Reading List

Success and effective execution take more than setting a goal and a positive attitude. You need a systematic, teachable way of proceeding. The Improvement Kata is a methodical way of overcoming obstacles on the way to a challenging objective. It's learned through practice.

This reading list is divided into two topics:

1. Books about a systematic way (pattern, routine, kata) of thinking and operating that is effective for making progress in dynamic and unpredictable conditions
2. Books about how to teach and learn new ways through deliberate practice, usually with coaching input.
   

We'll keep adding to this list as we come across other books about management kata, improvement kata, learning kata and how to practice them.

Books for routines and skills for moving forward in dynamic and unpredictable conditions.
	Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results by Mike Rother		Managing to Learn: Using the A3 management process by John Shook
	Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins		Opposable Mind: Winning Through Integrative Thinking by Roger L. Martin
	Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard P. Rumelt		Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance by Jonathan Fields
	Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman		The Shibumi Strategy: A Powerful Way to Create Meaningful Change by Matthew E. May
	The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries		The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun
Books for teaching and acquiring skills through deliberate practice.
	The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. by Daniel Coyle		Kata and the Transmission of Knowledge: In Traditional Martial Arts by Michael Rosenbaum
	You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden's Teaching Principles and Practices by Swen Nater		Behind the Japanese Bo by Boye Lafayette De Mente
	Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from EverybodyElse by Geoffrey Colvin		Mel Bay Ricardo Iznaola on Practicing: A Manual for Students of Guitar Performance by Ricardo Iznaola
	Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization (Leadership for the Common Good) by Robert Kegan		Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves by Sharon Begley
	Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers by Andrew Hunt		The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) by K. Anders Ericsson