50 Books like Ask Your Developer

Sense and Respond

by Jeff Gothelf • 2017

Plans break when markets shift fast. The winners listen, experiment, and adapt without waiting.

4.02

540

💻 Digital Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🔧 Lean Methodology

Sense and Respond 97%

Plans break when markets shift fast. The winners listen, experiment, and adapt without waiting.

by Jeff Gothelf 2017

4.02

540 ratings

💻 Digital Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🔧 Lean Methodology

War and Peace and IT

by Mark Schwartz • 2019

Stop treating IT like a service desk. The rules for turning technology into your competitive edge.

4.15

244

🔄 Digital Transformation 💻 It Leadership 🏃 Business Agility

War and Peace and IT 97%

Stop treating IT like a service desk. The rules for turning technology into your competitive edge.

by Mark Schwartz 2019

4.15

244 ratings

🔄 Digital Transformation 💻 It Leadership 🏃 Business Agility

How Google Works

by Eric Schmidt • 2014

How Google hired, shipped, and decided its way to dominance, in rules any team can steal.

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30k+

🚀 Startup Culture 💻 Technology Strategy 💡 Innovation Management

How Google Works 97%

How Google hired, shipped, and decided its way to dominance, in rules any team can steal.

by Eric Schmidt 2014

4.05

30k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Culture 💻 Technology Strategy 💡 Innovation Management

Designed for Digital

by Jeanne W. Ross • 2019

Why digital transformation fails and the organizational redesign that makes it stick.

4.20

288

🔄 Digital Transformation 🏗️ Enterprise Architecture 🖥️ Platform Strategy

Designed for Digital 97%

Why digital transformation fails and the organizational redesign that makes it stick.

by Jeanne W. Ross 2019

4.20

288 ratings

🔄 Digital Transformation 🏗️ Enterprise Architecture 🖥️ Platform Strategy

Project to Product

by Mik Kersten • 2018

Stop running software as projects. A product model that links engineering work to business value.

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1k+

🖥️ Software Delivery 🔄 Digital Transformation 📊 Value Stream Management

Project to Product 97%

Stop running software as projects. A product model that links engineering work to business value.

by Mik Kersten 2018

3.92

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Software Delivery 🔄 Digital Transformation 📊 Value Stream Management

Think Like Amazon

by ROSSMAN • 2019

The 50.5 principles that turned an online bookstore into the world's most relentless company.

4.08

440

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🎯 Customer Centricity 🧪 Experimentation Culture

Think Like Amazon 97%

The 50.5 principles that turned an online bookstore into the world's most relentless company.

by ROSSMAN 2019

4.08

440 ratings

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🎯 Customer Centricity 🧪 Experimentation Culture

The Amazon Way

by John Rossman • 2014

Amazon's flywheel: why customer obsession, not margin optimization, builds lasting companies.

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2k+

📘 Company Playbooks 🎯 Customer Centricity 👥 Hiring And Talent

The Amazon Way 97%

Amazon's flywheel: why customer obsession, not margin optimization, builds lasting companies.

by John Rossman 2014

3.94

2k+ ratings

📘 Company Playbooks 🎯 Customer Centricity 👥 Hiring And Talent

Agile IT Organization Design

by Sriram Narayan • 2015

Agile IT starts with how you fund and structure teams, not with standups and sticky notes.

4.07

187

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Methodology

Agile IT Organization Design 96%

Agile IT starts with how you fund and structure teams, not with standups and sticky notes.

by Sriram Narayan 2015

4.07

187 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Methodology

Driving Digital Strategy

by Sunil Gupta • 2018

Digital strategy is business model strategy. Guide for reimagining yours without killing the present

4.05

442

🔄 Digital Transformation 🌐 Platform Strategy 💡 Open Innovation

Driving Digital Strategy 96%

Digital strategy is business model strategy. Guide for reimagining yours without killing the present

by Sunil Gupta 2018

4.05

442 ratings

🔄 Digital Transformation 🌐 Platform Strategy 💡 Open Innovation

Why Digital Transformations Fail

by Tony Saldanha • 2019

70% of transformations fail. The culprit isn't the tech: it's missing execution discipline.

3.81

261

🖥️ Digital Transformation 📋 Change Management ✅ Execution Discipline

Why Digital Transformations Fail Summary

Why Digital Transformations Fail 96%

70% of transformations fail. The culprit isn't the tech: it's missing execution discipline.

by Tony Saldanha 2019

3.81

261 ratings

🖥️ Digital Transformation 📋 Change Management ✅ Execution Discipline

The Year Without Pants

by Scott Berkun • 2013

From Microsoft to a pants-optional company: what a year without an office teaches about work.

3.81

3k+

📡 Remote Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 💬 Asynchronous Communication

The Year Without Pants 96%

From Microsoft to a pants-optional company: what a year without an office teaches about work.

by Scott Berkun 2013

3.81

3k+ ratings

📡 Remote Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 💬 Asynchronous Communication

The Digital Transformation Playbook

by David L. Rogers • 2016

Five outdated assumptions that derail digital transformation before any technology gets installed.

4.09

898

🖥️ Digital Strategy 🔄 Business Transformation 🏗️ Platform Economics

The Digital Transformation Playbook Summary

The Digital Transformation Playbook 96%

Five outdated assumptions that derail digital transformation before any technology gets installed.

by David L. Rogers 2016

4.09

898 ratings

🖥️ Digital Strategy 🔄 Business Transformation 🏗️ Platform Economics

The Amazon Management System

by Ram Charan • 2019

The practices, from hiring to metrics, that keep Amazon sprinting while other giants slow.

4.04

399

🎯 Customer Centricity 👥 Talent And Hiring 📊 Data Driven Management

The Amazon Management System 96%

The practices, from hiring to metrics, that keep Amazon sprinting while other giants slow.

by Ram Charan 2019

4.04

399 ratings

🎯 Customer Centricity 👥 Talent And Hiring 📊 Data Driven Management

Reinventing ITIL® and DevOps with Digital Transformation

by Abhinav Krishna Kaiser • 2023

ITIL meets DevOps in a digital transformation architecture that's not about the tools.

4.00

🔄 Digital Transformation 🛠️ It Service Management ⚙️ Devops

Reinventing ITIL® and DevOps with Digital Transformation Summary

Reinventing ITIL® and DevOps with Digital Transformation 96%

ITIL meets DevOps in a digital transformation architecture that's not about the tools.

by Abhinav Krishna Kaiser 2023

4.00

2 ratings

🔄 Digital Transformation 🛠️ It Service Management ⚙️ Devops

Amp It Up

by Frank Slootman • 2022

You're moving too slow and tolerating too much. A three-time CEO's guide to fixing both.

4.01

4k+

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Talent Strategy 📈 Scaling Startups

Amp It Up 96%

You're moving too slow and tolerating too much. A three-time CEO's guide to fixing both.

by Frank Slootman 2022

4.01

4k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Talent Strategy 📈 Scaling Startups

Building the Agile Business through Digital Transformation

by Neil Perkin • 2017

Technology is outpacing your company. The playbook for teams, habits, and vision that close the gap.

4.08

💻 Digital Transformation 🔄 Agile Methodology 🎯 Customer Focus

Building the Agile Business through Digital Transformation Summary

Building the Agile Business through Digital Transformation 96%

Technology is outpacing your company. The playbook for teams, habits, and vision that close the gap.

by Neil Perkin 2017

4.08

77 ratings

💻 Digital Transformation 🔄 Agile Methodology 🎯 Customer Focus

Unlocking Agility

by Jorgen Hesselberg • 2018

Enterprise agility: transforming leadership and culture, not just adopting a software framework.

4.38

🔄 Agile Transformation 🏢 Organizational Change 📐 Lean Methodology

Unlocking Agility 96%

Enterprise agility: transforming leadership and culture, not just adopting a software framework.

by Jorgen Hesselberg 2018

4.38

80 ratings

🔄 Agile Transformation 🏢 Organizational Change 📐 Lean Methodology

Digital @ Scale

by Anand Swaminathan • 2017

Done with digital pilots that never scale? The playbook for transforming the whole company.

3.77

💻 Digital Transformation 📋 Corporate Strategy 🔄 Organizational Change

Digital @ Scale 96%

Done with digital pilots that never scale? The playbook for transforming the whole company.

by Anand Swaminathan 2017

3.77

86 ratings

💻 Digital Transformation 📋 Corporate Strategy 🔄 Organizational Change

Imagine It Forward

by Beth Comstock • 2018

Big companies kill new ideas. A GE insider's method for keeping innovation alive anyway.

3.79

831

🏢 Corporate Innovation 🔄 Change Leadership 💻 Digital Transformation

Imagine It Forward 96%

Big companies kill new ideas. A GE insider's method for keeping innovation alive anyway.

by Beth Comstock 2018

3.79

831 ratings

🏢 Corporate Innovation 🔄 Change Leadership 💻 Digital Transformation

Digital Hesitation

by Thomas Lah • 2022

B2B digital transformation fails on pricing, sales, and partnering. Fix them in that order.

4.23

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🔄 Subscription Models 🤝 Customer Success

Digital Hesitation 96%

B2B digital transformation fails on pricing, sales, and partnering. Fix them in that order.

by Thomas Lah 2022

4.23

30 ratings

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🔄 Subscription Models 🤝 Customer Success

Masters of Scale

by Reid Hoffman • 2021

Why the best founders chase rejection, kill their own habits, and let actions overrule words.

4.07

1k+

📈 Startup Scaling 🧠 Founder Mindset 🏛️ Organizational Culture

Masters of Scale 96%

Why the best founders chase rejection, kill their own habits, and let actions overrule words.

by Reid Hoffman 2021

4.07

1k+ ratings

📈 Startup Scaling 🧠 Founder Mindset 🏛️ Organizational Culture

Leading the Transformation

by Gary Gruver • 2015

HP halved development costs and tripled innovation. It was not the code. It was the leadership.

3.80

418

🖥️ Software Development 🏢 Enterprise Agile 🔄 Devops Practices

Leading the Transformation 96%

HP halved development costs and tripled innovation. It was not the code. It was the leadership.

by Gary Gruver 2015

3.80

418 ratings

🖥️ Software Development 🏢 Enterprise Agile 🔄 Devops Practices

The Journey to Enterprise Agility

by Daryl Kulak • 2017

Copycat agile fails without the worldview: your company is a living system, not a machine.

4.36

🧠 Systems Thinking 🏢 Enterprise Agility 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship

The Journey to Enterprise Agility Summary

The Journey to Enterprise Agility 96%

Copycat agile fails without the worldview: your company is a living system, not a machine.

by Daryl Kulak 2017

4.36

39 ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 🏢 Enterprise Agility 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship

Agile Transformation

by Neil Perkin • 2019

Run today's business while inventing tomorrow's: the dual operating system every company now needs.

4.22

🔄 Organizational Change 💻 Digital Transformation ⚡ Business Agility

Agile Transformation 96%

Run today's business while inventing tomorrow's: the dual operating system every company now needs.

by Neil Perkin 2019

4.22

27 ratings

🔄 Organizational Change 💻 Digital Transformation ⚡ Business Agility

Digital to the Core

by Mark Raskino • 2015

Every industry is becoming a tech industry. The C-suite playbook just expired.

3.81

242

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🧭 Digital Leadership

Digital to the Core 96%

Every industry is becoming a tech industry. The C-suite playbook just expired.

by Mark Raskino 2015

3.81

242 ratings

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🧭 Digital Leadership

The Engineering Executive's Primer

by Will Larson • 2024

Values you can flip, metrics your CEO reads, and the one rule for build vs. buy.

4.25

407

⚙️ Engineering Leadership 📊 Engineering Metrics 🗺️ Technical Strategy

The Engineering Executive's Primer Summary

The Engineering Executive's Primer 96%

Values you can flip, metrics your CEO reads, and the one rule for build vs. buy.

by Will Larson 2024

4.25

407 ratings

⚙️ Engineering Leadership 📊 Engineering Metrics 🗺️ Technical Strategy

Strategy Rules

by David B. Yoffie • 2015

Gates, Grove, and Jobs ran three very different companies. Their strategy playbook was the same.

3.82

629

🎯 Strategic Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🏗️ Platform Economics

Strategy Rules 96%

Gates, Grove, and Jobs ran three very different companies. Their strategy playbook was the same.

by David B. Yoffie 2015

3.82

629 ratings

🎯 Strategic Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🏗️ Platform Economics

The Technology Fallacy

by Gerald C. Kane • 2019

Tech changes in months; your company takes years. Digital transformation isn't a technology problem.

3.98

328

🔄 Digital Transformation 🏃 Agile Organizations 📚 Learning Organizations

The Technology Fallacy 96%

Tech changes in months; your company takes years. Digital transformation isn't a technology problem.

by Gerald C. Kane 2019

3.98

328 ratings

🔄 Digital Transformation 🏃 Agile Organizations 📚 Learning Organizations

The Digital Transformation Playbook

by Project Management Institute PMI • 2023

Digital transformation fails on culture, not code. The playbook that starts with human behavior.

🚀 Digital Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 📊 Data-Driven Strategy

The Digital Transformation Playbook 96%

Digital transformation fails on culture, not code. The playbook that starts with human behavior.

by Project Management Institute PMI 2023

🚀 Digital Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 📊 Data-Driven Strategy

Joy, Inc.

by Richard Sheridan • 2013

From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.

4.07

2k+

🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 💻 Software Management

Joy, Inc. 96%

From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.

by Richard Sheridan 2013

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 💻 Software Management

CTO Excellence in 100 Days

by Etienne de Bruin • 2023

100 days to earn trust, build strategy, and lead technology: the CTO playbook.

3.72

👷 Engineering Leadership 🚪 Executive Onboarding 📊 Technology Strategy

CTO Excellence in 100 Days 96%

100 days to earn trust, build strategy, and lead technology: the CTO playbook.

by Etienne de Bruin 2023

3.72

71 ratings

👷 Engineering Leadership 🚪 Executive Onboarding 📊 Technology Strategy

Modern CTO

by Joel Beasley • 2018

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

3.42

267

💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager

Modern CTO 96%

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

by Joel Beasley 2018

3.42

267 ratings

💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager

The Delicate Art of Bureaucracy

by Mark Schwartz • 2020

Most digital transformations fail because they fight bureaucracy instead of reprogramming it.

4.11

199

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 📐 Lean Methodology

The Delicate Art of Bureaucracy 96%

Most digital transformations fail because they fight bureaucracy instead of reprogramming it.

by Mark Schwartz 2020

4.11

199 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 📐 Lean Methodology

The Manager's Path

by Camille Fournier • 2017

You got promoted for great code. Management is a different job. Here is the manual.

4.25

10k+

🛠️ Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🌱 New Managers

The Manager's Path 95%

You got promoted for great code. Management is a different job. Here is the manual.

by Camille Fournier 2017

4.25

10k+ ratings

🛠️ Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🌱 New Managers

Exponential Organizations

by Salim Ismail • 2014

New organizations achieve 10x more with 10x less. The architecture is knowable and borrowable.

4.07

5k+

🏗️ Organizational Design 📱 Digital Transformation 💥 Disruptive Innovation

Exponential Organizations 95%

New organizations achieve 10x more with 10x less. The architecture is knowable and borrowable.

by Salim Ismail 2014

4.07

5k+ ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 📱 Digital Transformation 💥 Disruptive Innovation

The DevOps Handbook

by Gene Kim • 2015

Speed and stability without the tradeoff. A practical handbook for unifying your delivery pipeline.

4.29

6k+

🛠️ Devops 📦 Software Delivery 🔄 Continuous Delivery

The DevOps Handbook 95%

Speed and stability without the tradeoff. A practical handbook for unifying your delivery pipeline.

by Gene Kim 2015

4.29

6k+ ratings

🛠️ Devops 📦 Software Delivery 🔄 Continuous Delivery

Smart and Gets Things Done

by Spolsky • 2007

Why great engineers are worth ten times the average, and the interview tactics that reveal them.

4.00

1k+

🖥️ Tech Hiring 🛠️ Engineering Management 🎙️ Interviewing Techniques

Smart and Gets Things Done 95%

Why great engineers are worth ten times the average, and the interview tactics that reveal them.

by Spolsky 2007

4.00

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Tech Hiring 🛠️ Engineering Management 🎙️ Interviewing Techniques

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

by James Stanier • 2020

Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.

4.35

599

🛠️ Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leadership 👥 Software Teams

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager Summary

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager 95%

Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.

by James Stanier 2020

4.35

599 ratings

🛠️ Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leadership 👥 Software Teams

Lean Software Development

by Mary Poppendieck • 2003

The lean manufacturing toolkit, adapted for software teams: cut waste, ship faster, decide later.

4.19

1k+

🏭 Lean Methodology 🔄 Agile Methods 🚀 Continuous Delivery

Lean Software Development 95%

The lean manufacturing toolkit, adapted for software teams: cut waste, ship faster, decide later.

by Mary Poppendieck 2003

4.19

1k+ ratings

🏭 Lean Methodology 🔄 Agile Methods 🚀 Continuous Delivery

The Startup Way

by Eric Ries • 2017

Startup speed inside slow giants: turning divisions into labs and failure into fuel.

3.98

4k+

🏢 Intrapreneurship 🔄 Lean Startup Methods 🏗️ Organizational Transformation

The Startup Way 95%

Startup speed inside slow giants: turning divisions into labs and failure into fuel.

by Eric Ries 2017

3.98

4k+ ratings

🏢 Intrapreneurship 🔄 Lean Startup Methods 🏗️ Organizational Transformation

High Growth Handbook

by Elad Gil • 2018

The playbook for scaling from ten to ten thousand without the usual breakdowns.

4.08

3k+

📈 Startup Scaling 🤝 Hiring Playbooks 🏗️ Organizational Design

High Growth Handbook 95%

The playbook for scaling from ten to ten thousand without the usual breakdowns.

by Elad Gil 2018

4.08

3k+ ratings

📈 Startup Scaling 🤝 Hiring Playbooks 🏗️ Organizational Design

Transformed

by Marty Cagan • 2024

The three-part shift for turning a feature factory into an innovation engine.

3.91

1k+

📋 Product Management 🔄 Organizational Change 🔎 Product Discovery

Transformed 95%

The three-part shift for turning a feature factory into an innovation engine.

by Marty Cagan 2024

3.91

1k+ ratings

📋 Product Management 🔄 Organizational Change 🔎 Product Discovery

The Software Architect Elevator

by Gregor Hohpe • 2020

Vertical commute: connecting boardroom strategy to shipping code without getting thrown off either.

4.38

673

🏢 Enterprise Architecture 📐 Software Architecture 🔄 Systems Thinking

The Software Architect Elevator 95%

Vertical commute: connecting boardroom strategy to shipping code without getting thrown off either.

by Gregor Hohpe 2020

4.38

673 ratings

🏢 Enterprise Architecture 📐 Software Architecture 🔄 Systems Thinking

Think Like Zuck

by Ekaterina Walter • 2012

Five rules behind Facebook's unlikely rise: why passion beats planning, and decades beat quarters.

3.83

449

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🏗️ Company Building 🏢 Organizational Culture

Think Like Zuck 95%

Five rules behind Facebook's unlikely rise: why passion beats planning, and decades beat quarters.

by Ekaterina Walter 2012

3.83

449 ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🏗️ Company Building 🏢 Organizational Culture

Doing Agile Right

by Darrell Rigby • 2020

Agile and bureaucracy can coexist. The companies that master both leave pure-agile rivals behind.

3.78

890

🔄 Agile Methodology 🏢 Organizational Change 💡 Innovation Management

Doing Agile Right 95%

Agile and bureaucracy can coexist. The companies that master both leave pure-agile rivals behind.

by Darrell Rigby 2020

3.78

890 ratings

🔄 Agile Methodology 🏢 Organizational Change 💡 Innovation Management

The Geek Way

by Andrew McAfee • 2023

Tech companies run on a different OS: four norms that leave industrial management behind.

3.89

914

💻 Tech Company Culture 📊 Evidence-Based Management 🔄 Agile Methodology

The Geek Way 95%

Tech companies run on a different OS: four norms that leave industrial management behind.

by Andrew McAfee 2023

3.89

914 ratings

💻 Tech Company Culture 📊 Evidence-Based Management 🔄 Agile Methodology

Lean Inception

by Paulo Caroli • 2018

The workshop recipe that aligns a team and defines the right MVP, no code needed.

4.07

446

🧱 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🔄 Agile Development

Lean Inception 95%

The workshop recipe that aligns a team and defines the right MVP, no code needed.

by Paulo Caroli 2018

4.07

446 ratings

🧱 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🔄 Agile Development

Product Leadership

by Richard Banfield • 2017

Building products and leading product teams are two different skills. Most PMs only learn the first.

3.65

1k+

📦 Product Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🧭 Product Strategy

Product Leadership 95%

Building products and leading product teams are two different skills. Most PMs only learn the first.

by Richard Banfield 2017

3.65

1k+ ratings

📦 Product Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🧭 Product Strategy

The Open Organization

by Jim Whitehurst • 2015

What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.

4.09

682

🏢 Organizational Culture 👐 Open Source Management 🏆 Meritocracy

The Open Organization 95%

What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.

by Jim Whitehurst 2015

4.09

682 ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 👐 Open Source Management 🏆 Meritocracy

The Alliance

by Reid Hoffman • 2014

Companies and workers need a new pact: finite missions that build value for both sides.

3.80

3k+

🧩 Talent Strategy 🤝 Workplace Trust 🌱 Career Development

The Alliance 95%

Companies and workers need a new pact: finite missions that build value for both sides.

by Reid Hoffman 2014

3.80

3k+ ratings

🧩 Talent Strategy 🤝 Workplace Trust 🌱 Career Development

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