- "... I read fiction for instruction, not management books. Most management books provide 'answers.' Great fiction raises great questions."
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Chapter 1 - All Bets Are Off
- The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning by Henry Mintzberg (TP's favorite management book in 25 years)
- Hypercompetition: Managing the Dynamics of Strategic Maneuvering by Richard D'Aveni
- Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins by Richard Farson and Ralph Keyes
- Out of Control by Kevin Kelly
- *Serious Play by Michael Schrage (TP says the best book on innovation)
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Chapter 2 - The Destruction Imperitive
- The Future and Its Enemies by Virginia Postrel
- Funky Business by Kjell Nordstrom and Joan Ridderstrale
- Organizing Genius by Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman
- Creative Destruction: Why Companies That Are Built to Last Underperform the Market by Dick Foster and Sarah Kaplan
- The Company by John Micklethwait and Adrian Woolridge
- The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
- Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation by Jim Utterback
- The Synergy Trap by Mark Sirower
- The Rise of the Virtual State: Wealth and Power in the Coming Century by Richard Rosecrance
- John Adams by David McCullough
- A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government by Garry Wills
- Good to Great by Jim Collins (TP is not a fan)
- The Living Company by Arie de Geus
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Chapter 3 - White Collar Cataclysm
- Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold
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Chapter 4 - "On the Bus" or ... "Off the Bus"?
- The Cluetrain Manifesto by Chris Locke, Doc Searls, David Weinberger, Rick Levine (www.cluetrain.com)
- Small Pieces Loosely Joined by David Weinberger
- Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
- The Age of the Never Satisfied Customer by Regis McKenna
- Next: The Future Just Happened by Michael Lewis
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Chapter 5 - The PSF/Professional Service Firm Transformation
- The Professional Service Firm50: Fifty Ways to Transform Your "Department" into a Professional Service Firm Whose Trademarks Are Passion and Innovation! by Tom Peters
- Managing the Professional Service Firm by David Maister (and anything else by this author)
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Chapter 6 - The Solutions Imperitive
- The Company by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
- How to Grow When Markets Don't by Adrian Slywotzky
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Chapter 7 - The Solutions50
- Lifting the Fog of War by Admiral Bill Owens
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Chapter 8 - Providing Memorable "Experiences"
- The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre and Every Business a Stage by Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore
- Pour Your Heart into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time by Howard Schultz (read for applying to RRs)
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Chapter 9 - Embracing the "Dream Business"
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Chapter 10 - The "Soul" of New Enterprise
- The Total Package: The Secret History and Hidden Meanings of Boxes, Bottles, Cans, and Other Persuasive Containers by Thomas Hine
- Machine Beauty: Elegance and the Heart of Technology by David Gelertner
- The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
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Chapter 11 - Beautiful Systems
- *The One Page Business Plan by Jim Horan
- Reengineering the Corporation by Jimy Champy and Michael Hammer
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Chapter 12 - The Heart of Branding
- Corporate Identity by Wally Olins
- A New Brand World by Scott Bedbury
- Disruption by Jean-Marie Dru
- Beyond Disruption by Jean-Marie Dru
- Jump Start Your Business Brain by Doug Hall
- Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership by Howard Gardner
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Chapter 13 - Women Roar
- America's Competitive Secret: Women Managers by Judy Rosener
- *Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease
- Why We Buy by Paco Underhill
- GenderSell: How to Sell to the Opposite Sex by Judith Tingley
- EVEolution: The Eight Truths of Marketing to Women by Faith Popcorn and Lys Marigold
- Marketing to Women by Martha Barletta
- The First Sex: The Natural Talents of Women and How They Are Changing the World by Helen Fisher
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Chapter 14 - Boomer Bonanza
- Age Power:How the 21st Century Will Be Ruled by the New Old by Ken Dychtwald
- Marketing to the Mindset of Boomers and Their Elders by Carol Morgan and Doran Levy
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Chapter 15 - The WOW Project!
- The Leader's Voice by Boyd Clarke & Ron Crossland
- Project50 by Tom Peters
- Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles
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Chapter 16 - WOW Projects for the "Powerless"
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Chapter 17 - Heroes, Demos, Stories
- The Rise of the Expert Company by Ed Feigenbaum
- Polite Revolutionary: Lessons from an Uncivil Servant by Bob Stone
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Chapter 18 - The Sales25
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Chapter 19 - Life in a Brand You World
- The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida
- The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History by Philip Bobbitt
- Free Agent Nation by Daniel Pink
- The Soveriegn Individual by James Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
- The Brand You50 by Tom Peters
- Corporate Religion by Jesper Kunde
- Mastery by George Leonard
- The Female Advantage by Sally Helgesen
- Thriving in 24/7 by Sally Helgesen
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Chapter 20 - The Talent25
- Soloing by Harriet Rubin
- futureWEALTH by Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer
- The Global Me: New Cosmopolitan and the Competitive Edge by G. Pascal Zachary
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Chapter 21 - Women Rule!
- America's Competitive Secret: Women Managers by Judy Rosener
- Selling Is a Women's Game: Fifteen Powerful Reasons Why Women Can Outsell Men by Nicki Joy and Susan Kane-Benson
- I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson (novel)
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Chapter 22 - Education for a Creative & Self-Reliant Age
- *Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon McKenzie
- A Different Kind of Teacher by John Taylor Gatto
- Insult to Intelligence by Frank Smith
- The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
- The Connoisseur's Guide to the Mind by Roger Schank
- Socrates' Cafe by Christopher Phillips
- Education and Ecstasy by George Leonard
- The Unschooled Mind by Howard Gardner
- Becoming Adult by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Barbara Schneider
- Think by David Lodge (novel)
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Chapter 23 - Think Weird
- Wide Angle Vision: Beat Your Competition by Focusing on Fringe Competitors, Lost Customers, and Rogue Employees
- Weird Ideas That Work: 11 1/2 Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Inovation
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Chapter 24 - In Search of Excellence
- In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters
- Liberation Management by Tom Peters
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Chapter 25 - The Leadership50
- Cold Calling: Business the Nokia Way by Jorma Ollila
- Credibility by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
- The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder