Ask HN: Books/Articles for Non-Programmers..?

2 points

6 years ago

I work with a lot of people who are not developers. I often find that their lack of grounding in any of the hard sciences means their mental models are not really that well developed. Many of them just also do not have research backgrounds.

In spite of these shortcomings, these people are immensely capable, talented, and motivated - in their own ways. I would like to broach the topic with them (one-on-one) about resources, such as books or articles, that might make them more productive in their strategizing.

I've found this previous thread to be very helpful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19895407

From the comments, I'm mostly curious about:

1. Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows 2. 'An Introduction to General Systems Thinking' [1] by the late, great Gerald Weinberg? 3. Sources of Power: How people make decisions by Gary Klein; Thinking and Deciding by Jonathan Baron. ; "TRIZ"(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIZ) a technique for problem solving, which arose from the former Soviet Union. 4. https://www.coursera.org/learn/model-thinking

I am wondering if there are any other suggestions in line with what i have written above?