Resources

We have listed various books and publications that we have found useful and that we continue to use in our work.

By clicking on the book title you can purchase those underlined in orange directly from Amazon.co.uk

Bibliography

• Futures
• Decisions
• Plans
• Solutions
• Create
• Engage
• Unlock
• Adapt
• General Facilitation
• Underpinning Philosophies & Inspiration

Futures

• Preferred Futuring
  Lawrence L. Lippitt - Berrett Koehler
• Future Search
  Marvin Weisbord & Sandra Janoff - Berrett Koehler
• Open Space Technology
  Harrison Owen - Berrett Koehler
• Large Scale Group Interventions
  Bunker, Alban - Jossey Bass Wiley
• The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World
  Peter Schwartz - John Wiley
• Creating Better Futures: Scenario Planning as a Tool for a Better Tomorrow
  James A. Ogilvy
• Scenario Planning: The Link Between Future and Strategy
  Mats Lindgren - Palgrave Macmillan
• The Sixth Sense: Accelerating Organizational Learning with Scenarios
  Kees van der Heijden - John Wiley
• Shell Global Scenarios to 2050
  Jeroen van der veer

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Decisions

• The Art of Focused Conversation
  R. Brian Stanfield - New Society Publishers
• The Art of Focused Conversation for Schools
  Jo Nelson - New Society Publishers
• Facilitated Business (Process) Engineering
  Gary Rush - MG Rush Systems Inc
• A Process for Deciding
  Gary Rush - MG Rush Systems Inc
• Getting Immediate, Quantifiable, Business Results with Electronic Meetings
  Alan Weatherall & Jay Nunamaker - St. Richards Press Ltd
• Joint Application Design (JAD): The Group Session Approach to System Design
  Judy H. August - Prentice Hall
• Joint Application Development (JAD)
  Jane Wood & Denise Silver - Wiley
• More Than 50 Ways to Build Team Consensus
  R. Bruce Williams - IRI/Skylight Publishing
• Rules for Reaching Consensus: a modern approach to decision making
  Steven Saint & James R. Lawson - Pfeiffer & Co

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Plans

• Beyond Strategic Vision: Effective Corporate Action with Hoshin Planning
  Michael Cowley & Ellen Domb - Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
• Winning through Participation
  Laura J. Spencer - Kendall/Hunt Co.
• The Art of Focused Conversation
  R. Brian Stanfield - New Society Publishers
• The Workshop Book: From Individual Creativity to Group Action
  R. Brian Stanfield - New Society Publishers
• Corporate Strategy
  Richard Lynch - FT Prentice Hall
• Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling
  Harold Kerzner - John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Project Management: A Strategic Planning Approach
  Paul Gardiner - Palgrave Macmillan

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Solutions

• Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems
  Barry Johnson - HRD Press
• MAP Facilitators Handbook
  Terry Bergdall - Swedish Cooperative Centre CO-OP Printing
• Appreciative Inquiry: Change at the Speed of Imagination
  Cooperider, Sorensen, Whitney & Yaeger - Stipes Publishing
• Navigating Complexity: The Essential Guide to Complexity Theory in Business and Management
  Arthur Baltram - The Industrial Society
• Creating Paths of Change: Managing Issues and Resolving Problems in Organizations
  Will McWhinney - SAGE Publications (USA)
• The Workshop Book: From Individual Creativity to Group Action
  R. Brian Stanfield - New Society Publishers

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Create

• The Creativity Toolbox: a practical guide for facilitating creative problem solving sessions
  Elspeth McFadzean - TeamTalk Consulting
• De Bono's Mind Pack
  Edward De Bono - DK Publishing
• Six Thinking Hats
  Edward De Bono - Penguin Books
• Brain Boosters for Business Advantage: Ticklers, Grab Bags, Blue Skies and other Bionic Ideas
  Arthur B. Van Gundy - Pfeiffer & Co
• The Medici Effect
  Frans Johansson - Harvard Business School Press
• Visual Language
  Robert E Horn - Macro VU Press
• The Mind Gym: Give Me Time
  Mind Gym - Little Brown Book Group
• Be Creative: Essential Steps to Revitalise Your Work and Life
  Guy Claxton and Bill Lucas - BBC Active
• The Company Culture Cookbook
  Kevin M Thompson - FT Prentice Hall

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Engage

• Working with Emotional Intelligence
  Daniel Goleman - Bloomsbury Publishing
• The Heart of Coaching: Using Transformational Coaching to Create a High-Performance Culture
  Thomas G. Crane - F T a Pr
• The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter
  Juanita Brown and David Isaacs - Berrett Koehler
• Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future
  Margaret J Wheatley - Berrett Koehler
• Simpler Way
  Margaret J Wheatley - Berrett Koehler
• On Dialogue
  David Bohm, Lee Nichol - Routledge
• Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture
  Christina Baldwin - Bantam Books
• Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success in Work and in Life, One Conversation at a Time
  Susan Scott - Piatkus Books
• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
  Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler - McGraw-Hill Education

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Unlock

• Mind Over Mood: Cognitive Treatment Therapy Manual for Clients
  Dr Christine Padesky and Dennis Greenberger - Guilford Press
• Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realise Your Potential for Lasting Fulfilment
  Martin E P Seligman - Nicholas Brealey Publishing
• Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
  Martin E P Seligman - Vintage Books USA
• A Spark from Heaven?: The Place of Potential in Organizational and Individual Development
  Adrian W Savage - Pna Inc
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
  Stephen R. Covey - Simon & Schuster

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Adapt

• Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change (People Skills for Professionals)
  William Bridges - Nicholas Brealey Publishing
• Managing at the Speed of Change: How Resilient Managers Succeed and Prosper Where Others Fail
  Daryl Conner - John Wiley & Sons
• Leading at the Edge of Chaos: How to Create the Nimble Organisation
  Daryl Conner - John Wiley & Sons
• Surfing the Edge of Chaos: The Laws of Nature and the New Laws of Business
  Richard T Pascale - Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Leading Change
  John P Kotter - Harvard Business School Press
• On Death and Dying
  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross - Routledge
• Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society
  Peter Senge, C Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski & Betty Sue Flowers - Nicholas Brealey Publishing
• Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change
  William R Miller and Stephen Rollnick - Guilford Press
• The Choice
  Macneish & Richardson - Don't Press Publishing
• The Next Choice
  Macneish & Richardson - Don't Press Publishing
• Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
  Dr Spencer Johnson - Vermillion

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General Facilitation

• The Skilled Facilitator - a Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers and Coaches
  Roger Schwarz - Jossey Bass
• Practical Facilitation: A Toolkit of Techniques
  Christine Hogan - Kogan Page Ltd
• The Complete Facilitator's Handbook
  John Heron - Kogan Page Ltd
• The Essence of Facilitation
  Dale Hunter, Anne Bailey & Bill Taylor - Tandem Press
• The Art of Facilitation: How to create group synergy
  Dale Hunter, Anne Bailey & Bill Taylor - Fisher Books
• The Zen of Groups: A Handbook for People Meeting with a Purpose
  Dale Hunter, Anne Bailey & Bill Taylor - Fisher Books
• Facilitation: Providing Opportunities for Learning
  Trevor Bentley - McGraw Hill
• The Facilitative Way: Leadership That Makes the Difference
  Priscilla H Wilson - Teamtech Press
• Facilitating with Ease!
  Ingrid Bens - Pfeiffer Wiley
• The Skilled Facilitator Fieldbook
  Roger M Schwarz - Pfeiffer Wiley
• The World of Moderation
  Michele Neuland
• Meetings by Design: A Guide to Positive, Productive, Creative Meetings
  Vista Consulting Team Limited
• Participatory Workshops: A Sourcebook of 21 Sets of Ideas and Activities
  Robert Chambers - Earthscan Publications
• The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation: Methods, Competencies, Issues, Foundations, and Resources
  Sandy Schuman - Pfeiffer Wiley

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Underpinning Philosophies & Inspiration

• Client Centred Consulting: A Practical Guide for Internal Advisors and Trainers
  Cockman, Evans & Reynolds - McGraw Hill
• The Courage to Lead: Transform Self, Transform Society
  R Brian Stanfield - New Society Publishers
• The Mind Map Book: How to use radiant thinking to maximise the brains untapped potential
  Tony Buzan - Plume
• The Tipping Point
  Malcolm Gladwell - Abacus
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
  Malcolm Gladwell - Penguin Books
• Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and Death... And Everything in Between, a Buddhist View of Life
  Daisaku Ikeda - Middleway Press
• For the Sake of Peace: Seven Paths to Global Harmony - A Buddhist Perspective
  Daisaku Ikeda - ebrandedbooks.com
• Choose Peace
  Johan Galtung & Daisaku Ikeda - Pluto Press
• Planetary Citizenship: Your Values, Beliefs and Actions Can Shape a Sustainable World
  Hazel Henderson & Daisaku Ikeda - Middleway Press
• The Wisdom of Crowds
  James Surowiecki - Abacus
• The Tao of Coaching
  Max Landsberg - Harper Collins Business
• Tao Te Ching: The Book of the Way
  Lao-Tzu & Stephen Mitchell (Translator) - Kyle Cathie
• True Professionalism: The Courage to Care about Your People, Your Clients, and Your Career
  David Maister - Freepress
• Synchronicity: the Inner Path of Leadership
  Joseph Jaworski - Berrett Koehler
• Organisational Culture & Leadership
  Ed Schein
• The Heart Aroused
  David Whyte - Spiro Press
• Funky Business
  J. Ridderstrale & K. Nordstrom - FT.Com
• Karaoke Capitalism: Managing for Mankind
  Jonas Ridderstrale & Kjell Nordstrom - FT Prentice Hall
• Creating a World that Works for all
  Abdullah - Berrett Koehler
• No Logo
  Naomi Klein - Flamingo
• Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Globalization Debate
  Naomi Klein - Flamingo
• Martin Luther King: In My Own Words
  Martin Luther King - Hodder & Stoughton

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