Book Reviews

The books behind the thinking.

Not a reading list. A curated collection of the books that shaped the thinking behind this operating model - each reviewed for what it actually means for engineering leaders, not just what it says.

From Prompts to Platforms - A Practitioner's Review of AI Engineering

From Prompts to Platforms - A Practitioner's Review of AI Engineering

Chip Huyen

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Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

James Clear

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The Manager's Path

The Manager's Path

Camille Fournier

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Team Topologies

Team Topologies

Matthehew Skelton, Manuuel Pais

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Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

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Modern Software Engineering

Modern Software Engineering

David Farley

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Crucial Conversations

Crucial Conversations

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

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Start with Why

Start with Why

Simon Sinek

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Good Strategy Bad Strategy

Good Strategy Bad Strategy

Richard Rumelt

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Loved

Loved

Martina Lauchengco

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Accelerate

Accelerate

Nicole Forsgren

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The Enabling Manager

The Enabling Manager

Myles Downey

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Empowered

Empowered

Marty Cagan

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Inspired

Inspired

Marty Cagan

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Product Roadmaps Relaunched

Product Roadmaps Relaunched

C. Todd Lombardo, Bruce McCarthy, Evan Ryan & Michael Connors

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Never Split the Difference

Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss

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Outcomes over Output

Outcomes over Output

Josh Seiden

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The Mom Test

The Mom Test

Rob Fitzpatrick

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Radical Candor

Radical Candor

Kim Scott

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Transformed

Transformed

Marty Cagan

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Escaping the Build Trap

Escaping the Build Trap

Melissa Perri

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Escape Velocity

Escape Velocity

Doc Norton

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Flight Levels: The Coordination Book Most Organisations Don’t Realise They Need

Flight Levels: The Coordination Book Most Organisations Don’t Realise They Need

Ragan McGill

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Pirates in the Navy

Pirates in the Navy

Tendayi Viki

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Radical Focus

Radical Focus

Christina Wodtke

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Drive

Drive

Daniel H. Pink

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Essentialism

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

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The Phoenix Project

The Phoenix Project

Gene Kim, Kevin Behr & George Spafford

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The Chimp Paradox

The Chimp Paradox

Prof Steve Peters

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The DevOps Handbook

The DevOps Handbook

Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis

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Black Box Thinking

Black Box Thinking

Matthew Syed

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Redefining Agility - A Strategic Review of Sooner Safer Happier

Redefining Agility - A Strategic Review of Sooner Safer Happier

Jonathan Smart

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Turn the Ship Around

Turn the Ship Around

L. David Marquet

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The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

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