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The book draws data from the largest study of high-performing software organizations to identify key practices that contribute to software delivery performance. Its aim is to help organizations improve the speed and quality of their software development. The practices recommended include investing in infrastructure and automation, empowering teams, and using data to drive decisions. The book provides practical guidance on how organizations can adopt these practices in order to accelerate their software development and delivery.
It explores the ways in which computer science concepts can be applied to everyday life to help us make better decisions. The book covers a range of topics, including how to optimize for efficiency and effectiveness, how to balance exploration and exploitation, and how to make decisions under uncertainty. The authors draw on a variety of examples from computer science, psychology, and economics to illustrate how these concepts can be applied to real-world situations. The book offers practical insights and strategies for anyone looking to improve their decision-making skills.
A really good guide on how to create a company to perdure. The book covers a wide range of topics, including how to set the right goals, how to assemble and lead a strong team, and how to make strategic decisions that will drive growth and success. They speak out of their extensive experience as entrepreneurs and business leaders to provide practical guidance and strategies for building a successful, long-term business.
A guide on how to create new markets, and compete in new areas without competition; instead of fighting for market share growth in crowded markets. I liked how it could result counter-intuitive, but sometimes it’s best to avoid competition at all, and find a market that is underserved (blue ocean), instead of starting a fight in a proven, competed one (red ocean).
An exploration of alternative ways of organizing companies - focusing on how to create more adaptive and human organizations in the face of complexity and uncertainty. Dignan argues that the traditional way of working based on hierarchy, bureaucracy and control is outdated and ineffective. Instead, it proposes a new operating system (OS) for work that is based on principles such as autonomy, experimentation, transparency and purpose. It has good practical tools and examples to help with transformation - and specific industry examples (like Gore)
The story of Tom Fadell, the inventor of the iPod and the Nest thermostat, and his journey as an entrepreneur and leader. It’s very interesting to see how the drive of Fadell was challenged by corporate situations, and how the drive to innovate and create products was stronger than the slowing down forces.
A guide for leaders on how to achieve outstanding performance through clarity and focus.
Classic on software development - it changed the way I understood code, and convinced me to always aim for readability and human-optimized code. Its focus on readability and naming really influenced my view on software, and helped me understand better testing.
I saw a presentation by Teresa Torres defending the product discovery, and introducing the concept of the “product trio” (tech + product + design), and got the book right away. It is a practical guide for product teams on how to build a culture of continuous discovery and use data to drive decision-making.
Really good guide to prepare for and succeed in technical interviews. It is really useful to gain confidence on technical interviews. The book includes a collection of practice problems and solutions, and is based on McDowell’s experience as a hiring manager and technical interviewer.
The book focuses on how to navigate the “chasm” between early adopters and mainstream customers and achieve mass market success; and how it’s key to succeed after a promising beginning with the most passionate (and forgiving) piece of the market.
The book dives into the importance of focus and concentration in today’s fast-paced, always-connected world. The book argues that the ability to do deep work – defined as the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task – is becoming increasingly rare and valuable in today’s economy. The book offers practical strategies and tips for cultivating the ability to do deep work, including how to establish clear goals and priorities, how to eliminate distractions, and how to build habits that support deep work. The book is aimed at anyone looking to improve their productivity and achieve success in a world that is constantly vying for their attention.
A really good guide for product teams on how to build effective, empowered teams that can drive innovation and deliver great products. It touches how to build a strong product culture, how to foster collaboration and communication within a team, and how to set clear goals and priorities. It provides practical strategies and insights for building and leading successful product teams.
It explores the limits of human performance and the factors that influence it. The book covers a many topics, including exercise, nutrition, genetics, psychology, and neuroscience, and it examines the latest research on how the body and mind respond to physical and mental challenges. I like the exploration on ways in which body and mind can be pushed to extremes, and how to optimize human performance.
Recommended by my colleague Bruno
A guide for organizations on how to avoid the “build trap” of constantly adding more features to their products and focus on delivering value to customers. It includes how to prioritize and validate product ideas, how to build and measure product outcomes, and how to create an organizational culture that is focused on delivering value to customers. It has quite some practical tips.
The book focuses in the idea of living a more focused, intentional life by eliminating unnecessary distractions and commitments. It argues that we often spread ourselves too thin and waste time and energy on things that are not essential to our goals and values. The book offers practical strategies for practicing essentialism, including how to identify and prioritize your most important goals, how to eliminate distractions and unnecessary commitments, and how to stay true to your values and priorities. The book is aimed at anyone looking to simplify their life and focus on what is truly important to them.
The world is not as broken as it seems :-)
A leadership guide that teaches the importance of taking responsibility and accountability for everything that goes on in an organization.
A guide for individuals and organizations on how to create a smarter, happier work life through flexibility and work-life balance.
Guide for businesses on how to become great by focusing on the right goals, assembling the right team, and making the right decisions. The book presents the results of a research study that identified a set of companies that made the transition from good to great and identifies the key factors that contributed to their success. Collins provides practical guidance and strategies for businesses looking to make the transition from good to great, including how to set the right goals, how to assemble the right team, and how to make the right decisions.
Grit is defined as the ability to persevere in the face of challenges and setbacks. The book centers on it, and its role in personal success. The book argues that grit is a more important predictor of success than talent or intelligence, and offers practical strategies for cultivating grit in oneself and in others. It offers insights into how grit can be developed and sustained over time.
Insights for former Intel CEO, with observations on how to make an organization effective at scale. Great insights on the important of culture, leadership and decision-making, and how to manage people and teams to maximize productivity (for the overall organization).
Satya Nadella’s story is refreshing. This autobiography tell the story of how he got to the CEO position, with the setbacks on the path, how he convinced the ranks until getting to the CEO position, and his vision for the future of technology and the role it can play in improving people’s lives.
A look at the future of humanity and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
It focuses in agile development and lean startup concepts. It gives very good insights on how to define a product vision, how to validate product ideas through customer research and testing, and how to measure and optimize product performance. It has a very practical look - and together with Empowered serves as a really good field guide on how to setup product teams for success.
A guide for organizations on how to create a healthy and productive work culture. It rejects the “Silicon Valley” status quo and default ways of doing things, advocating for a more sane and people-centric approach.
Recommended by my colleague Anton - a biography of Patagonia’s founder.
Its main topic is innovation, covering related topics including how to encourage risk-taking and creativity, how to identify and support promising ideas, and how to create an organizational culture that is conducive to innovation. Bahcall uses examples from a variety of fields, including science, technology, and business, to demonstrate how organizations can foster and support innovation at different stages of development. The book offers practical strategies and insights for organizations looking to foster a culture of innovation and turn promising ideas into successful ventures.
I started using OKR’s because they were in place - as many of us. Reading the book from John Doerr, it’s creator - helped me get a more clear background on the intention of the framework, and how good and bad OKR’s look like. It has some quite useful and relatable examples, and while thee framework itself is not a silver bullet, there are many good parts that can be taken - especially as a tool to reflect on big goals that will push you forward, and how to “divide and conquer” a large objective.
It is a collection of personal writings by the Roman Emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius. The writings are in the form of short reflections and meditations on a wide range of topics, including ethics, philosophy, and Stoicism. The book served as a strong influence in my personal view of the world, and my personal philosophy on life.
A negotiation guide that teaches strategies for reaching mutually beneficial agreements.
Based on Netflix’s story - the book gets deeper into the culture of the company, focusing on the freedom and responsibility, with the gains on high performance, innovation and growth. For that, it explains how to set clear expectations and hold people accountable, and how to foster a sense of purpose and meaning in work. It gives very useful context on some concepts that have been popularized by Netlix, such as talent density, the keeper test, or their approach for paying “top of the market”. Very well told - and while you can’t just copy-paste a company culture, it serves a lot to see the reflection that lead to it.
A look at how networked markets are transforming the economy and how businesses can leverage them to their advantage.
Guide for individuals and organizations on how to achieve success by following a set of principles and practices that Dalio has developed over his career. The book covers a wide range of topics, including how to set and achieve goals, how to make better decisions, and how to build and lead effective teams. Dalio provides practical guidance and strategies for individuals and organizations looking to achieve success by following a set of guiding principles
Gaimon’s journey from being a “fat kid” to becoming a pro cyclist in Europe. He shares his struggles and triumphs as he navigates the cutthroat world of professional cycling, and offers insights into the hard work, determination, and sacrifice that it takes to succeed in this demanding sport It’s written in a very close and funny way - and gives insights on how doping affected to the clean professionals.
A leadership guide that teaches the importance of being candid and direct in order to foster strong relationships and drive results. Kim’s website has great resources on the topic too.
It has a very good toolset for first time EM’s, or for anyone that wants to review some proven ways of working. It is structured in 5 chapters (“Meet your team”, “Grow your teammates”, “Set clear expectations”, “Communicate Effectively” and “Build resiliency”), and it’s full of good tips, with a human-centric approach. Very useful for these turbulent times!
A guide for entrepreneurs and small businesses on how to be more productive and efficient.
A look at how cultural differences shape behavior and how they can be understood and managed.
The book that convinced me to switch to eating vegetarian 🌱. The book is tells the story of humankind from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa to the present day. The book covers a wide range of topics, including human evolution, the rise of agriculture, the development of empires, the Scientific Revolution, and the impact of globalization. Harari presents a sweeping and thought-provoking history of humankind, exploring the ways in which our species has shaped the world and been shaped by it.
Claire was a leader in early stages of Google, and now is the COO at Stripe, since quite early also. It is a fantastic guide, very practical and full of detailed examples on how to build a massive impact company - and how to scale it. It takes a lot of attention to the people management side and covers a wide variety of topics, from crafting foundational documents to strategic and financial planning, hiring and team development, feedback and performance mechanisms. The book includes dozens of pages of worksheets, templates, exercises, and example documents to help founders, leaders, and company builders create scalable operating systems and lightweight processes that really work.
The story of Nike’s founder and his journey building the company from a small start-up to a global brand. It’s written with a focus on storytelling, making it very easy to read, and enjoying the ups and downs - especially in the beginning as the company was really small and had to default to creativity to make things happen.
A guide for leaders on how to motivate and inspire themselves and others to achieve success.