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Probably "The Goal". After reading "the Phoenix project" a couple of years ago a good deal of it was predictable but that doesn't prevent it from being very in

Probably "The Goal". After reading "the Phoenix project" a couple of years ago a good deal of it was predictable but that doesn't prevent it from being very interesting. (To be completely honest I listened to it instead of reading it myself, but I still think it counts.) Another interesting audiobook is "The Minuteman" maybe only available through Audible. It is a story of part of the fight against nazism in America. Only annoying thing about it is the author at a couple of places tries to equate that fight with todays antifa, which leaves a rather sour taste there and then but is forgotten a minute or to later because the book is otherwise really interesting and I enjoy stories of nazis getting punched and otherwise punished and people getting away with it.

laserlight 5y ago
The Goal was my gateway book into the literature of lean manufacturing. I recommend it.
floydnoel 5y ago
I didn’t read The Phoenix Project yet, but I got a sale on its sequel, The Unicorn Project. I got a couple chapters in and found it almost repulsive. At the start a “rockstar” developer gets blamed for something that isn’t her fault, and sent to a shit team. It then gushes about how amazing the rockstar is by highlighting what text editor she uses, and how she can back up a server while it’s on fire, and how she’s the most in-demand consultant in the world, along with a million other clichés. It’s the only book I have ever returned. It’s like a manager dreamt up the “perfect” employee cog and wrote a book about it. I mostly bought the book because I had heard good things about TPP, but I was turned off after trying to read the sequel. Would you please elaborate on what you found valuable about it? I’d like to read it (I read a lot) if it’s actually useful, but I haven’t heard much about how or what was valuable about it. Just that people seem to enjoy it. I’d love to hear more about why, if you’re so inclined!

laserlight 5y ago

The Goal was my gateway book into the literature of lean manufacturing. I recommend it.

floydnoel 5y ago

I didn’t read The Phoenix Project yet, but I got a sale on its sequel, The Unicorn Project. I got a couple chapters in and found it almost repulsive. At the start a “rockstar” developer gets blamed for something that isn’t her fault, and sent to a shit team. It then gushes about how amazing the rockstar is by highlighting what text editor she uses, and how she can back up a server while it’s on fire, and how she’s the most in-demand consultant in the world, along with a million other clichés. It’s the only book I have ever returned. It’s like a manager dreamt up the “perfect” employee cog and wrote a book about it. I mostly bought the book because I had heard good things about TPP, but I was turned off after trying to read the sequel. Would you please elaborate on what you found valuable about it? I’d like to read it (I read a lot) if it’s actually useful, but I haven’t heard much about how or what was valuable about it. Just that people seem to enjoy it. I’d love to hear more about why, if you’re so inclined!