Books

Reading List:
Culture:

• Riding the Waves of Culture – required reading for anyone who works with large internationally distributed organizations.
• Eastern Religions – I especially like the section devoted to Confucianism. If you do any work in Asia, you need to read this.
• The Geography of Thought – How Asians and Westerners think differently

Organizational Change and Business Culture:

• Leading Teams – Excellent thinking on how to build high-performance teams.
• Servant Leadership – teaches us how to lead in an Agile world, and in life.
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – teaches us about the necessary steps to achieving trusting, high-performance teams
• The Mythical Man Month – a classic on large and complex product development.
• Fearless Change – the title says it all.

LEAN/Agile:

• Critical Chain – if you want to get LEAN and develop a culture of impediment removal, this is a good place to start.
• Theory of Constraints – by the same author as Critical Chain – all about Continuous Improvement and how to do it.
• Leading Change – a must-read for anyone involved in Organizational Transformation
• The Toyota Way – Operational Excellence and the thinking that makes it happen.
• The Toyota Production System – a practical guide to LEAN with tools you can use starting now.
• Agile Estimating and Planning. – for anyone planning Agile releases using Scrum – required reading
• Scrum and XP from the Trenches – a practical and useful guide for new and experienced Agilists