My Personal Bookshelf
A personal selection of books that have helped shape my perspective on leadership, technology, governance, and organizational architecture.
Talk Like TED
by Carmine Gallo
"As an executive, and as a community leader, compelling storytelling is just as critical as operational execution. I am reading this to further refine how I present complex strategic, cloud, and organizational concepts to boardrooms and teams—ensuring ideas inspire action."
Recommended Reading
Straight-Line Leadership
by Dusan Djukich
"A powerful, no-nonsense manual on operational decisive action. It cuts through executive overthinking, inner noise, and excuses to focus entirely on closing the gap between intention and execution."
Devil Inside
by Bas Kodden
"A deep dive into personal drive, endurance, and leadership psychology. Explores how leaders can channel their inner ambition and passion into sustainable performance without burning out."
Measure What Matters
by John Doerr
"A pragmatic guide to implementing OKRs effectively. Helps translate high-level boardroom strategy into actionable, measurable execution on the shop floor."
Team Topologies
by Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais
"Essential reading for every IT leader. It provides a clear framework for structuring teams so that software architecture and organizational structure align seamlessly (Conway's Law in practice)."
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman
"An indispensable masterclass in behavioral economics and decision-making. Reveals how cognitive biases skew strategic risk assessment and provides the mental models needed for rational executive judgment."
Turn the Ship Around!
by L. David Marquet
"The definitive book on intent-based leadership. Demonstrates how to relinquish command-and-control while shifting ownership lower in the organization without sacrificing quality or safety."
The Phoenix Project
by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr & George Spafford
"A classic business novel on IT alignment. Painfully illustrates how unmanaged technical debt and lack of visibility paralyze organizations — and how Lean, ITIL, and DevOps solve it."
Extreme Ownership
by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
"An uncompromising framework on absolute executive accountability. Teaches leaders to eliminate all external excuses, take full ownership of every operational outcome, and align teams around flawless execution."
Ahead in the Cloud
by Stephen Orban
"An indispensable executive playbook for cloud transformation. Focuses on the organizational, cultural, and leadership shifts required—including building a CCoE, training talent, and modernizing enterprise operating models."
Good to Great
by Jim Collins
"A rigorous study on why some companies make the leap to sustained excellence while others fail. Emphasizes Level 5 Leadership, disciplined thought and action, and the relentless cumulative momentum of the flywheel effect."