Reading List. Week 29, 2025

Here are some things I’ve read recently, related to work, that caught my attention, shared without comment.

• Hard Things First
• The Right Way to Prepare for a High-Stakes Conversation
• Leadership at scale: From chaos to empowerment
• How to Communicate with Your Team When Business Is Bad
• RDEL #89: What async communication behaviors lead to better outcomes for software engineers?
• Underused Techniques for Effective Emails
• Crawling a billion web pages in just over 24 hours, in 2025
• Careers Aren’t Straight Lines. They Squiggle and Stumble Toward Success