Books & Foundational Texts

Immunity to Change
Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey 
Harvard research on why intelligent people fail to make changes they genuinely want to make. Essential for understanding the hidden commitments that keep us stuck.

Humble Inquiry
Edgar Schein 
The art of asking rather than telling. Particularly relevant for engineers who default to problem-solving mode when listening would serve better.

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman 
The cognitive biases that shape our decisions. Foundational for understanding why smart people make predictable mistakes.