Overcoming Resistance

Links and bibliography for my “Overcoming Resistance” talk

The Presentation

• Overcoming Resistance: How to Engage Developers in Agile Adoption

Airplane Mode

• A write-up on Airplane Mode for teams

Elephant & Rider

• The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, Jonathan Haidt

Elephant & Rider Applied, Bright Spots, etc.

Best book on understanding how to create and influence change that I’ve read

• Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, Chip & Dan Heath

Usability Studies

• Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems, Steve Krug

Identity, Human Nature, etc.

• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, Dan Ariely

Negotiation, Win-Win Outcomes, Focus On Interests Not Positions

• Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, Fisher, Ury & Patton

All Icons In Presentation Licensed From The Noun Project

• The Noun Project: Icons for everything