Technology Change Management

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal - especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager. 

Here is the bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries. Crossing the Chasm has become the bible for brining cutting-edge products to progressively larger markets. This revised and updated edition provides new insights into the realities of high-tech...

Digital technologies are disrupting organizations of every size and shape, leaving managers scrambling to find a technology fix that will help their organizations compete. This book offers managers and business leaders a guide for surviving digital disruptions - but it is not a book about technology. It is about the organizational changes required to harness the power of technology. The authors argue that digital disruption is primarily about people and that effective digital transformation involves changes to organizational dynamics and how work gets done.

One of Silicon Valley’s most successful angel investors shares his rules for investing in startups. There are two ways to make money in startups: create something valuable—or invest in the people that are creating valuable things. Over the past twenty-five years, Jason Calacanis has made a...

Brought to you by Penguin. The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands upon his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles used to build Pixar's singularly successful culture, including all he learned in the past nine...

Your phone isn't the enemy — your relationship with it is. Drawing on 25+ years inside aviation, regulation, and leadership — fields where attention failures have real consequences — advisor Saeed Nahdi offers a no-nonsense, 7-day plan to rebuild focus without quitting technology. Each day brings one clear shift: from awareness to environment, from scrolling to scheduling, from reactive to intentional. No detox extremes. No vague mindfulness platitudes. Just structure that works because it doesn't rely on willpower.

THIS ISN'T YOUR TYPICAL AGILE TRANSFORMATION BOOK It's a fast-moving story packed with drama, humor, and practical insights "A sharp, funny satire that sneaks legit Agile lessons into the hilarious story." —Review on Goodreads A once-mighty tech company teeters on the edge of oblivion. It calls in an outside team to pull it back from the brink. Agile Protocol: The Transformation Ultimatum by Scott M. Graffius delivers a bold takedown of corporate Agile cosplay and other forms of “fake Agile”—and a practical playbook for real Agile transformation. This book is for Scrum Masters, ...

Artificial Intelligence is not just another technology trend. It is the defining force of our generation, reshaping industries, disrupting business models, and rewriting the rules of competition. Yet, over half of corporate AI initiatives fail. Why? Because they focus on algorithms instead of organizations. In AI-Ready, you get the missing playbook. This is not a book about coding Python or the technical specs of neural networks. This is a strategic leader's guide to transforming your entire organization—its culture, talent, ethics, and operations—to harness the full power of AI. Inside...

Pre-mortem strategies are proactive strategies that assume a failure has occurred and then work backward to come up with reasons for that failure. All potential reasons are analyzed by a diverse team of organizational stakeholders who select those most likely to be the cause. A plan is then put in place to prevent the failure from happening in the future; thereby circumventing the need for a dreaded post-mortem strategy. This book examines pre-mortem strategies for information technology. First, it describes information technology and discusses its advantages and disadvantages. Next, it ...

The platforms are live. The cloud migration is done. The AI tools are deployed and working exactly as promised. So why is your organization still moving at the speed it did three years ago? Because the technology was never the real constraint. Your people are. Every enterprise transformation now hits the same wall: a thin layer of AI-native talent that everyone is fighting over, a deep bench of experienced employees who need reskilling faster than any L&D program was built to deliver, and organizational structures designed for stability that quietly sabotage every attempt to move quickly. ...

Imagine if you were present as?a small pizza joint became one of?the most successful restaurants in the world. The Domino’s Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and business practices that made the iconic pizza chain the innovative restaurant...

There are many books and publications which present multiple techniques and methodologies that will supposedly guarantee success in project management. Yet the failure rate of technology projects remains disappointingly high. By exploring the potential problems and causes of failure this comprehensive guide will equip you with the insight and knowledge to recognise and avoid these. By understanding the causes of project failure you will not only effectively manage projects but also consistently surpass expectations. From initiating and planning to executing and controlling, you will learn ...

Most Organizations Have Deployed AI. Almost None Have Learned to Lead It The data is unambiguous: 88 percent of organizations now use AI in at least one business function, and yet fewer than four in ten report any measurable business impact. AI is not failing because the technology is inadequate. It is failing because the leadership infrastructure to deploy it with precision, govern it responsibly, and sustain its value over time has not kept pace with the tools themselves. The bottleneck is not the algorithm. The bottleneck is leadership. This book is written for the manager who already ...

Leadership is evolving. Have you future-proofed your career? AI isn’t coming—it's already here, reshaping leadership, decision-making, and success. The leaders who embrace AI-first strategies will thrive. The ones who don’t? They’ll be left behind. In The Leadership Playbook, Revisited, award-winning executive strategist Keryn Gold, PhD, MBA, delivers an actionable, high-impact, no-nonsense guide for executives and professionals ready to lead smarter, faster, and more effectively in the AI era. You’ll learn: How AI is transforming leadership—and what great AI-first leaders do differently.

Master business leadership and conquer digital transformation by adopting software that actually solves real frontline problems. If you are a non-technical manager feeling overwhelmed by endless app updates or team burnout, this pragmatic guide offers a grounded escape from tech fatigue. Perfect...

The AI Revolution Isn't Coming. It's Already Here. This is the AI education your MBA didn't include. Using the improv principle of "yes, and" - accept reality, then build on it - Leading AI Well gives leaders the frameworks to act decisively without becoming technical experts. What's inside: What happens to your business model when AI makes your core offerings abundant? Why your competitive moat may be deeper, or more fragile, then you think. How to answer the question your competitors can't: why do customers still need you? Why AI implementation gets worse before it gets better, and how to...

The former CEO and Chairman of Nasdaq shares insights and lessons learned from one of the world's largest stock exchanges, detailing the company's transformation from a fledgling U.S. equities market to a global financial technology company. During 2003, the U.S. economy was described by one...

This book is great for beginners and those seeking general knowledge. It focuses on four different aspects of growth and change that work together to help organizations evolve and prosper. It analyzes globalization, technology, innovation, and change while exploring the effects they have on employees and workplaces. The text is written for easy reader understanding at all levels, and examples are used throughout for illustration and clarification purposes. Please note that all four topics discussed in this eBook can be purchased on Kindle as individual eBooks by Louis Bevoc.

Deliver valuable digital transformation. Know how to create a supportive environment—one that fosters collaboration, encourages open communication, and aligns with employee needs. Challenging the normal perception that digital is just about replacing humans, author Chris Airey brings to life the value of a growth mindset in digital transformation. You have all that knowledge and experience in your people—learn how you can bring them into the digital transformation journey and equip them for change rather than resistance. If only the recipe for competitive advantage generating digital ...

Racing Change The End of Product Innovation and Management as We Know It. Shifting Our Focus to Managing Product Lines as Complex Systems. by Paul O'Connor Racing Change is a deep exploration of why and how large companies must shift the context of product development and management to be competitive in the accelerating change race created by artificial intelligence. World-renowned expert Paul O'Connor, author of Racing Change, shares with us why and how the way we manage product and innovation management must change. The path forward, he clearly argues, is to shift our thinking from ...