Business Architecture-Related Books
- Strategy to Reality: Making the Impossible Possible for Business Architects, Change Makers and Strategy Execution Leaders, Whynde Kuehn (The book is available worldwide. For more tips on purchasing a copy in your region or in bulk, please visit this informational page.)
- Designed for Digital: How to Architect Your Business For Sustained Success, Jeanne W. Ross, Cynthia M. Beath and Martin Mocker
- Business Architecture Quick Guide from the Business Architecture Guild
- Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution, Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill and David Robertson
- Business Architecture: The Art and Practice of Business Transformation, William Ulrich and Neal McWhorter
- The Great Transition, James Martin
Books on Complementary Disciplines
- Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors, Michael E. Porter (Strategy)
- Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, Michael E. Porter (Strategy)
- Strategy Safari: Complete Guide Through the Wilds of Strategic Management, Mintzberg, Ahlstrand and Lampel (Strategy)
- Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters, Richard Rumelt
- Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works, A.G. Lafely and Roger L. Martin
- The Mind of the Strategist, Kenichi Ohmae
- Blue Ocean Strategy, W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne (Strategy)
- Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers, Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur (Business Model)
- Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want, Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur and others (Business Model / Value Proposition)
- The Business Model Navigator: The Strategies Behind the Most Successful Companies, Oliver Gassmann, Karolin Frankenberger, Michaela Csik, Michaela Choudury (Business Model)
- The Invincible Company, Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur et al (Business Model)
- The Strategy Journey by Julie Choo and Graham Christison (UK Amazon, US Amazon, or Digital eBook/FlipBook) (Strategy, Strategy Execution and Operating Model)The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton (Objectives / Strategy Mapping)
- Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton (Objective / Strategy Mapping)
- The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton (Objectives / Strategy Mapping)
- Enterprise Design, Milan Guenther (Enterprise Design)
- This is Service Design Thinking: Basics, Tools, Cases, Marc Stickdorn and Jakob Schneider (Service Design)
- Service Design For Business, Reason, Lovlie, Brand Flu (Service Design)
- Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs, Larry Keeley, Helen Walters, Ryan Pikkel, Brian Quinn (Innovation)
- Designing Dynamic Organizations: A Hands-on Guide for Leaders at All Levels, Jay Galbraith, Diane Downey and Amy Kates (Organizational Design)
- Guide to Organisation Design, Naomi Stanford
- Operating Model Canvas, Andrew Campbell, Mikel Gutierrez and Mark Lancelott (Operating Model)
Books on Key Skills and Techniques
- The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts, Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien (Thinking)
- The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien (Thinking)
- Visualising Business Transformation: Pictures, Diagrams and the Pursuit of Shared Meaning, Jonathan Whelan and Stephen Witla (Visualization and Communication)
- slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations, Nancy Duarte (Presentation Design)
- Back of the Napkin, Dan Roam (Visual Facilitation)
- Gamestorming (A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers), Dave Gray, Sunni Brown and James Macanufo (Facilitation)
- The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers, and Coaches, New and Revised Edition, Roger Schwarz (Facilitation)
Books on Career and Personal Development
- Business Model You, Timothy Clark, Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pingeur
- A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra), Barbara Oakley (how to learn)
Blogs
- Farnam Street Blog on mental models, decision making, learning, reading, and the art of living
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