Sending this on email to enough people now I figured I may as well put it online so it’s more easily updateable.

Any other recommendations anyone thinks should be here – let me know.

Core reading / listening… (in this order if possible…)

Thinking fast and slow – why we’re called System Two here

Bye Bye Banks – applies universally here

Good strategy, bad strategy – real life strategy here

Hegemony or survival – here 

Globalisation and its discontents – because context is always important – here

Recommended

The Phoenix Project – DevOps 101… here

Lean in 15 minutes – bears repeated viewing here

Lean analytics – good on metrics – here

Lean enterprise – dense, but practical – here

Crossing the chasm – only really need to read the intro and conclusion – pretty obvious principle here

Escape velocity – (I think) where the 3 horizon model comes from which lean enterprise references. From the author of crossing the chasm here

Open innovation – only a few big case studies and already a little dated, but worth reading. here

Innovators dilemma – the classic text on how cheaper and better bubbles up through a market here

Lean startup – surprisingly badly written in my opinion given the impact. here

Big Bang innovation – good for the points it makes about strategy here