There are so many books that are useful to rebels and that we have found useful. We include here some we’ve found particularly relevant.
Glenda H. Eoyang and Royce J. Holladay, Adaptive Action: Leveraging Uncertainty in Your Organization (Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press, 2013).
John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, and Lang Davison, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion (New York: Basic Books, 2012).
Gordon MacKenzie, Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide To Surviving with Grace (New York: Viking, 1998).
Roger Martin, The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2009).
Robert Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (New York: HarperBusiness, 2006).
Herb Cohen, You Can Negotiate Anything (New York: Bantam, 1982).
Sue Annis Hammond and Andrea Mayfield, The Thin Book of Naming Elephants: How to Surface Undiscussables for Greater Organizational Success (Bend, OR: Thin Book Publishing Co., 2004).
William Ury, Roger Fisher, and Bruce Patton, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (New York: Penguin, 2011).
Christina Baldwin and Anna Linnea, The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2010).
David Cooperrider and Diana Whitney, Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005).
Chris Ertel and Lisa Kay Solomon, Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014).
Patrick Lencionni, Death by Meeting (Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass, 2004).
Robyn Stratton-Berkessel, Appreciative Inquiry for Collaborative Solutions (Hoboken, NJ: Pfeiffer, 2010).
Nancy Duarte, Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010).
Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (New York: Random House, 2007).
George Lakoff, Don’t Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate (White River Jct., VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2004).
Drew Westen, The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation (New York: Public Affairs, 2008).
David Bayles and Ted Orland, Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking (Eugene, OR: Image Continuum Press, 2001).
Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way (: Putnam, 2002).
Patti Digh, Creative Is a Verb: If You’re Alive You’re Creative (Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2010).
Mark Levy, Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight and Content (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2010).
Hugh MacLeod, Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity (New York: Portfolio Hardcover, 2009).
Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Boston: Shambhala, 2000).
Elaine Fox, Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain: How to Retrain Your Brain to Overcome Pessimism and Gain a More Positive Outlook (New York: Basic Books, 2012).
Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3-to-1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2009).
Seth Godin, Linchpin (New York: Portfolio Trade, 2011).
Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich (New York: Random House, 2002).
Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey, Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2009).
David Rock, Your Brain at Work (New York: Harper Business, 2009).
Margaret Wheatley, Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009).
David Whyte, River Flow: New and Selected Poetry (Langley, WA: Many Rivers Press, 2012).
Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander, The Art of Possibility (New York: Penguin, 2002).
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