The Product Manager's Essential Library
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Better, Simpler Strategy - A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance
"Better, Simpler Strategy" presents a refreshingly straightforward approach to business strategy that cuts through complexity by focusing on value creation. Oberholzer-Gee, a Harvard Business School professor, argues that many organizations...
⭐ The six disciplines of strategic thinking - Leading Your Organization into the Future
"The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking" presents a structured approach to developing the mental capabilities needed for effective leadership in today's complex business landscape. Watkins identifies and explores six interconnected...
⭐ Good Strategy / Bad Strategy - The difference and why it matters
"Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters" by Richard Rumelt is a groundbreaking work that challenges conventional thinking about strategy in business, politics, and beyond. Rumelt argues that...
Measure what matters - How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
"Measure What Matters" introduces and explains the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) framework, a goal-setting system used by companies like Intel and Google. The book demonstrates how OKRs can transform...
Jobs to be done - Theory to Practice
"Jobs to Be Done" presents a systematic approach to understanding customer needs and developing successful products. The book introduces Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI), a systematic process for transforming customer jobs into...
Thinking in Systems - A Primer
"Thinking in Systems" provides a foundational framework for understanding how systems shape our world and how we can work with them more effectively. The book demystifies systems thinking by breaking...
⭐ Outcomes over output - Why customer behavior is the key metric for business success
"Outcomes Over Output" challenges traditional product development approaches by shifting focus from feature delivery to achieving meaningful customer behavior changes. The book introduces a simple yet powerful framework for understanding...
Lean UX - Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience
"Lean UX" presents a radical shift in how organizations approach user experience design, moving away from heavy documentation and towards rapid experimentation and validation. The book introduces a practical framework...
⭐ Continuous Discovery Habits - Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
"Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products That Create Customer Value and Business Value" is a comprehensive guide to modern product management practices. It focuses on the critical process of product discovery—the...
Team Topologies - Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow
Team Topologies presents a methodology for structuring technology organizations based on Conway's Law, team cognitive load, and well-defined interaction patterns. The book provides a practical model for designing team structures...
The Making of a Manager - What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
"The Making of a Manager" provides a modern, experience-based approach to management, focusing particularly on the challenges faced by first-time managers in technology companies. Drawing from her experience becoming a...
⭐ Peopleware - Productive Projects and Teams
"Peopleware" challenges the conventional wisdom that software development productivity can be improved through technical solutions and process optimization. Instead, it argues that the major issues of software development are human,...
⭐ The Coaching Habit - Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
"The Coaching Habit" presents a radical departure from traditional leadership approaches, focusing on the power of curiosity and questions rather than advice-giving. The book challenges the common assumption that leaders...
Noise - A Flaw in Human Judgment
"Noise" introduces a critical but often overlooked aspect of human judgment - the random variability that affects decision-making across all domains. While much attention has been paid to bias in...
⭐ Crucial Conversations - Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
"Crucial Conversations" provides a framework for effectively managing high-stakes discussions where opinions vary, emotions run strong, and the outcome can significantly impact your life. The authors define crucial conversations as...
An Elegant Puzzle - Systems of Engineering Management
"An Elegant Puzzle" presents a systems-based approach to engineering management, focusing on the interconnected challenges of growing organizations, building effective teams, and managing technical complexity. The book combines practical frameworks...
Coachability - The Leadership Superpower
Why do so many talented leaders plateau in their careers? The answer often lies in a decline in coachability—the ability to receive and act on feedback. As leaders ascend the...
Advice Trap - Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever
"The Advice Trap" by Michael Bungay Stanier is a transformative guide that challenges our natural inclination to constantly give advice. Stanier argues that this habit, driven by our inner "advice...
Creativty, Inc - Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Creativity, Inc. explores how organizations can build and sustain a creative culture through the lens of Pixar Animation Studios' experiences. Written by Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull, the book reveals the...
Dare to Lead - Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
"Dare to Lead" challenges traditional notions of leadership, arguing that true leadership power comes not from authority or control, but from the courage to be vulnerable and the ability to...