My tastes are rambling and varied. I lean toward books about ideas. Every item on this list opened me to new modes of thought, or else put me on the path for what lay deep beneath the trends of our culture.
The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
www.thelongtail.com
Prime Time Women by Marti Barletta
www.trendsight.com
Composing a Life by Mary Catherine Bateson
www.marycatherinebateson.com
What’s Out There by Mary K. Baumann and Will Hopkins
www.amazon.com
Discover Your Inner Economist by Tyler Cowen
www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/
Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida
www.creativeclass.org
Purple Cow by Seth Godin
www.sethgodin.typepad.com
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
www.kingsolver.com
The End of Faith by Sam Harris
www.samharris.org
Rules for Revolutionaries by Guy Kawasaki
www.guykawasaki.com
Wabi Sabi for Artists, Designers and Poets by Leonard Koren
http://www.leonardkoren.com
Structures of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn
www.amazon.com
The Study of Culture at a Distance by Margaret Mead
www.amazon.com
Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore
www.tcg-advisors.com/who/moore.htm
Megatrends by John Naisbitt
www.naisbitt.com
In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters
www.tompeters.com
The Experience Economy by Joseph Pine and James Gilmore
www.strategichorizons.com
A Whole New Mind by Dan Pink
www.danpink.com
The Diamond Cutter by Geshe Michael Roach
www.amazon.com
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
www.amazon.com
Leadership Ensemble by Harvey Seifter
www.amazon.com
Spoken word:
Taylor Mali
www.taylormali.com
Karyna McGlynn
www.karynamcglynn.com/
Beau Sia
www.youtube.com