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Centola, Damon. How Behavior Spreads: The Science of Complex Contagions. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. Ferguson, Niall. The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook. New York: Penguin Press, 2018. How do networks work? How does influence spread amongst people, through human interactions? Historian Niall Ferguson digs into the archives, exploring […]
Coleman, Peter T. The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts. New York: Public Affairs, 2011. Homer-Dixon, Thomas. Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2006. Rose, Jonathan F.P. The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life. New York: […]
McTaggart, Lynne. The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe. New York: Harper, 2008. Braden, Gregg. The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief. New York: Hay House, 2007. What are we made of? What is real? From cosmologies as varied as the physics of string theory or quantum theory, the […]
Loehr, Jim, and Tony Schwartz. The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal. New York: Free Press, 2003. Mankins, Michael, and Eric Garton. Time Talent Energy: Overcome Organizational Drag and Unleash Your Team’s Productive Power. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2017. Zak, Paul J. Trust […]
Hartmann, Thom. The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It’s Too Late. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2004. [Read an excerpt.] Cahoone, Lawrence. The Orders of Nature. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2013. [Read 1st chapter.] Thomas, Chris D. Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving […]
Tashiro, Ty. Awkward: The Science of Why We’re Socially Awkward and Why That’s Awesome. New York: William Morrow, 2017. Read an excerpt of Chapter 1 here. When it is appropriate, most people like being seen. Seen for who they are, for what they contribute, and for their creativity. Appropriateness depends on the context. In contexts […]
Russell, Helen. The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country. London: Icon Books, 2015. Hygge. Danish for something cozy, charming, or special. It is also the art of creating intimacy. Author Helen Russell explores how hygge might be one of the secrets of Denmark’s perennial position in the top ranks […]
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Waddell, Steve. “Four Strategies for Large Systems Change.” Stanford Social Innovation Review 16, no. 2 (2018): 40-45. To achieve societal outcomes for everyone, everywhere, everyday within any given social system requires bringing together peoples with access to different economic resources, different political decision making and enforcement systems, different values, and different organizing forms. It requires […]
