I have something of a love-hate relationship with Agile. On the one hand, I love the values and simplicity of the approach, which has a lot of overlap with concepts from the manufacturing industry suc

When I was building my Internet of Things (IoT) startup, TransFabric, with my colleague Joe Nicholson, he recommended this book to me, and I really related to the energy and passion it embodies. I lov

My friend Amanda gave this book to me for my birthday, and I was riveted - it explains in an easy to understand way how computers actually work, right down to the transistor level. In this day and age

The second* of Eliyahu M. Goldratt's series, Critical Chain focuses on project management and delivery, providing a great view into some of the ways that projects fail through bloat and missed deadlin

This book simply fascinates me, but no, I don't still don't crochet. It's a great way to start to get a grip on hyperbolic geometry. My wife, Rose, found this book and bought it, and I honestly didn't

This book is just the ultimate in silliness. I was given it many years ago, partly because of my interest in extreme sports, and it still makes me laugh out loud. For those of you not in the know, Ext

This book is just all out fun, and one of my favorites, despite having aged a bit. I love the idea of a whole different reality being almost adjacent to you, but being oblivious to it until one day yo

Terry Pratchett is probably my all-time favorite author, and his partnership here with Neil Gaiman is outstanding. Good Omens has everything, from prophecies, the four bikers of the apocalypse and the

It is so predictable to be fascinated by Steve Jobs, and, like many others of my generation, I certainly went through my hero-worship phase. As I have learned more about my values, and who I am as a p

The third* in Eliyahu M. Goldratt's trilogy that starts with The Goal. This book moves more into business management and leadership, carrying forward the story and the characters and their challenges

I love Simon Sinek, and recommend that anyone who has an interest in leadership and organizational behavior explore his work and follow him. He has a great way of conveying ideas in a way that makes t

This is a seriously heavy-duty textbook on leadership, that I studied as part of my Bachelor's degree - however, it is a book that has many relevant and interesting insights that are useful to people

This is a hysterical take on the differences between American and British culture, and at times made me laugh out loud. Highly accurate observations with extremely sharp wit, yet despite constantly pi

I got this book as a freebie at some Microsoft conference, I believe, so I was surprised to find that there was some real substance here. I particularly liked the parts about benchmarking and measurin

Feynman was truly the rock-star of the Physics world, who seemed to see the whole world as something to be teased apart so that all parts of it can be fully understood, appreciated, and enjoyed. What

I was fortunate enough to see Mel Robbins present at a company event, and she was as inspiring as you may have already heard. While the premise of this book seems, on the face of it, laughably facile,

This was recommended to me by a close friend many years ago when I was having a bit of a block. It really helped me overcome the expectation that every time I sit down with an instrument, I come up wi

My wife introduced me to this book when we met. She was a Vice President, running the manufacturing operation for a firm I'd recently joined, and passionate about her work. The Goal was one of the fir

My wife introduced me to this book when we met. She was a Vice President, running the manufacturing operation for a firm I'd recently joined, and passionate about her work. The Goal was one of the fir

The Phoenix Project is pretty famous among IT professionals, but if you have not heard of it, think of it as the equivalent of The Goal, but for IT - a business text disguised as a fictional story. Re

I love the way this book makes you look at the world in a different way. Written as a story, this book takes you on a journey through a fictional 2D world, applying scientific principles to this conce

When I was asked to move into a new role, setting up a new Enterprise Service Management capability in my firm, this is the book that I used to ensure that I had a solid foundation in Service Manageme

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is world-renowned, and probably needs no introduction - though I will say that if you watched it on TV, you are doing it wrong! Arthur Dent is the fantastically be