My Bookshelf

"No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking."
— Voltaire

Currently reading

UX Research: Practical Techniques for Designing Better Products.

Brad Nunnally & David Farkas

Books I have read and benefited from;

This book provides a fantastic view into the intrinsic details of the supply chain. Explaining “Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy”. Having worked at Shopify after the start of the pandemic this book provided a deeper understanding about the many challenges facing our merchants with supply chain issues and how things are changing.

Donella Meadows does an excellent job explaining how to think in Systems, I learned so much from this book and found it incredible valuable in learning how to alter the way I think to problem better, find the cause of issues and adapt to changing circumstances.

Josh Waitzkin is a remarkable man, using his life experiences he explains how he has changed failures and experiences into learning opportunities, I will never be a professional chess player or Mixed martial arts professional, I can however implement the art of learning into my personal and professional life.

The book every designer should read, the fact that this book is still relevant speaks to the depth of the insights and knowledge about design handed over in this book. I found myself exclaiming aloud “listen to this” to anyone around me, understanding the importance of design in every tiny thing we interact with, makes you look at the world in a different way and this book helped mold my perspective.

Atomic Habits is widely popular, I found it reframed my thinking on habits and encouraged me to learn tools and methods on how to improve incremental daily that I have implemented in my life since reading.

Atomic design is about an approach to build web and mobile layouts in a component-based way. If we follow it’s methodology we will be able to create more consistency in our UIs, a pattern library, and a better work methods for a future-friendly changes or updates.

Written by highly successful brothers Tom and David Kelley The GM and Founder of IDEO.

I love the way they encourage and show that embracing your creativity is not only achievable but also important for the success of all types of projects.

They encourage a start now attitude with the belief that almost every project can benefit from some creative disruption.

Well worth a read, I was engaged and invigorated by this book. 

I really enjoyed this fun way of learning the overall peaks and troughs of DevOps. 

It’s a comprehensive explanation and engaging way of learning the key elements of how IT departments can run, both good and bad.

This is a really educational book disguised as a novel, definitely a good read for anyone trying to understand how to think about the BIGGER picture. 

The workshopper playbook is an excellent guide in how to efficiently solve problems and stop the all too familiar back and forth of regular decision making meetings. 

This is a very quick read and a great reference for creating workshops. 

Working at Shopify I was exposed to the thinking of Finite and Infinite games from the beginning, Tobi Lutke CEO gave internal key notes about this way of thinking, reading this helped gather a deeper understanding of this subject and how it can be a utilised in business and life.

Lean UX was a concept I already understood at a basic level, but this book helped me understand the key components which make up Lean UX.

A very quick and easy read, this book gives examples and explains the methodology of Lean UX in an easily comprehensible manner.

I read this before entering BrainStation where I took part in two SPRINT challenges.

The book explains the methodology of the SPRINT and it’s purpose. 

Jake Knapp guides you through the process and it’s benefits.

I read a lot more than just career focused reading, you can take a look at my Goodreads account to see what I read outside of those listed here.