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Recommended by Daniel Walters

Every week, I pull back the curtain and make strategy easier using a proven framework. You'll get insights of what works today and why, with powerful takeaways you can apply to your own business.

Find out how common product and engineering practices connect with strategic thinking.

- Daniel Walters

Unstuckifyed

By Dr Dani Chesson

Unstuckifyed is your weekly dose of insight, tools, and truth for when working harder just isn’t working anymore.

Cognitive bias plays a huge role in how the work we do happens and Dr Dani is my go-to expert for how bias affects how we design products. A must read for anyone interested smoother, better results.

- Daniel Walters

Thinking in Bets

By Annie Duke

Decision making in an uncertain world.

Engaging in decision-making means engaging with uncertainty - a great companion to Annie Duke's book.

- Daniel Walters

Strategy in Praxis

By JP Castlin

Incoherent ramblings about complexity-coherent strategy.

JP Castlin on strategy

- Daniel Walters

Reme Le Hane - Engineering Lead

Occasional technical and leadership posts, focusing on React, NestJS, Flutter and Leadership.

Software Design: Tidy First?

By Kent Beck

Software design is an exercise in human relationships. So are all the other techniques we use to develop software. How can we geeks get better at technique as one way of getting better at relationships?

Kent Beck of XP, 3x and much more - as relevant as ever.

- Daniel Walters

The Lateral Lens

By Charles Lambdin

Lateral thoughts on project management, product design, and business strategy

One of the most insightful publications exploring the paradoxes of modern work and how to navigate for better results.

- Daniel Walters

Customer Obsessed Engineering

By Zac Beckman

Elevate your career, execute with confidence, and build your customer obsessed mindset. Advice from an ex-Accenture Director, startup veteran, CTO.

'Customer Obsessed Engineering' speaks directly to some of my own beliefs about what is needed to meet needs and deliver on the quality expectations of users. Zac Beckman's blog offers a comprehensive set of knowledge on all aspects of software leadership.

- Daniel Walters

[DEPRECATED] Trigger Strategy has become The Reach

By The Reach (formerly Trigger Strategy)

Now over at reach.crownandreach.com, where we're feeling our way through the murky waters of strategy and operations in an uncertain world.

Connecting the practices of design, product and engineering for an adaptive strategy.

- Daniel Walters

Felipe Castro's Newsletter

Actionable advice about building outcome-driven cultures, transforming to the product model, and OKR.

One of the original proponents for outcome-oriented OKRs.

- Daniel Walters

The Team Dynamic with Heidi Helfand

Answers to real team challenges—plus tools and stories to help your teams deliver with more clarity and care.

Heidi's Dynamic Reteaming book was instrumental in helping us improve our practises of internally recruited teams. I am quickly learning her publication and knowledge extend well beyond this topic.

- Daniel Walters

Navigating the Future

By Ben

Dive into the fascinating world of AI with me!

Keep up with developments in AI and cut through the hype with practical implications for your business.

- Daniel Walters

Clear-sighted Leadership

By Tze Chin Tang

I write for leaders seeking clarity and insight in an ever-complex world. My mission is to empower you with the vision to navigate human systems in pursuance of innovation, performance and health.

Tze is a creative, passionate coach with knowledge at the intersection of quality, agility, learning, development and more.

- Daniel Walters