The reading list

A suggested reading list from Perry Group.

A selection of interesting and inspiring reads around modern technology management, digital transformation and the future of work that informs our work and that we recommend.

Books

A Seat at the Table

A Seat at the Table

Mark Schwartz

A book about how IT leaders can secure their seat at the leadership table.

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The Phoenix Project

The Phoenix Project

Gene Kim, Kevin Behr & George Spafford

A novel by the authors of the DevOps Handbook — a failing IT department turned around by a modern approach.

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Digital Transformation at Scale

Digital Transformation at Scale

Why the strategy is delivery — from the architects of the UK's Government Digital Service.

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Brave New Work

Brave New Work

Aaron Dignan

How modern businesses embrace new ways of working, deciding, and assigning decision rights.

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Good Services

Good Services

Lou Downe

How to design services that work, from the UK's Government Digital Service.

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The Service Organization

The Service Organization

Kate Tarling

Scaling good services across large teams and whole organizations.

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Transformed

Transformed

Moving to the product operating model — the approach we advocate for core platforms.

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Product in Service

Product in Service

A manifesto for pragmatic product management in government.

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Platformland

Platformland

An anatomy of next-generation public services and Government as a Platform.

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Driving Digital

Driving Digital

The leader's guide to business transformation through technology.

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Kill It with Fire

Kill It with Fire

Marianne Bellotti

How to manage ageing computer systems.

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IT Business Partnerships: A Field Guide

IT Business Partnerships: A Field Guide

Paving the way for business & technology convergence — the BRM function.

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Measure What Matters

Measure What Matters

John Doerr

Setting Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), pioneered at Intel and Google.

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IT Savvy

IT Savvy

What top executives must know to go from pain to gain.

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How to AI

How to AI

Christopher Mims

A grounded explainer of AI and how people are really applying it.

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