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