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Every book Robert Erez recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Robert Erez has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of June 17, 2026.
- Robert Erez has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of June 17, 2026.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of June 17, 2026.
- The 3 books Robert Erez has mentioned in the most episodes, as of June 17, 2026: Diaspora, Radical Candor and The Phoenix Project.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Robert Erez aired on June 17, 2026.
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Robert Erez appeared on The Pragmatic Engineer to discuss CI/CD practices and shared a selection of book recommendations spanning software engineering, organizational communication, and science fiction. He recommended The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford, recalling when a manager distributed copies at Skype and praising its insights into involving engineers in operations. For organizational and communication matters, Erez recommended Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott, explaining that it taught him how to communicate more efficiently and empathetically with peers. On the lighter side, he recommended Greg Egan's hard science fiction, specifically highlighting Diaspora as an example of the author's mind-bending and imaginative work that appeals to technology enthusiasts.
Books recommended by Robert Erez
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Diaspora
Diaspora by Greg Egan is a seminal hard science fiction novel that explores the far-future evolution of human consciousness in digital and post-biological forms.
Recommended“From the the more fun side, basically anything by Greg Egan. He's an Australian sci-fi author. He writes some pretty crazy and mind-bending hard hard sci-fi. So, if you're really into that, I'd say read like Diaspora or Schismatrix.”
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Radical Candor
Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott is a management guide that teaches leaders how to care personally while challenging directly.
Recommended“The other one um from a more um I guess organizational and communication side of things, um Radical Candor by Kim Scott. How to you communicate more efficiently and with more compassion with um your peers and other people around you.”
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The Phoenix Project
The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford is a business novel that uses a fictionalized narrative about an IT turnaround to illustrate DevOps principles and the importance of operational efficiency in software development.
Recommended“Phoenix Project is still for me a good one. This is one By Gene Kim, yeah. Yeah, and um I I can see uh you know, go you kind of remember that we got that in in in Skype.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| CI/CD with Robert Erez | The Pragmatic Engineer | 2026-06-17 | 3 |