Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, John King, Halee Fischer-Wright
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A useful model for observations made in work and life situations.
Highlights from all books
Some books may contain spoilers
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
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A semi-historical novel covering WWII and early-internet endeavors that touch mathematics, business, and friendship.
The Mind Illuminated by Yates, Immergut, Graves
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A guide that lays out a path for meditation. My key takeaway were a simple meditation routine, I describe in this post blog.felixzieger.de/thoughts-on-meditation/ and the roles of awareness and attention in conscious experience. I read 30% or so and found it very valuable. I stopped reading because I was not interested in reading about meditation stages I felt I was still far away from.
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
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A calming, flowing read about Tao.
The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier
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Helped me to realize just how powerful carefully phrased questions can be.
The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
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A fun and memorable introduction to DevOps.
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
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Some concepts that I can remember >10 years after reading first about them: two systems, cognitive ease, anchoring, priming, availability heuristic.