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  1. The Definitive Guide to SOC 2
    The Definitive Guide to SOC 2
    A Complete Guide to Designing, Implementing, and Auditing a SOC 2 Compliance Program
    Steve Publications

    SOC 2 doesn’t have to be confusing. This practical handbook walks you through building, documenting and auditing a compliance program from the ground up. Packed with real-world examples, templates and checklists, it gives founders, security teams, engineers and auditors a clear path from first steps to continuous compliance.

  2. Lean Enterprise Architecture
    Lean Enterprise Architecture
    A Practical Guide to Value-Driven Enterprise Architecture
    Romano Roth and Dietmar Wettach

    Lean Enterprise Architecture (LEA) redefines EA as a lean, value-driven discipline that bridges strategy, business, and technology. Instead of static blueprints, it shows you how to build adaptive architectures, enable transformation, and create measurable impact. Whether you are an enterprise architect, IT strategist, or business leader, LEA equips you to lead with clarity and influence.

  3. Executable Knowledge Architecture (EKA) - VOLUME 1 -- Semantic Foundations
    Executable Knowledge Architecture (EKA) - VOLUME 1 -- Semantic Foundations
    Learning Ontology Engineering through Protégé and Pizza.owl -- Chapters 00-08
    Xiaoqi Zhao

    Master Ontology Engineering with Protégé and the EKA Framework—Volume 1 of a multi-volume series that teaches ontology engineering hands-on through the Pizza.owl tutorial and connects it to a modern framework for building executable semantic systems.

  4. Executable Knowledge Architecture (EKA) - VOLUME 2 -- Semantic Relationships
    Executable Knowledge Architecture (EKA) - VOLUME 2 -- Semantic Relationships
    Mastering Object Properties and Ontology Structures -- Chapters 09-13
    Xiaoqi Zhao

    Turn a static class hierarchy into a real semantic graph: object properties, inverse properties, property characteristics, and domain and range, all hands-on in Protege.

  5. 10X ORG – Powered by Org Topologies
    10X ORG – Powered by Org Topologies
    A Manager's Guide to Elevating Business Performance with People and AI
    Alexey Krivitsky, Craig Larman, Roland Flemm

    #1 Best Seller in Management Science (Amazon International, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden – Feb 2026) and in other categories. Available worldwide on Amazon (Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle) and across all major digital platforms, including Leanpub, Apple Books, and Google Play. Learn how to drive your organizational performance with people and AI to 10X and beyond — in impact and relevance.

  6. Executable Knowledge Architecture (EKA) - VOLUME 4 -- Semantic Knowledge Engineering
    Executable Knowledge Architecture (EKA) - VOLUME 4 -- Semantic Knowledge Engineering
    The Semantic Knowledge Development Lifecycle (SKDL) -- Chapters 17-24
    Xiaoqi Zhao

    You know how to build classes in Protégé. But do you know when to attach meaning — and when to wait?Volume 4 of "Mastering Ontology Engineering" introduces SKDL: the Semantic Knowledge Development Lifecycle. Seven stages. One discipline. Zero guesswork.From Aristotle to Description Logic. From taxonomy to executable knowledge.This is where pizza -> philosophy — and philosophy -> engineering.

  7. The ISO/IEC 42001 Implementation Guide
    The ISO/IEC 42001 Implementation Guide
    A Practical Guide to Building an Artificial Intelligence Management System from Foundation to Certification
    Steve Publications

    AI governance is moving from principle to practice. This hands-on guide shows you how to build, implement and certify an ISO/IEC 42001 AI management system with confidence. From clause-by-clause guidance to practical templates, integration strategies and real-world scenarios, it turns a complex standard into a clear path from foundation to certification.

  8. AI Native Business
    AI Native Business
    Architecting Organizations That Run on Intelligence
    Manav Sehgal

    Most companies bolt AI onto old workflows. This book shows how to rebuild the company around it: orchestrating AI agents to run real operations, with the governance and cost control to keep them accountable. Written for founders, operators, and leaders who want systems they own, not another subscription.

  9. Elements of Data Strategy
    Elements of Data Strategy
    A Framework for Data and AI-Driven Transformation
    Boyan Angelov

    This book provides a holistic and complete view of the data strategy elements, enabling the practitioner at every step.

  10. Modern Applications Strategy
    Modern Applications Strategy
    Connecting Business to Architecture Decisions
    Jaime Nagase

    Explore how a Modern Application Strategy book can take your organization from the basics to the cutting edge of innovation. Learn practical ways to modernize old systems with real-world examples from containers, serverless computing, and microservices. Your guide to technological evolution is here.

  11. User Needs Mapping
    User Needs Mapping
    Aligning Teams Around What Matters
    Rich Allen

    Most teams don’t suffer from a lack of effort—they suffer from a lack of alignment. Goals are misaligned, boundaries are unclear, and work often centres on internal priorities instead of user needs— resulting in frustration and delays. User Needs Mapping: Aligning Teams Around What Matters offers a practical, visual way to reconnect organisations with the people they serve. Instead of guessing at structure or copying someone else’s model, this book shows you how to expose hidden dependencies, identify genuine user needs, and make better choices about team design and responsibilities. Through real-world case studies and step-by-step guidance, you’ll learn how to navigate tensions between wants, needs, and feasibility, create clarity of purpose, and build teams that deliver meaningful outcomes. Whether you’re a leader, product manager, architect, or change agent, this book equips you to turn complexity into clarity and enable teams to flow faster—aligned around what matters.

  12. Human Accountable for The Loop
    Human Accountable for The Loop
    How to keep ownership, authority and control when AI acts
    Ryan McDonough

    Accountability cannot be delegated. Execution can. AI can act at a speed and scale that no person can review one decision at a time. The answer is not ceremonial human oversight. It is to establish who owns the workflow, what authority the system has, which limits are enforced and who can intervene when something goes wrong.Human Accountable for the Loop is a practical framework for doing that.

  13. The Universal Protocol: Zero-Day Youth
    The Universal Protocol: Zero-Day Youth
    Bypassing the Adult World with the Eyes of a Child
    Jirawat Khanfan

    The adult world is a prison of logic that revoked your Root Access. This is a Zero-Day Exploit manual to help you hijack your youth back and stroll through the battlefield of capitalism with absolute superiority.

  14. ‘TIA’  A Toolkit  for  Institutional Architecture
    ‘TIA’ A Toolkit for Institutional Architecture
    A Self-Initiated, Voluntary suggestion, for an Institutional Architecture toolkit, for TIAL.org, and this version is open to anyone who wants to study and adopt the ideas. There is no proprietary or confidential IP. It is all CC (Creative Commons) by the author. It is intended as a base, for further extension and adoption, by any good people creating organizations, for the good of society.
    Tom Gilb

    The best way to thoroughly consider stakeholders and their values when designing something big and complex.

  15. The Way of Al-Sadiq Al-Amin

    An authentic, practical guide to the business ethics and enterprise of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.), with 20 infographics, step-by-step frameworks and lessons for the modern entrepreneur.