Most people have not developed the habits and discipline necessary to benefit from a plan.

These are both well written and happen to be about writing: On Writing Well by William Zinsser and On Writing by Stephen King.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is similar in style and a good read.

Difficult Conversations

Some of my favorite books around managing software projects and technical leadership:

    * The Manager's Path - read the chapter on being a Tech Lead
    * Making Work Visible
    * Accelerate

My website has more book reviews on this topic: https://www.briansnotes.io/audience/tech-lead/

The Cold Start Problem and Matchmakers are two good books about marketplace dynamics.

Focus on naming accuracy. Clear thinking is often apparent in how variables and methods are named.

A few books that I enjoyed:

  * How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone
  * Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet
  * Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

A few books that are relevant to your situation:

  * High Growth Handbook - covering the operations and biz side
  * The DevOps Handbook - developer effectiveness in larger orgs with examples
  * Monolith to Microservices - how to execute the transition
  * Team Topologies - how to organize teams for effectiveness

My site has notes for these books and more: https://www.briansnotes.io/books/

Drift Into Failure is a good read about how systems fail, albeit a little light on solutions.