning approaches are not well-suited for today’s fast-paced and highly uncertain business environment, and that organisations must embrace a culture of continuous innovation in order to stay competitive.
  • The Lean Mindset: Ask the Right Questions by Mary Poppendieck & Tom Poppendieck
    • The Lean Mindset: Ask the Right Questions is a book that explores the principles and practices of the lean approach to problem-solving and decision-making. It argues that the lean mindset is a way of thinking and acting that is focused on continuously improving the value that an organisation delivers to its customers, and that it can be applied to any problem or challenge that an organisation faces.
  • Brownfield Application Development in .NET by Donald Belcham & Kyle Baley
    • The book covers a range of topics related to brownfield development, including understanding the existing codebase, dealing with legacy code, and refactoring and improving the codebase. It also discusses the importance of testing and maintaining the quality of the codebase, and provides practical guidance on how to implement these activities in a way that is efficient and effective.
  • Preventing Good People From Doing Bad Things: Implementing Least Privilege by John Mutch & Brian Anderson
    • Preventing Good People From Doing Bad Things: Implementing Least Privilege is a valuable resource for professionals looking to improve the security of their organisations through the implementation of least privilege principles and practices.
  • Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases Through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation by Jez Humble & David Farley
    • The book argues that continuous delivery enables organisations to deliver high-quality software faster and more reliably, and that it is essential for organisations that want to remain competitive in today’s fast-paced business environment. It covers a range of topics related to continuous delivery, including build automation, test automation, deployment automation, and release management.
  • Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters by Richard Rumelt
    • The book introduces the concept of “the lethal gap,” which is the gap between a company’s ambition and its ability to execute. It argues that bad strategies are often characterised by a lethal gap, and that they can lead to failure.
  • Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale by Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky, and Barry O’Reilly
    • The book introduces the concept of the “lean enterprise,” which is an organisation that has embraced lean thinking and practices, and is focused on continuously improving the value it delivers to customers. It covers a range of topics related to lean enterprise, including value stream mapping, flow, pull, and continuous improvement.
  • The Art of Monitoring by James Turnbull and Sid Orlando
    • The book covers a range of topics related to monitoring, including the importance of monitoring, the types of metrics that should be monitored, and the tools and techniques that can be used to collect and analyze data. It also discusses the role of monitoring in incident response and problem resolution, and provides practical guidance on how to design and implement effective monitoring systems.
  • Leading the Transformation: Applying Agile and DevOps Principles at Scale by Gary Gruver, Tommy Mouser, and Gene Kim
    • The book covers a range of topics related to agile and DevOps, including the importance of cultural and organisational change, the role of leadership in driving and supporting transformation, and the practical challenges and solutions involved in implementing agile and DevOps practices at scale.
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
    • Thinking, Fast and Slow is a book that explores the psychological basis of how people think and make decisions. It introduces the concept of “dual-process theory,” which posits that there are two distinct systems of thinking: “System 1,” which is fast, intuitive, and emotional, and “System 2,” which is slower, more deliberative, and more logical.
  • Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture – David Kushner
    • The book begins with the early years of Carmack and Romero, and their early experiences with computers and video games. It then follows their journey as they create their own company, id Software, and develop some of the most iconic and influential video games of all time, including Doom and Quake. Along the way, the book discusses the challenges and controversies that Carmack and Romero faced, and the impact that their work had on the video game industry and popular culture.
  • Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems – Niall Richard Murphy, Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff
    • The book is based on the experiences of the SRE team at Google, and provides insights into how Google runs its production systems. It covers a range of topics related to SRE, including reliability engineering, incident management, monitoring and alerting, and capacity planning.