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Books

This is a list of work-related books. I provide a summary for each but for some you can view notes. The latter is a work-in-progress 🙃.

Product-Led Onboarding
How to turn users into lifelong customers

Provides a nice framework to use when building out / revamping your on-boarding experience. It also includes many references to additional materials.

Shape Up
Stop running in circles and ship work that matters

A great way to build products. While I'm still trying to work it into my process, there were a ton of ah ha moments I've struggled with in the past. Really felt like a breath of fresh air.

The Jobs To Be Done Playbook
Align your markets, organizations, and strategy around customer needs

It's loaded with techniques and strategies to build the right products. However, I found it a bit overwhelming. Looking to read it again to better understand and connect it all.

Ask Your Developer
How to harness the power of software developers and win in the 21st century.

Enjoyed Jeff's views on building software, building out the right culture, and the journey his team at Twilio went through over the years.

Demand-Side Sales
Stop selling and help your customers make progress.

This book flips the script on the sales process. I loved it. After learning about JTBD, getting to learn how that methodology is applied when building out a sales pipeline made things a lot more clear.

Competing Against Luck
How companies can transform innovation from a game of chance to one where you develop premium products & services.

Good introduction into the 'jobs to be done' theory. At times though I had difficulty in connecting the content to specific examples in my work experience. Luckily some of the other books I've highlighted here have filled the gaps.

Notes on the Synthesis of Form
Presents an entirely new theory of the process of design focusing on form, context & mathematics.

Beginning was valuable as the author broke down definitions and principles and applied them to real world examples. I became a little lost in the second half on solving design problems mathematically.

Made to Stick
Why some ideas survive and others die.

Liked the six principles they presented and they provided some quality examples throughout to tie it all together.

The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
Provides a guide for the investment strategy made popular of Vanguard's founder John Bogle.

Was a great introduction into the basics of investing. I was looking to uplevel my understanding and not become an expert, this book did just that.

User Friendly
How the hidden rules of design are changing the way we live, work and play.

Lots of great examples of the good and bad ways we've designed interfaces and the impact it has. I should note, not all examples were of the same quality and felt like the author was going for quantity over quality at times.