A Curated Collection
The Library
Books that have shaped my thinking on leadership, technology, and life. Each one has left its mark on how I approach problems and lead teams.
24 Volumes
Biography
1 book
Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment
Jason Schreier
Leadership
8 books
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
The Arbinger Institute
How to Lead When You're Not in Charge
Clay Scroggins
Leadership Is Language
L. David Marquet
Turn the Ship Around!
L. David Marquet
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni
The Art of Alignment
Patty Beach
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
The First 90 Days
Michael D. Watkins
Self-Development
3 books
Let That Sh*t Go
Monica Sweeney
Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
BJ Fogg
How to Be Good at Performance Appraisals
Dick Grote
Technical
5 books
Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track
Will Larson
An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management
Will Larson
The Unicorn Project
Gene Kim
The Manager's Path
Camille Fournier
The Phoenix Project
Gene Kim, Kevin Behr & George Spafford
Philosophy
1 book
The Insider's Guide to Culture Change
Siobhan McHale
Business
6 books
Levers: The Framework for Building Repeatability
Amos Schwartzfarb & Trevor Boehm
Scaling Up Excellence
Robert I. Sutton & Huggy Rao
Running Lean
Ash Maurya
Lean Analytics
Alistair Croll & Benjamin Yoskovitz
Measure What Matters
John Doerr
Lean Enterprise
Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky & Barry O'Reilly