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Then get some conditioning on how it all goes wrong, for which I would suggest the classic “The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering”, which is generally applicable.

I think the best book on the topic as I think you mean it is High Output Management by Andy Grove. It’s a classic. Incredibly well written. Direct.

suggest “Creativity, Inc”

I like “Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War” but not strictly necessary to read an entire biography

suggest “Creativity, Inc”, “Doing the Impossible: George E. Mueller & the Management of NASA's Human Spaceflight Program”, and books of those type.

which is concise, brilliant, generally applicable, and completely aligned with the thinking of Grove