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The Phoenix Project

by Gene Kim • 2013

An IT manager inherits a hopeless project and a department chained to one indispensable engineer.

4.26

50k+

⚙️ Bridging Dev And Ops 👔 Reluctant Leader 🦸 Indispensable Expert 🏢 Corporate America 📉 Blameless Culture

The Phoenix Project

An IT manager inherits a hopeless project and a department chained to one indispensable engineer.

by Gene Kim 2013

4.26

50k+ ratings

⚙️ Bridging Dev And Ops 👔 Reluctant Leader 🦸 Indispensable Expert 🏢 Corporate America 📉 Blameless Culture

The Unicorn Project

by Gene Kim • 2019

Scapegoated for a payroll crash, an engineer is exiled to a doomed project where nothing ships.

4.06

10k+

✊ Workplace Rebellion 🏢 Office Politics 🌱 Cultural Transformation 🌆 Corporate America 🧙 Mentor Wisdom

The Unicorn Project

Scapegoated for a payroll crash, an engineer is exiled to a doomed project where nothing ships.

by Gene Kim 2019

4.06

10k+ ratings

✊ Workplace Rebellion 🏢 Office Politics 🌱 Cultural Transformation 🌆 Corporate America 🧙 Mentor Wisdom

Critical Chain

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt • 1997

A professor and a tech team unlearn everything about project safety to finally finish on time.

4.02

4k+

📋 Project Management 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔄 Organizational Change ⏱️ Speed To Market 🏛️ Academic Setting

Critical Chain

A professor and a tech team unlearn everything about project safety to finally finish on time.

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt 1997

4.02

4k+ ratings

📋 Project Management 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔄 Organizational Change ⏱️ Speed To Market 🏛️ Academic Setting

All In Startup

by Diana Kander • 2014

At Vegas poker tables, a failing startup founder learns the cards don't matter: customers do.

4.07

629

🔬 Lean Startup Method 🧠 Mentor Apprentice 🃏 Poker And Business 📖 Instructional Fiction 💼 Startup Struggles

All In Startup

At Vegas poker tables, a failing startup founder learns the cards don't matter: customers do.

by Diana Kander 2014

4.07

629 ratings

🔬 Lean Startup Method 🧠 Mentor Apprentice 🃏 Poker And Business 📖 Instructional Fiction 💼 Startup Struggles

Necessary But Not Sufficient

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt • 2000

When technology removes a limitation but old rules stay, the best systems deliver nothing.

4.10

717

🔗 Theory Of Constraints ⚙️ Operations Management 🔄 Business Transformation 💻 Technology Adoption 🧠 Systems Thinking

Necessary But Not Sufficient

When technology removes a limitation but old rules stay, the best systems deliver nothing.

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt 2000

4.10

717 ratings

🔗 Theory Of Constraints ⚙️ Operations Management 🔄 Business Transformation 💻 Technology Adoption 🧠 Systems Thinking

What I Didn't Learn in Business School

by Jay B. Barney • 2010

He aced every business school case. His first real case has no answer key.

3.77

759

📊 Corporate Strategy 🏛️ Office Politics 🌱 New Hire Journey 🏙️ Corporate America 📖 Didactic Narrative

What I Didn't Learn in Business School

He aced every business school case. His first real case has no answer key.

by Jay B. Barney 2010

3.77

759 ratings

📊 Corporate Strategy 🏛️ Office Politics 🌱 New Hire Journey 🏙️ Corporate America 📖 Didactic Narrative

The Lean Manager

by Michael Ballé • 2009

To save a failing plant, a manager must swap his spreadsheets for the factory floor.

4.18

253

🔄 Lean Transformation 👥 Shop Floor Culture 🤝 Mentoring Relationship 🏭 Factory Floor 🔍 Team Problem-Solving

The Lean Manager

To save a failing plant, a manager must swap his spreadsheets for the factory floor.

by Michael Ballé 2009

4.18

253 ratings

🔄 Lean Transformation 👥 Shop Floor Culture 🤝 Mentoring Relationship 🏭 Factory Floor 🔍 Team Problem-Solving

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