Books

How do we, with integrity, answer the question, “What is important now and in the long run?” I ask this as we now face some of the most intractable problems and believe, we need to learn to co-evolve in a direction based on our shared sense of humanity. We know what is important. We just have to choose it! This is at the heart of “The Conversation”

This book contains 27 principles and practices that can help your management and leadership team have more effective meetings with more efficient decision-making. These principles and practices raise the quality of the collaborative dialog, and help the team reach more inclusive decisions that the whole team feel committed to.

Unhelpfulness from IT resources has driven users to using solutions that with increasing cleverness bypass conventional security and operational restrictions. If you're not already blocking these ShadowIT events in your own organization, you're not looking hard enough. Chapters 2, 4, and 10 are available in the "Free Sample" link below.

A guide for agile practitioners and those who are starting their own agile journey. This book drills down on the essence and intent of popular activities like stand-up, planning, and retrospectives. A guide on facilitating these activities is also included in the book along with a chapter on leading agile teams.

Are you a new tech lead who wants to know what the expectations are? An experienced tech lead who needs to be more impactful? In this short book, the founder of the Tech Lead Coaching Network and experienced software manager and leader will explain the role and five core capabilities you need to be confident and impactful in the role.

Agile je dnes velmi skloňovaný pojem a to nejen v rámci IT. Aby se organizace opravdu stala agilní, je potřeba aby i HR fungovalo na stejné vlně. Pojďte se podívat jak Agile mění HR.

Ever have a sticky situation you don't know how to get out of? From a nosy neighbor to a client that just won't respect your boundaries, to a friend who doesn't seem to get it—I've got you covered. For years I've written out scripts for friends to earn more money, save time, and create space. Now I've put all of my best scripts into this book.

The Value Mix is a framework that helps you create the products and services that people will want. You'll learn to:1. Gain a deep understanding of your customers;2. Build new products and services that create real value. Complementary to the lean startup and design thinking methods. It's the prequel of The Opportunity Lenses.

Written for facilitators or coaches who need situational pointers in workplace settings,"The Visual Coach Handbook" is: A quick reference with a theme-based lookup system. It contains inspiring real-world examples where simple visuals are used to create more engaging workshops, meetings, and higher quality conversations. I’m pretty proud of this book you're about to hold in your hands. In these pages, I’m sharing some really personal stories of how I’ve used visuals to coach myself and my teams through tough spots. My hope is that it inspires you to grab a pen or an iPad and use simple visuals to help others, and even yourself, get from where you are to where you want to be. I get asked a lot for templates of the visuals I use. This book is more than a dictionary of templates. It’s got the building blocks of visual coaching that will help you be a better: • Note-taker• Communicator• Worker / Contributor • Manager• Coach• Facilitator • Consultant 

Jimmy Cards are a set of cards with different questions. There are no right or wrong answers, instead the questions are designed to inspire discussions within the team. They can be used as an ice-breakers for a new team or on retrospectives as discussion topics. Each deck consists of 51 questions (and four other cards).

We need leaders, and eventually we want to become a really good one. Often times it is confusing still. What distinguishes a manager from a leader? What distinguishes a leader from a technical one in today tech world?  This book walks through what makes or breaks a good technical leader - in a very opinionated manner.

This comprehensive guide, Tech Giants in Healthcare, clarifies how and why big tech companies step into healthcare, and breaks it down from one market player to the other in what direction they are going, what tools they are using and what horizons they have in front of them.

Já cansei de participar de reuniões que não funcionaram, horas e horas perdidas imersas em tédio e indefinições. Esse livro pretende ser um agrupamento de ideias e técnicas colhidas ao longo dos anos para melhorar a experiência e produtividade de reuniões, sejam de trabalho ou fora dele.

O Management 3.0, escrito por Jurgen Apello, mostra uma nova abordagem para tratar o gerenciamento em tempos de agilidade e constantes mudanças. Nesse livro estão sintetizadas as principais ideias com um pouco da minha experiência.

Kamila Kolpashnikova, PhD in Sociology