A discussion of two themes ('leadership' for 'sustainability') that are of increasing importance to our global society. Read on to explore and contribute to the perspectives I've developed during masters studies and ongoing research in strategic leadership towards sustainability...

7.10.06

Good Books

A quick selection of books - some I've read, others recommended to me....

  • The Weather Makers - Tim Flannery
  • A Brief History of Everything - Ken Wilber
  • A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
  • A Short History of Progress - Ronald Wright
  • Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature - Janine M. Benyus
  • Birth of a Chaordic Age - Dee Hock and Peter Renaday
  • Capital as if the world matters - Johathon Porritt
  • Cities and the Wealth of Nations - Jane Jacobs
  • Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Jared Diamond
  • Confessions of an Economic Hitman - John Perkins
  • Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things - William McDonough and Michael Braungart
  • End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World - Paul Roberts
  • From the Outside Looking in: Experiences in 'Barefoot Economics' - Manfred A. Max-Neef
  • Good News for a Change: How Everyday People are Helping the Planet - David Suzuki
  • Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion - Robert Caldini
  • Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means - Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
  • Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model - Ray Anderson
  • The Natural Advantage of Nations: business opportunities, innovation and governance in the 21st century - Eds: Larlson Hargroves and Michael Smith
  • Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution - Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins
  • Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century - Lauren Slater
  • The Fifth Discipline - Peter M. Senge
  • The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell

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