Work principles to follow from “The Phoenix Project” book

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The last few months have been challenging for all of us. Many still wonder about how technology and fresh thinking will help on reinventing work.

I’ve somehow remembered about reading “The Phoenix Project” by Gene Kim and felt the need to share with you some of my notes.

This book gathered some attention in time, lots of good and bad reviews. It brought me a very interesting perspective on business objectives, team politics and project management. At first hand, it seemed more like a technical reading, but in fact it is very interesting and easy to read (I listened it on Audible) even for someone who does not work in IT. I personally considered it like a pinch of salt to my professional growth.

Briefly, the book follows the story of Bill, an IT manager that has to save his company from collapse. In the process, he embarks on a transformational journey to clear the firefighting mode everyone is on.

Bellow you will find some ideas I’ve extracted to follow as work & personal life principles. Hope you will find them inspiring :)

I’m sure that by reading “The Phoenix Project”, everyone will find different perspectives. That’s where the value of this book really lies. It’s not a step-by-step instruction manual, but it is a story that makes you think. Some chapters are dense with some software-world terminology, but others focus on the relationships between characters and inner monologues. It’s a beautiful synergy of hard and soft skills, revealing how the technical and human sides of work combine.

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Project manager from Romania ☀️ Travelling through life as a journey of learning ✈️

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Valentina Roman

Project manager from Romania ☀️ Travelling through life as a journey of learning ✈️