1. "... I read fiction for instruction, not management books. Most management books provide 'answers.' Great fiction raises great questions."
  2. Chapter 1 - All Bets Are Off
    1. The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning by Henry Mintzberg (TP's favorite management book in 25 years)
    2. Hypercompetition: Managing the Dynamics of Strategic Maneuvering by Richard D'Aveni
    3. Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins by Richard Farson and Ralph Keyes
    4. Out of Control by Kevin Kelly
    5. *Serious Play by Michael Schrage (TP says the best book on innovation)
    6. Topic
  3. Chapter 2 - The Destruction Imperitive
    1. The Future and Its Enemies by Virginia Postrel
    2. Funky Business by Kjell Nordstrom and Joan Ridderstrale
    3. Organizing Genius by Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman
    4. Creative Destruction: Why Companies That Are Built to Last Underperform the Market by Dick Foster and Sarah Kaplan
    5. The Company by John Micklethwait and Adrian Woolridge
    6. The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
    7. Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation by Jim Utterback
    8. The Synergy Trap by Mark Sirower
    9. The Rise of the Virtual State: Wealth and Power in the Coming Century by Richard Rosecrance
    10. John Adams by David McCullough
    11. A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government by Garry Wills
    12. Good to Great by Jim Collins (TP is not a fan)
    13. The Living Company by Arie de Geus
  4. Chapter 3 - White Collar Cataclysm
    1. Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold
  5. Chapter 4 - "On the Bus" or ... "Off the Bus"?
    1. The Cluetrain Manifesto by Chris Locke, Doc Searls, David Weinberger, Rick Levine (www.cluetrain.com)
    2. Small Pieces Loosely Joined by David Weinberger
    3. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
    4. The Age of the Never Satisfied Customer by Regis McKenna
    5. Next: The Future Just Happened by Michael Lewis
  6. Chapter 5 - The PSF/Professional Service Firm Transformation
    1. The Professional Service Firm50: Fifty Ways to Transform Your "Department" into a Professional Service Firm Whose Trademarks Are Passion and Innovation! by Tom Peters
    2. Managing the Professional Service Firm by David Maister (and anything else by this author)
  7. Chapter 6 - The Solutions Imperitive
    1. The Company by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
    2. How to Grow When Markets Don't by Adrian Slywotzky
  8. Chapter 7 - The Solutions50
    1. Lifting the Fog of War by Admiral Bill Owens
  9. Chapter 8 - Providing Memorable "Experiences"
    1. The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre and Every Business a Stage by Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore
    2. Pour Your Heart into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time by Howard Schultz (read for applying to RRs)
  10. Chapter 9 - Embracing the "Dream Business"
    1. none
  11. Chapter 10 - The "Soul" of New Enterprise
    1. The Total Package: The Secret History and Hidden Meanings of Boxes, Bottles, Cans, and Other Persuasive Containers by Thomas Hine
    2. Machine Beauty: Elegance and the Heart of Technology by David Gelertner
    3. The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
  12. Chapter 11 - Beautiful Systems
    1. *The One Page Business Plan by Jim Horan
    2. Reengineering the Corporation by Jimy Champy and Michael Hammer
  13. Chapter 12 - The Heart of Branding
    1. Corporate Identity by Wally Olins
    2. A New Brand World by Scott Bedbury
    3. Disruption by Jean-Marie Dru
    4. Beyond Disruption by Jean-Marie Dru
    5. Jump Start Your Business Brain by Doug Hall
    6. Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership by Howard Gardner
  14. Chapter 13 - Women Roar
    1. America's Competitive Secret: Women Managers by Judy Rosener
    2. *Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
    3. Why We Buy by Paco Underhill
    4. GenderSell: How to Sell to the Opposite Sex by Judith Tingley
    5. EVEolution: The Eight Truths of Marketing to Women by Faith Popcorn and Lys Marigold
    6. Marketing to Women by Martha Barletta
    7. The First Sex: The Natural Talents of Women and How They Are Changing the World by Helen Fisher
  15. Chapter 14 - Boomer Bonanza
    1. Age Power:How the 21st Century Will Be Ruled by the New Old by Ken Dychtwald
    2. Marketing to the Mindset of Boomers and Their Elders by Carol Morgan and Doran Levy
  16. Chapter 15 - The WOW Project!
    1. The Leader's Voice by Boyd Clarke & Ron Crossland
    2. Project50 by Tom Peters
    3. Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles
  17. Chapter 16 - WOW Projects for the "Powerless"
    1. none
  18. Chapter 17 - Heroes, Demos, Stories
    1. The Rise of the Expert Company by Ed Feigenbaum
    2. Polite Revolutionary: Lessons from an Uncivil Servant by Bob Stone
  19. Chapter 18 - The Sales25
    1. none
  20. Chapter 19 - Life in a Brand You World
    1. The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida
    2. The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History by Philip Bobbitt
    3. Free Agent Nation by Daniel Pink
    4. The Soveriegn Individual by James Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
    5. The Brand You50 by Tom Peters
    6. Corporate Religion by Jesper Kunde
    7. Mastery by George Leonard
    8. The Female Advantage by Sally Helgesen
    9. Thriving in 24/7 by Sally Helgesen
  21. Chapter 20 - The Talent25
    1. Soloing by Harriet Rubin
    2. futureWEALTH by Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer
    3. The Global Me: New Cosmopolitan and the Competitive Edge by G. Pascal Zachary
  22. Chapter 21 - Women Rule!
    1. America's Competitive Secret: Women Managers by Judy Rosener
    2. Selling Is a Women's Game: Fifteen Powerful Reasons Why Women Can Outsell Men by Nicki Joy and Susan Kane-Benson
    3. I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson (novel)
  23. Chapter 22 - Education for a Creative & Self-Reliant Age
    1. *Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon McKenzie
    2. A Different Kind of Teacher by John Taylor Gatto
    3. Insult to Intelligence by Frank Smith
    4. The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
    5. The Connoisseur's Guide to the Mind by Roger Schank
    6. Socrates' Cafe by Christopher Phillips
    7. Education and Ecstasy by George Leonard
    8. The Unschooled Mind by Howard Gardner
    9. Becoming Adult by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Barbara Schneider
    10. Think by David Lodge (novel)
  24. Chapter 23 - Think Weird
    1. Wide Angle Vision: Beat Your Competition by Focusing on Fringe Competitors, Lost Customers, and Rogue Employees
    2. Weird Ideas That Work: 11 1/2 Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Inovation
  25. Chapter 24 - In Search of Excellence
    1. In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters
    2. Liberation Management by Tom Peters
  26. Chapter 25 - The Leadership50
    1. Cold Calling: Business the Nokia Way by Jorma Ollila
    2. Credibility by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
    3. The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder