Gerald M. Weinberg (1933–2018)

I found this book very helpful, in that it gave me a fresh picture of how life could be inside a high-tech organization (Info Tech in my case). Very accessible, in contrast to all the tech manuals I had to read.

I read a couple of Weinberg's books. He did some on-site consulting in organization development at my employer's of the time.
I preferred his "Psychology of Computer Programming" for accessibility.

Useful book, back when I was in the trade. Maybe more about management than I cared to know, but it did reaffirm that programming, well done, is a creative activity, and the importance of planning ahead.

It's written in an amusing and easy-to-read way, but it meanders quite a bit from a central point/theme.

It hits lots of really interesting points/ideas/witticisms, and leaves you going "hmm" a few times, but it doesn't really give you, say, a systemic approach to problem-solving or problem-diagnosing. It has a few interesting guidelines, but I'd re-title it something like "Musings on problem solving and some lateral thinking stories".