Accelerate - Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble and Gene Kim

CoLab Book Club - August 2023

Another month, another #CoLabBookClub.​ This time with some new faces - welcome Aaron Hodder and Kyla MacDonald to the group.

​We're working our way through the classics and chose "Accelerate" as our book this month.

Overview

Amazon's success wasn't down to one visionary leader - it was built on repeatable mechanisms that shaped how The book uses insightful anecdotes and data-driven analysis to explore four key metrics to provide crucial insights into an organisation's ability to innovate, respond to change and deliver value to customers.

Our Key Takeaways

✔️ We liked how data and metrics were provided to support the theory.
✔️ We thought the view of testing was refreshing and positive.
✔️ We liked that there was a good emphasis on cultural aspects of high performing teams, not just technical practices.
✔️ We also liked how it gives you ideas as to why and how to change the problems you spot.
✔️ We thought the ideas would be super practical and useful on a daily basis.

Who is it For?

We believe this book is most accessible to IT professionals, and Technology Leaders and Managers. And Agile Practitioners of course.

Thank you!

Thank you Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble and Gene Kim for writing such a thought-provoking book.

Thank you Aaron Hodder, Alfred Enslin, Allan Atkinson, Anna Thomas, Ceedee Doyle, Kyla MacDonald, Mahesh Krshnan, Matt Nichols, Pete Tansey and Peter Bink for the great conversation!

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