I find reading is a fundamentally important part of developing one’s career, primarily when we intentionally challenge our own ways of thinking. When consulting with friends and colleagues, I find myself referencing learnings and insights from the books listed below, so hopefully you’ll find them equally beneficial.

• The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim and Kevin Behr
• The Goal by Eliyahu M Goldratt
• The Critical Chain by Eliyahu M Goldratt
• Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg
• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
• Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
• Change the Culture, Change the Game. by Tom Smith and Roger Connors
• Change or Die by Alan Deutschman
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Nimble, Focused, Feisty by Sara Roberts
• The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald G Reinertsen
• Leading Change by John Kotter
• The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge

… and more but this is enough for now.

You’ll notice this list does not include a lot of technical resources related to software engineering. While I still engage in those topics, I find my career most impacted by understanding the organizational, business, and human psychological drivers.