Category: Book
Prosocial
Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable and Collaborative Groups
This View of Life
Completing the Darwinian Revolution
It is widely understood that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to David Sloan Wilson, the Darwinian revolution won’t be truly complete until it is applied more broadly—to everything associated with the words “human,” “culture,” and “policy.”
No More Feedback
Cultivate Consciousness at Work
Does feedback improve the bottom line of a company?
Be More Pirate
Pirates didn’t just break the rules, they rewrote them. They didn’t just reject society, they reinvented it. Pirates didn’t just challenge the status-quo, they changed every f*cking thing. Pirates faced a self-interested establishment, a broken system, industrial scale disruption, and an uncertain future. Sound familiar?
“I’d rather be a pirate than join the navy.”—Steve Jobs
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
From best-selling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs and their consequences.
The Nurture Effect
How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World
Capital in the 21st Century
A work of extraordinary ambition, originality, and rigor, Capital in the Twenty-First Century reorients our understanding of economic history and confronts us with sobering lessons for today.
Reinventing Organizations
A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness
The Moral Measure of the Economy
November 20, 2013 Chuck Collins & Mary Wright In this clear and penetrating book, Chuck Collins and Mary Wright draw on principles of Catholic Social
Finite and Infinite Games
January 5, 2013 James Carse Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when
Democracy at Work
What if we took our democratic decision making process and brought it into the workplace?
New Money For a New World
We can end the threats to our environment and aid dramatically in its restoration. We can help provide meaningful work for all, with opportunities that enhance and replenish the world about us. We can effectively address fundamental urban and rural concerns and the many diverse and often-divergent needs of developing and developed nations alike. We can create a better world where life and all living systems flourish. This is not an idealistic dream, but is rather a pragmatic attainment, achievable within our very own lifetimes.
Sacred Economics
Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity; destroyed community; and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme – but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.
A People’s History of the United States
For much of his life, historian Howard Zinn chronicled American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version taught in schools – with its emphasis on great men in high places – to focus on the street, the home, and the workplace.
The Ascent of Money
A Financial History of the World
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance.
Living Deeply
Living Deeply transcends any one approach by focusing on common elements of transformation across a variety of traditions, while affirming and supporting the diversity of approaches across religious, spiritual, scientific, academic, and cultural backgrounds. Each chapter in the audiobook ends with Experiences of Transformation, exercises drawn from wisdom traditions or scientific investigations meant to enhance your direct experience of the material.
The Fourth Turning
An American Prophecy – What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny
Making Mondragon
Since its founding in 1956 in Spain’s Basque region, the Mondragón Corporation has been a touchstone for the international cooperative movement. Its nearly three hundred companies and organizations span areas from finance to education.
