Book Recommendations

Learning

1. A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown
2. Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education by David Perkins
3. The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance by Josh Waitzkin
4. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee
5. Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative by Ken Robinson
6. Five Minds for the Future by Howard Gardner
7. Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization by Yong Zhao

School Design

1. The Language of School Design: Design Patterns for 21st Century Schools by Prakash Nair, Randall Fielding and Jeffery Lackney
2. The Third Teacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design to Transform Teaching & Learning by Inc. OWP/P Cannon Design, VS Furniture and Bruce Mau Design
3. Evidence-Based Design of Elementary and Secondary Schools: A Responsive Approach to Creating Learning Environments by Peter C. Lippman
4. Learning Spaces by Diana G. Oblinger
5. The Importance of Physical Space in Creating Supportive Learning Environments: New Directions for Teaching and Learning by Nancy Van Note Chism and Deborah J. Bickford

Design and Innovation

1. Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation by Tim Brown
2. The Art of Innovation by Thomas Kelley and Jonathan Littman
3. The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO’s Strategies for Defeating the Devil’s Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization by Thomas Kelley and Jonathan Littman
4. Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation by Frans Johansson
5. Spark: Be More Innovative Through Co-Creation by John Winsor

Understanding the Future

1. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky
2. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
3. The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman
4. The World Is Open: How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education by Curtis J. Bonk
5. The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil

Leadership

1. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
2. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge
3. Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World by Margaret J. Wheatley