This page contains a list of books, podcasts, newsletters, and video channels that I personally have consumed and recommend to you.
Books
I am a lover of books! 💗
Below are titles that I have read and recommend:
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration – Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
- Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less – Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
- Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers – Ben Horowitz
- The Gap and The Gain: The High Achievers’ Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success – Benjamin Hardy, Dan Sullivan
- Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters – Richard Rumelt
- Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders – L. David Marquet
- The Infinite Game – Simon Sinek
- Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success – Adam M. Grant Ph.D.
- Anathem – Neal Stephenson
- Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work – Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal
- PoC or GTFO – Manul Laphroaig
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Cal Newport
- Seeking SRE: Conversations About Running Production Systems at Scale – David N. Blank-Edelman
- Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
- Weekend Language: Presenting with More Stories and Less PowerPoint – Andy Craig, Dave Yewman
- Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead – Brené Brown
- Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding The Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty – Patrick M. Lencioni
- The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data – Gene Kim
- Meditations (Translated by George Long with an Introduction by Alice Zimmern) – Marcus Aurelius
- The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed: The Definitive Book on Value Investing – Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig
- Principles: Life and Work – Ray Dalio
- Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow – Dominica DeGrandis
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup – John Carreyrou
- An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management – Will Larson
- The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change – Camille Fournier
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right – Atul Gawande
- Managing Oneself – Peter Ferdinand Drucker
- Leaders Eat Last Deluxe: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t – Simon Sinek
- Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done – Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, Charles Burck
- Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations – Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment – Eckhart Tolle
- The New Kingmakers: How Developers Conquered the World – Stephen O’Grady
- The New Normal – Peter Hinssen
- Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity – Kim Scott
- The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations – Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis
- Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems – Niall Richard Murphy, Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff
- Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers – Geoffrey A. Moore
- The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance – Jim Whitehurst
- The Four Steps to the Epiphany – Steve Blank
- The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement – Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox
- Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action – Simon Sinek
- The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses – Eric Ries
- The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production – James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones
- Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation – Jez Humble, David Farley
- Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture – David Kushner
- Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the Future of Privacy – Robert Scoble, Shel Israel
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – Chip Heath, Dan Heath
- The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win – Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- StandOut: The Groundbreaking New Strengths Assessment from the Leader of the Strengths Revolution – Marcus Buckingham
Podcasts
Listening to a podcast is a relaxing way to learn more while physically engaged in other tasks, such as driving, exercising, or doing chores.
- Bad Bets – Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Podcasts
- Akimbo – Seth Godin
- Marketplace – Kai Ryssdal
- Freakonomics Radio – Stephen J. Dubner
- Radiolab – Jad Abumrad, Lulu Miller, Latif Nasser, and formerly Robert Krulwich
Newsletters
Curated newsletters that I consume for additional content and perspective.
- Morning Brew – contains my referral link
- Real Life
Learning Courses
Video courses that I’ve taken, enjoyed, and recommend.
- Executive Leadership – John Ullmen
- Developing Executive Presence – John Ullmen
Video Channels
Visual content that inspires, educates, and informs.