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Business

I thought that this section would be more tailor-made to understanding how businesses work and more related to external views on business. Aka, you do not work there.

Data Science the Hard Parts

This book dives into the difficult aspects of data science. The difficult aspects are business value proposition, communication and measuring impact. These topics are discussed and methods for doing this the right way are presented.

Fearless Salary Negotiation

This book is about job searching, job salary negotiating and how to do it. Moreover, it also delves a bit into the data on negotiating and also a bit about how to use techniques to negotiate.

Management

Here, I write about my management learnings, both good and bad. I have been quite fortunate to work with great managers, and this has inspired me to incorporate a lot of their wisdom into the way I work.

Moral Mazes

This book analyses corporate culture from a sociological perspective and how organizations act. It is an interesting aspect of the corporate culture and how it behaves. As a bonus, there is a shitton of funny anecdotes.

Simply Said

This book is about how to communicate simply and efficiently. It provides a framework for understanding how to communicate well. Simple is elegant.

The Art of Business Value

It is a book that wants to define the concept of Business Value in the context of software mostly. It also delves into the different ways of working and how it affects business value.

The Delicate Art of Bureaucracy

This book dives into the concept of bureaucracy and why it exists. Afterwards, it dives into the three concepts of monkey (chaos tinkering), razor (slowly removing) and sumo wrestler (Using it against itself). These three methods are described in detail to show the reader how to deal with bureaucracy.

The Strategist Handbook

This book is a very practical introduction to company strategy, and how to execute strategy. It is for the consultants, managers and planners who define and execute a strategy.

Understanding Michael Porter

This book is a condensed and high-level walkthrough of the works of Michael Porter the strategist. It goes through the five forces, how to understand business and companies. It shows how to understand the business and its advantages and disadvantages.