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Library.

The readings that shaped me. Books on decision making, leadership, social change, and how we think about the future.

01

The shelf that set the trajectory

start with Moneyball
Moneyball
Michael Lewis
The Moneyball movie set the trajectory: economics turned out to be about decision making, not finance light.
The Big Short
Michael Lewis
The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis
The Kahneman and Tversky story. The friendship behind the field I ended up in.
Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell
Broken windows made it into the orientation course I taught to thousands of new Sailors.
The Fourth Turning
William Strauss & Neil Howe
A generational-cycle lens I take seriously.
World War Z
Max Brooks
Favorite book. The tenth man rule is a decision discipline, not a plot device.
02

Behavioral economics & decision making

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Richard H. Thaler
Nudge: The Final Edition
Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein
The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters
Diane Coyle
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Michael Lewis
03

Futures & foresight

Creating Better Futures: Scenario Planning as a Tool for a Better Tomorrow
James A. (Jay) Ogilvy
Futures Research, scenario book.
The Art of the Long View
Peter Schwartz
Thinking About the Future: Guidelines for Strategic Foresight
Andy Hines & Peter C. Bishop (editors)
Intro to Foresight.
The Knowledge Base of Futures Studies 2020
Richard A. Slaughter & Andy Hines (editors)
04

Leadership & Navy

It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
Colin Powell with Tony Koltz
Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Jim Mattis & Bing West
Turn the Ship Around!
L. David Marquet
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
Lincoln on Leadership
Donald T. Phillips
Originals
Adam Grant
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton M. Christensen
Lion Taming: Working Successfully with Leaders, Bosses and Other Tough Customers
Steven L. Katz
05

Meaning & inner life

Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Alex Hutchinson
About the mental limits of endurance athletes.
The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron
06

Community, faith & social change

Jesus and John Wayne
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Bowling Alone
Robert D. Putnam
07

Reading now: the degree

Social Theory and Social Change
Trevor Noble
FORE 6331, Social Change.
Models and the Study of Social Change
Anthony H. Galt & Larry J. Smith
FORE 6331, Social Change.
History for Tomorrow
Roman Krznaric
FORE 6331, Social Change.
The Chalice and the Blade
Riane Eisler
My History for Tomorrow theorist pick, FORE 6331.