Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Pink, Daniel H.
Pink takes a look at much the same evidence base as Lawrence and Nohria do in Driven with a slightly different purpose. His take is that organizations rely too heavily on extrinsic motivators (carrots and sticks) at the expense of tapping into much [...]
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles, Pressfield, Steven
I recently finished Seth Godin’s excellent new book Linchpin (see Choosing to Draw Your Own Maps for my review). In it, he devotes a central chapter to the notion of resistance and how we get in our own way [...]
Thinking in Systems: A Primer,
Meadows, Donella
From time to time, I recommend Meadows’ article, Places to Intervene in a System. It’s a succinct summary of her long experience at finding leverage points for effective change in complex human and organizational systems. In this slim volume, she provides an accessible and understandable introduction to [...]
