Good Reads #
Inspired by my good friend Thomas Lindqvist listing his good reads, here’s a some books that I have read and recommend—when the topic/category interests you.
Product Management #
- Badass: Making Users Awesome, by Kathy Sierra
- Business Model Generation, by Alex Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur
- Competing Against Luck, by Clayton M. Christensen
- Escaping the Build Trap, by Melissa Perri
- Inspired, by Marty Cagan
- Product Leadership, by Richard Banfield, Nate Walkingshaw, and Martin Eriksson
- Testing Business Ideas, by David Bland, Alex Osterwalder
- User Story Mapping, by Jeff Patton
- Value Proposition Canvas, by Alex Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur
Product/Software Development #
- The Goal, by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
- Lean Enterprise, by Barry O’Reilly, Jez Humble, and Joanne Molesky
- Impact Mapping, by Gojko Adzic
- Product Development Flow, by Donald G. Reinertsen
Agile & Lean Software Development #
- Agile & Iterative Development, by Craig Larman
- Scaling Lean & Agile Development, by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde
- Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile, by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde
- Large-Scale Scrum: More with LeSS, by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde
- Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, by Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck
- Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, by Kent Beck and Cynthia Andres
- Scrum and XP from the Trenches, by Henrik Kniberg
- Kanban and Scrum: making the most of both, by Henrik Kniberg and Mattias Skarin
Consulting, Coaching & Facilitation #
- Clean Language, by Wendy Sullivan and Judy Rees
- Crucial Conversations, by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler
- Coaching Agile Teams, by Lyssa Adkins
- Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, by Sam Kaner
- Fearless Change by Linda Rising and Mary Lynn Manns
- Flawless Consulting by Peter Block
- Gamestorming, by Dave Gray
- Helping, by Edgar Schein
- How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dave Carnegie
- Humble Inquiry, by Edgar Schein
- Nonviolent Communication, by Marshall Rosenberg
- The Secrets of Consulting, by Gerald Weinberg
- More Secrets of Consulting, by Gerald Weinberg
- The Satir Model, by Virginia Satir
- The Skilled Facilitator, by Roger Schwarz
- Training from the Back of the Room, by Sharon Bowman
Teams & Teaming #
- Coaching Agile Teams, by Lyssa Adkins
- Creating Effective Teams, by Susan Wheelan
- Kunskapsintegration, by Philip Runsten, Andreas Werr
- Leading Teams, by Richard Hackman
- Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick Lencioni
- Teaming, by Amy Edmondson
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick Lencioni
- The Wisdom of Teams, by Jon Katzenbach
Personal Productivity & Leadership #
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey
- Drive, by Daniel Pink
- Essentialism, by Greg McKeown
- First Things First, by Stephen Covey
- Getting Things Done, by David Allen
- How Will You Measure Your Life?, by Clayton M. Christensen
- Managing Oneself, by Peter Drucker
- Pomodoro Technique Illustrated, by Staffan Nöteberg
- Turn Your Ship Around, by David Marquet
Problem-Solving & Sense-Making #
- Problem Solving 101, by Ken Watanabe
- Six Thinking Hats, by Edward de Bono
- The Toyota Kata Practice Guide, by Mike Rother
- Toyota Kata, by Mike Rother
Philosophy & Way of Life #
- Buddhism for Beginners, by Thubten Chodron
- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, by William B. Irvine
- Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius (translated by Gregory Hays)
- The Manual: A Philosopher’s Guide to Life, by Epicetus
- The Choice, by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Writing #
- On Writing, by Stephen King
- On Writing Well, by William Zinsser
- Weinberg on Writing, Gerald Weinberg