Currently Reading:
- The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion. by Jonathan Haidt.
On Hold:
- Requisite Organization: The CEO’s Guide to Creative Structure & Leadership. by Elliott Jacques. (re-read)
- I Am That. dialogues of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.
- The Holotropic Mind: The Three Levels of Consciousness and How They Shape Our Lives. by Stanislov Grof and Hal Zina Bennett.
On Deck:
- No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth. by Ken Wilber.
- Schools That Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education. by Peter Senge.
- The EduPunk’s Guide to a DIY Credential. by Anya Kamenetz.
- The Leadership Challenge: How to Get Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations. by James Kouzes and Barry Posner.
- Development-Driven Performance Management: The Path from Once-a-Year Performance Management to Ongoing Employee Development. by Stacia Sherman Garr. September 2010. Bersin & Associates Research Report.
- Seven Complex Lessons in Education for the Future. by Edgar Morin.
- Learning: Peering Backward and Looking Forward in the Digital Era. by Margaret Weigel, Carrie James & Howard Gardner.
- Higher Education, Globalization and the Knowledge Economy: Reclaiming the Cultural Mission. by Michael A. Peters.
- Complexity Theory & Education. by Keith Morrison.
- As a Man Thinketh. by James Allen.
- An Iron Will. by Orison Swett Marden.
- The Top 200 Secrets of Success and the Pillars of Self-Mastery. by Robin S. Sharma.
- The Cerebral Code: Thinking a Thought in the Mosaics of the Mind. by William H. Calvin.
- Organizational Design: The Work-Levels Approach. by Ralph Rowbottom and Davis Billis.
- Decision Systems, Inquiring Systems and a New Framework for Action. by Warren Kinston.
- Our Enemy, The State. by Albert Jay Nock.
- Our Brave New World. by Louis Gave.
- Perceptual Control Theory Science & Applications: A Book of Readings. edited by Dag Forssell.
- Towards Responsible Use of Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs by the Healthy. by Henry Greely, Barbara Sahakian, John Harris, Ronald C. Kessler, Michael Gazzaniga, Philip Campbell & Martha J. Farah.
- Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 Results. by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). There are five volumes so far, with more in the works.
- And a bunch more stuff I haven’t put on the list yet.
Completed:
- Put Your Spirituality to Work – The Basics. by Debra and William Miller.
- The Upside of Irrationality. by Dan Ariely.
- Building a Magnetic Culture: How to Attract and Retain Top Talent to Create an Engaged, Productive Workforce. by Kevin Sheridan.
- The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovaton to Creat Radically Successful Businesses. by Eric Ries. *
- Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis. by Ram Charan. (re-read)
- Room for Improvement: Notes on a Dozen Lifelong Sports. by John Casey.
- Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World. by Michael Lewis. *
- Winning With a Culture of Recognition. by Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine. (excerpt)
- Rework. by Seth Godin.
- A Total Framework for Inquiry. by Warren Kinston.
- Public Parts. How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live. by Jeff Jarvis.
- I Can’t Cry and Run at the Same Time: Women’s Use of Distance Running. by Gail Leedy.
- It’s Always Personal: Emotion in the New Workplace. by Anne Kreamer.
- Commitment to Distance Running: Coping Mechanism or Addiction? by Gail Leedy.
Started and Discarded:
- Mile Markers: The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run. by Kristin Armstrong.
- The Man Who Lied to His Laptop. by Clifford Ness.
- Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School. by John Medina.
- Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting. by Daniel Dennett
- Resonant Leadership. by Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee.
* Recommended Readings. These are those items that I really enjoyed and would recommend to others. Not that other items on the list are bad (some are OK and some are quite good), it’s just that they aren’t as memorable.
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