BOOK OVERVIEW of Putting Our Differences to Work: The Fastest Way to Innovation, Leadership, and High Performance. Foreword by futurist Joel A. Barker.
A practical guide that changes the prevail...
This is the infamous 10 Awful Truths About Book Publishing list by Berrett-Koehler founder and publisher Steve Piersanti, originally published in July 2007 and updated in June 2009 - If you are a u...
A victim mentality is rampant in organizations today. My boss is a jerk. This is a dead-end job. I can’t change anything here. The result is lost productivity, lack of creativity, departmental in-f...
This Web 2.0 handbook was created by Berrett-Koehler's Digital Community Builders as a way to help authors market their books online. Topics covered include videos, podcasts, blogging, website desi...
Scribd Launches Scribd Store,
Online Marketplace for Original Written Works
Sellers Include Lonely Planet, O’Reilly Media, Berrett-Koehler,
World Bank Publications and Best-Selling Authors
SAN F...
Too many people have decided that the safest way to get through life is to be small. But organizations need people to step up and be big. People have to bring more of themselves to the workplace, t...
One of today’s most popular change methods, Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has been used to undertake transformational initiatives in dozens of organizations, ranging from McDonald’s to the U.S. Navy to...
We've all had moments when things come together in an almost unbelievable way, when events that could never have been predicted, let alone controlled, seem remarkably to guide us along our path. Ca...
"I believe we can change the world if we start talking to one another again."
With this simple declaration, Margaret Wheatley proposes that people band together with their colleagues and friends...
For every new project or high-profile assignment, there is a mile-long line of wannabes waiting to grab the brass ring. But those consistently at the forefront have something truly extraordinary i...
Business has the power to change the world, but some businesses embrace that opportunity more aggressively than others do. Social enterprises put their change mission first – what they sell or what...
In Just Good Business, Kellie McElhaney shows leaders and managers exactly how to connect their CSR efforts to their company’s overall corporate strategy, business objectives, and core competencies...
Combining captivating personal memoir and astute political reportage, Marisa Handler offers a fascinating inside look at the burgeoning global justice movement through her own compelling coming-of-...
Outlines how to set up a truly effective system for soliciting, evaluating and implementing employee ideas for improvement --- a proven, low-cost source of potentially millions of dollars worth of ...
In The Power of Serving Others, Gary Morsch and Dean Nelson show that everybody has something to contribute and that our ability to transform our lives by transforming the lives of others is within...
VISA co-founder Dee Hock skillfully weaves together the story of VISA with his own remarkable life story and elaborates the visionary philosophy that allowed VISA to thrive. Hock calls his approach...