Finished reading: The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim š
I was on the fence about this one; Iāve managed a tech team before but Iām not currently in charge of anyone so Iāve about had my fill of āmangementā information books. With that said, this is a novel that tells a story which happens to describe some best practices and approaches for running (or being in) a tech team.
The part I really like is The Three Ways principles and I think thereās insight there for anyone working in a project of any kind. The story makes a lot of parallels between manufacturing physical goods and āknowledge workā, focussing on bottlenecks, and planning, and if you havenāt thought about your project in that way then Iād say definitely pick up this book. āGo fast and break thingsā runs counter to a lot of that, but eventually youāre going to need to build something a bit more robust, and some planning will be of great benefit.
The writing itself felt a little forced, but perhaps I just donāt deal with people who talk like that (?).
If youāre near the top of a tech-focussed team, I recommend you have a read. There might not be anything new to you in there, but if there is, itāll be useful.