Today at the 15 year anniversary edition of DevOpsDays, I asked people if they would recommend a book.
If you were at the conference, and did not recommend a book yet, please send me a book too….
So here is the list.
If you like this list, you can find other book lists here
A few days ago a colleagued asked me for tips about becoming a better speaker.
I immediately had some ideas for books, yet while answering, I also realised I had not yet created such a list on my blog, although I had some ideas.
And then I did what I always do, I ask for help online.
Here is the list that my network and me we came up with.
Yet just like writing a bicycle, this is the kind of thing you learn best by doing.
Use these books to help you to learn what to pay attention, yet please start talking. At home, in front of a mirror, in front of your partner, children and then join a local toastmaster club
oh and I also asked ChatGPT
From time to time, I go around at conferences and ask people about the books they read the last year, they want to advice others to read.
At agile Tour Brussel 2022, I was too busy connecting to friends I had not seen in years, I only added a paper at the wall. As a result I had only a few books on my list.
So I contacted the speakers and some give me the books they recommended in their talks.
If you were at the conference, please send me a book too.
So here is the list.
| Book | Author | Why read it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range | David Epstein | Why being a generalist matter in the specialist world we live in. | Yves Hanoulle |
| Agile testing condensed | Lisa Crispin & Janet Gregory | A small book that explains testing in an agile world, perfect for managers | anonymous |
| Atomic habits | James Clear | Learn how to build new habits. | anonymous |
| Réaliste | Bertrand Piccard | Réalist, soyons logiques avant d’être écologiques. | Yves Hulet mentioned in their session |
| The no rules rule | Reed Hasting, Erin Meyer | Olivier Rouhaud mentioned in his session | |
| Turn the ship around | David L Marquez | Olivier Rouhaud mentioned in his session | |
| From Contempts to Curiosity | Caitlin Walker | Charles-Louis De Maere mentioned in his session | |
| The Humanizing Work Guide to Splitting User Stories | Richard Lawrence | Koen Vastmans game is based on this way is slicing stories | |
| 89 hybrid working tips | collected by Yves Hanoulle | This book will collect 89 tips about hybrid and remote work around the world | Forgot to mention in our workshop. |
What books would you add to this list?
At the bottom of my own bookpage, you can find all the bookslists I have gathered since 2010.
| Book name | Author | Tip |
|---|---|---|
| Multipliers | Liz Weseman | |
| Act as a leader, think like a leader. | H Ibara | |
| The Culture Map | Erin Meyer | |
| Behave | Robert Sapolsky | |
| Remote, not distant | Gustavo Razetti | |
| Mindset | Carol Dweck | |
| The Infinitive Game | Simon Sinek | |
| The peoples scrum | Tobias Mayer | |
| Turn the ship around | David Marquet | |
| This is lean | Niklas Modig | |
| Drive | D Pink | |
| Humankind | Rutger Bregman |
For other booklists check the bottom of my book page.