Library
We base many of our programs and solutions off of the ideas of some of the most innovative thinkers. Always reading, we constantly add to our library of knowledge so we can craft interventions from the latest insights. Here we want to share some of our favorite must-reads with you, so you can start learning from the thinkers who inspire us every day.
Classics
These are the essentials we feel everyone should have on their bookshelf.
The Wisdom
of Teams: Creating the High Performance Organization
Douglas Smith and Jon Katzenbach
Understand what real team performance means.
The Five
Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni
Leaders play a vital role in demonstrating to a team how they can overcome these five dysfunctions.
Drive: The
Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel Pink
We build all of our engagement programs through Pink's three key drivers.
Why Should
Anyone Be Led by You? What It Takes to Be an Authentic Leader
Gareth R. Jones and Robert Goffee
The best leaders build off of their strengths and personality.
The Art of
Possibility
Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
The arts transform the way we see ourselves, our connections, and our working lives.
Power: Why
Some People Have It - and Others Don't
Jeffery Pfeffer
Certain things out of our control can give us a power advantage.
Rework
David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried
Rework moves us to rethink our complete work structures with inspiring ideas ready for implementation.
It Doesn't
Have to be Crazy at Work
David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried
Learn to better balance work so you can increase performance.
Exponential
Organizations
Michael S. Malone, Salim Ismail, and Yuri van Geest
Modern organizations need new ideas so they can be flexible and compete.
Delivering
Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Tony Hsieh
An inspiring insight into a laboratory of company culture.
The Designful
Company
Patrick Marty Neumeier
To solve some of the toughest problems in every industry, we need to learn to think like designers.
Resonate
Nancy Duarte
Become motivated to craft thoughts and visions into meaningful communication templates.
Who Says
Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround
Louis V. Gerstner Jr.
The impossible transformation of an old, large organization.
The Connected Company
Dave Gray and Thomas Vander Wal
A blueprint for building a company around principles such as customer-centricity and breaking down silos.
Reinventing
Organizations
Frederic Laloux
These tools help leaders understand what needs to be done to make evolutionary leaps in an organization.
Culture
Blueprint: The Step-By-step Guide to Shift and Design Your Company Culture
Robert Richman
The right people are key to intentionally shaping culture.
Kill the
Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution
Lisa Bodell
Risk and trust are central to innovative companies. Bodell helps us get there.
The Power of
WOW
The Employees of Zappos.com, Tony Hsieh, and Mark Dagostino
When the employees of a company engage with its culture, it brings customer service to a new level.
Traction
Gino Wickman
A blueprint for bringing joy, growth, and productivity to the workplace.
Unique
Ability
Catherine Nomura and Julia Walker
Find your strengths so that you will love what you do.