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How to Run A Government
by Michael Barber • 2015
A small delivery team, relentless data, and boring routines: the real engine of government reform.
3.90
402
📋 Policy Implementation🏛️ Public Sector Reform📊 Evidence-Based Policy💰 Public Sector Productivity🔄 Organizational Routines
How to Run A Government Summary
How to Run A Government 93%
A small delivery team, relentless data, and boring routines: the real engine of government reform.
by Michael Barber 2015
3.90
402 ratings
📋 Policy Implementation🏛️ Public Sector Reform📊 Evidence-Based Policy💰 Public Sector Productivity🔄 Organizational Routines
Sensemaking
by Christian Madsbjerg • 2017
Algorithms cannot read a room. The humanities, not more data, unlock what people actually mean.
3.67
680
🔍 Cultural Analysis📝 Thick Description👁️ Ethnographic Methods📊 Critique Of Big Data🧠 Phenomenology
Sensemaking Summary
Sensemaking 93%
Algorithms cannot read a room. The humanities, not more data, unlock what people actually mean.
by Christian Madsbjerg 2017
3.67
680 ratings
🔍 Cultural Analysis📝 Thick Description👁️ Ethnographic Methods📊 Critique Of Big Data🧠 Phenomenology
The Unaccountability Machine
by Dan Davies • 2024
Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.
3.74
1k+
🏢 Corporate Governance🔄 Systems Thinking🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction💰 Shareholder Primacy📊 Financialization
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine 93%
Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.
by Dan Davies 2024
3.74
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Governance🔄 Systems Thinking🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction💰 Shareholder Primacy📊 Financialization
Psychology
by Gillian Butler • 1998
What psychology actually knows about how you perceive, remember, think, feel, and influence others.
3.65
1k+
🎓 Introductory Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧬 Nature And Nurture🦎 Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology Summary
Psychology 93%
What psychology actually knows about how you perceive, remember, think, feel, and influence others.
by Gillian Butler 1998
3.65
1k+ ratings
🎓 Introductory Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧬 Nature And Nurture🦎 Evolutionary Psychology
The Big Con
by Mariana Mazzucato • 2023
Consultancies charge steep fees while offloading risk; governments are their biggest marks.
3.61
2k+
💼 Management Consulting🏛️ Outsourcing Governance⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest🏚️ Institutional Decay💰 Rent-Seeking
The Big Con Summary
The Big Con 92%
Consultancies charge steep fees while offloading risk; governments are their biggest marks.
by Mariana Mazzucato 2023
3.61
2k+ ratings
💼 Management Consulting🏛️ Outsourcing Governance⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest🏚️ Institutional Decay💰 Rent-Seeking
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector
by John Seddon • 2008
Why targets, inspections, and outsourcing make government worse, and how to actually fix it.
3.94
102
🏛️ Public Sector Reform🔄 Systems Thinking📋 Government Bureaucracy♻️ Organizational Waste📥 Demand-Driven Design
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector Summary
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector 92%
Why targets, inspections, and outsourcing make government worse, and how to actually fix it.
by John Seddon 2008
3.94
102 ratings
🏛️ Public Sector Reform🔄 Systems Thinking📋 Government Bureaucracy♻️ Organizational Waste📥 Demand-Driven Design
Moral Mazes
by Robert Jackall • 1988
Corporate bureaucracy doesn't just set rules. It rewires what managers believe is right and wrong.
3.96
476
🏢 Corporate Culture🎭 Organizational Politics⚙️ Bureaucratic Dysfunction⚖️ Moral Relativism💼 White Collar Ethics
Moral Mazes Summary
Moral Mazes 92%
Corporate bureaucracy doesn't just set rules. It rewires what managers believe is right and wrong.
by Robert Jackall 1988
3.96
476 ratings
🏢 Corporate Culture🎭 Organizational Politics⚙️ Bureaucratic Dysfunction⚖️ Moral Relativism💼 White Collar Ethics
In the Long Run
by Jonathan White • 2024
The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.
3.78
85
🗳️ Democratic Theory📜 Intellectual History💭 Political Imagination⏳ Long-Term Thinking🤖 Algorithmic Governance
In the Long Run Summary
In the Long Run 92%
The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.
by Jonathan White 2024
3.78
85 ratings
🗳️ Democratic Theory📜 Intellectual History💭 Political Imagination⏳ Long-Term Thinking🤖 Algorithmic Governance
The Stupidity Paradox
by Mats Alvesson • 2016
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
3.61
530
🏢 Organizational Behavior🔧 Workplace Dysfunction🧭 Organizational Culture🐑 Groupthink🤔 Cognitive Bias
The Stupidity Paradox Summary
The Stupidity Paradox 92%
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
by Mats Alvesson 2016
3.61
530 ratings
🏢 Organizational Behavior🔧 Workplace Dysfunction🧭 Organizational Culture🐑 Groupthink🤔 Cognitive Bias
The Vision of the Anointed
by Thomas Sowell • 1995
Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.
4.40
3k+
🧐 Public Policy📢 Social Criticism📊 Statistical Fallacies💥 Policy Failure🎭 Ideological Bias
The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed 92%
Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.
by Thomas Sowell 1995
4.40
3k+ ratings
🧐 Public Policy📢 Social Criticism📊 Statistical Fallacies💥 Policy Failure🎭 Ideological Bias
The Second Curve
by Charles B. Handy • 2015
Every success bends toward decline; the moment to reinvent is while you're still winning.
4.11
448
🏢 Organizational Design📊 Economic Critique🔄 Second Acts🎨 Work-Life Design👥 Human-Scale Organizations
The Second Curve Summary
The Second Curve 92%
Every success bends toward decline; the moment to reinvent is while you're still winning.
by Charles B. Handy 2015
4.11
448 ratings
🏢 Organizational Design📊 Economic Critique🔄 Second Acts🎨 Work-Life Design👥 Human-Scale Organizations
In Mistrust We Trust
by Ivan Krastev • 2013
More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.
3.96
73
🏛️ Post-Democracy🎓 Meritocracy Critique📱 Digital Activism🗳️ Political Distrust🔍 Transparency Critique
In Mistrust We Trust Summary
In Mistrust We Trust 92%
More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.
by Ivan Krastev 2013
3.96
73 ratings
🏛️ Post-Democracy🎓 Meritocracy Critique📱 Digital Activism🗳️ Political Distrust🔍 Transparency Critique
The Sociological Imagination
by C. Wright Mills • 1959
Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.
4.16
3k+
📚 Sociological Theory✊ Critical Sociology🎙️ Public Intellectualism🏛️ Bureaucracy Critique🛠️ Research As Craft
The Sociological Imagination Summary
The Sociological Imagination 92%
Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.
by C. Wright Mills 1959
4.16
3k+ ratings
📚 Sociological Theory✊ Critical Sociology🎙️ Public Intellectualism🏛️ Bureaucracy Critique🛠️ Research As Craft
Liars and Outliers
by Bruce Schneier • 2012
You trust strangers with your money and your life. Here is what makes that possible.
3.79
1k+
👥 Sociology Of Trust🧬 Evolutionary Game Theory🏛️ Institutional Design⭐ Reputation Systems🔒 Security Mindset
Liars and Outliers Summary
Liars and Outliers 92%
You trust strangers with your money and your life. Here is what makes that possible.
by Bruce Schneier 2012
3.79
1k+ ratings
👥 Sociology Of Trust🧬 Evolutionary Game Theory🏛️ Institutional Design⭐ Reputation Systems🔒 Security Mindset
When McKinsey Comes to Town
by Walt Bogdanich • 2022
McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.
3.80
12k+
🏢 Consulting Industry🏛️ Corporate Power🔍 Investigative Journalism👔 White Collar Crime🚪 Regulatory Capture
When McKinsey Comes to Town Summary
When McKinsey Comes to Town 92%
McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.
by Walt Bogdanich 2022
3.80
12k+ ratings
🏢 Consulting Industry🏛️ Corporate Power🔍 Investigative Journalism👔 White Collar Crime🚪 Regulatory Capture
Gods of Management
by Charles B. Handy • 1986
Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.
3.78
144
🏛️ Organizational Culture📚 Management Theory📋 Bureaucracy Critique🏢 Flat Organizations💼 Gig Economy
Gods of Management Summary
Gods of Management 92%
Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.
by Charles B. Handy 1986
3.78
144 ratings
🏛️ Organizational Culture📚 Management Theory📋 Bureaucracy Critique🏢 Flat Organizations💼 Gig Economy
Bullshit Jobs
by David Graeber • 2018
Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.
4.02
35k+
🏭 Critique Of Capitalism🏛️ Economic Anthropology💼 Meaningful Work🪪 Work And Identity📋 Office Absurdity
Bullshit Jobs Summary
Bullshit Jobs 92%
Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.
by David Graeber 2018
4.02
35k+ ratings
🏭 Critique Of Capitalism🏛️ Economic Anthropology💼 Meaningful Work🪪 Work And Identity📋 Office Absurdity
Humanocracy
by Gary Hamel • 2020
Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.
4.01
1k+
🧹 Bureaucracy Critique🔄 Self-Management🌐 Decentralized Orgs🚀 Intrapreneurship🧪 Business Experimentation
Humanocracy Summary
Humanocracy 92%
Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.
by Gary Hamel 2020
4.01
1k+ ratings
🧹 Bureaucracy Critique🔄 Self-Management🌐 Decentralized Orgs🚀 Intrapreneurship🧪 Business Experimentation
What Happened to Goldman Sachs
by Steven G. Mandis • 2013
Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.
3.60
208
🏦 Wall Street📈 Investment Banking🏢 Corporate Culture⚖️ Business Ethics🔬 Organizational Sociology
What Happened to Goldman Sachs Summary
What Happened to Goldman Sachs 92%
Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.
by Steven G. Mandis 2013
3.60
208 ratings
🏦 Wall Street📈 Investment Banking🏢 Corporate Culture⚖️ Business Ethics🔬 Organizational Sociology
The Silo Effect
by Gillian Tett • 2014
Sony, UBS, and the 2008 crash: one pattern explains them all. An anthropologist's diagnosis.
3.76
1k+
🏢 Organizational Culture🌍 Business Anthropology🧱 Silo Busting🤝 Cross Functional Teams📉 Financial Crises
The Silo Effect Summary
The Silo Effect 92%
Sony, UBS, and the 2008 crash: one pattern explains them all. An anthropologist's diagnosis.
by Gillian Tett 2014
3.76
1k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Culture🌍 Business Anthropology🧱 Silo Busting🤝 Cross Functional Teams📉 Financial Crises
Managing the Myths of Health Care
by Henry Mintzberg • 2017
Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.
3.47
74
🏥 Health Care Management📋 Health Policy🔄 Systems Thinking🌐 Distributed Leadership🤝 Community Engagement
Managing the Myths of Health Care Summary
Managing the Myths of Health Care 92%
Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.
by Henry Mintzberg 2017
3.47
74 ratings
🏥 Health Care Management📋 Health Policy🔄 Systems Thinking🌐 Distributed Leadership🤝 Community Engagement
Why Liberalism Failed
by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
3.84
4k+
🏛️ Political Philosophy🤝 Communitarianism🧩 Individualism Critique📉 Meritocracy Critique🏚️ Civic Decline
Why Liberalism Failed Summary
Why Liberalism Failed 92%
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
by Patrick J. Deneen 2018
3.84
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy🤝 Communitarianism🧩 Individualism Critique📉 Meritocracy Critique🏚️ Civic Decline
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets
by Steven H. Goldberg • 2009
Philanthropy's defect: donations scatter, nothing scales. The fix looks like a stock market.
3.41
22
🏢 Nonprofit Management🌱 Social Entrepreneurship💸 Venture Philanthropy📊 Impact Measurement🎯 Prediction Markets
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets Summary
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets 92%
Philanthropy's defect: donations scatter, nothing scales. The fix looks like a stock market.
by Steven H. Goldberg 2009
3.41
22 ratings
🏢 Nonprofit Management🌱 Social Entrepreneurship💸 Venture Philanthropy📊 Impact Measurement🎯 Prediction Markets
The Firm
by Duff McDonald • 2013
The consulting firm that shaped American business from the inside, and what that secrecy bought.
3.75
3k+
🏢 Management Consulting📜 Corporate History🏛️ Organizational Culture⚡ Corporate Influence🕸️ Professional Networks
The Firm Summary
The Firm 92%
The consulting firm that shaped American business from the inside, and what that secrecy bought.
by Duff McDonald 2013
3.75
3k+ ratings
🏢 Management Consulting📜 Corporate History🏛️ Organizational Culture⚡ Corporate Influence🕸️ Professional Networks
Radical Curiosity
by Seth Goldenberg • 2022
Retrain your curiosity to reclaim your attention, bridge divides, and build a future worth wanting.
3.61
103
🧐 Questioning Culture📚 Critical Pedagogy📱 Attention Economy⚡ Social Polarization🔄 Unlearning
Radical Curiosity Summary
Radical Curiosity 92%
Retrain your curiosity to reclaim your attention, bridge divides, and build a future worth wanting.
by Seth Goldenberg 2022
3.61
103 ratings
🧐 Questioning Culture📚 Critical Pedagogy📱 Attention Economy⚡ Social Polarization🔄 Unlearning
The Golden Passport
by Duff McDonald • 2017
The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.
3.41
346
📚 Business Schools🎓 Elite Education🏛️ Institutional Failure💰 Shareholder Primacy⚖️ Business Ethics
The Golden Passport Summary
The Golden Passport 92%
The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.
by Duff McDonald 2017
3.41
346 ratings
📚 Business Schools🎓 Elite Education🏛️ Institutional Failure💰 Shareholder Primacy⚖️ Business Ethics
Recoding America
by Jennifer Pahlka • 2023
Government's tech catastrophes share one cause: it treats code as a purchase, never a practice.
4.37
3k+
🖥️ Gov Tech🔄 Digital Transformation🔁 Agile Government🎨 User-Centered Design📦 Product Management
Recoding America Summary
Recoding America 92%
Government's tech catastrophes share one cause: it treats code as a purchase, never a practice.
by Jennifer Pahlka 2023
4.37
3k+ ratings
🖥️ Gov Tech🔄 Digital Transformation🔁 Agile Government🎨 User-Centered Design📦 Product Management
The Federal Management Playbook
by Ira Goldstein • 2016
Federal leadership follows different rules. A playbook for getting results inside the bureaucracy.
4.40
10
🏛️ Public Administration🏢 Public Sector Leadership🔧 Organizational Design🔄 Change Management⚠️ Risk Management
The Federal Management Playbook Summary
The Federal Management Playbook 91%
Federal leadership follows different rules. A playbook for getting results inside the bureaucracy.
by Ira Goldstein 2016
4.40
10 ratings
🏛️ Public Administration🏢 Public Sector Leadership🔧 Organizational Design🔄 Change Management⚠️ Risk Management
Two Cheers for Anarchism
by James C. Scott • 2012
The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.
3.96
2k+
🏴 Anarchist Thought🏛️ State Critique📜 Local Knowledge✊ Political Resistance📊 Quantification Critique
Two Cheers for Anarchism Summary
Two Cheers for Anarchism 91%
The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.
by James C. Scott 2012
3.96
2k+ ratings
🏴 Anarchist Thought🏛️ State Critique📜 Local Knowledge✊ Political Resistance📊 Quantification Critique
Managerial Leadership for Librarians
by G. Edward Evans • 2017
The library manager's playbook: public budgets, volunteer boards, and the scrutiny that never quits.
2.89
18
📚 Library Management🤝 Nonprofit Management🎯 Strategic Planning📋 Board Governance⚖️ Ethical Leadership
Managerial Leadership for Librarians Summary
Managerial Leadership for Librarians 91%
The library manager's playbook: public budgets, volunteer boards, and the scrutiny that never quits.
by G. Edward Evans 2017
2.89
18 ratings
📚 Library Management🤝 Nonprofit Management🎯 Strategic Planning📋 Board Governance⚖️ Ethical Leadership
Friendship in an Age of Economics
by Todd May • 2012
The way we treat our friends is a political act, and market logic is quietly corrupting it.
3.72
29
📉 Neoliberal Critique🤝 Philosophy Of Friendship🏛️ Social Philosophy🎭 Cultural Critique🛒 Consumerism And Identity
Friendship in an Age of Economics Summary
Friendship in an Age of Economics 91%
The way we treat our friends is a political act, and market logic is quietly corrupting it.
by Todd May 2012
3.72
29 ratings
📉 Neoliberal Critique🤝 Philosophy Of Friendship🏛️ Social Philosophy🎭 Cultural Critique🛒 Consumerism And Identity
Power to the Public
by Tara Dawson McGuinness • 2021
Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.
3.98
320
🏛️ Civic Technology📜 Government Reform🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design📈 Evidence-Based Policy💻 Digital Transformation
Power to the Public Summary
Power to the Public 91%
Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.
by Tara Dawson McGuinness 2021
3.98
320 ratings
🏛️ Civic Technology📜 Government Reform🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design📈 Evidence-Based Policy💻 Digital Transformation
Liquid Surveillance
by Zygmunt Bauman • 2012
Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.
3.80
490
👁️ Surveillance Studies🔒 Digital Privacy🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory📊 Social Sorting⚙️ Technological Determinism
Liquid Surveillance Summary
Liquid Surveillance 91%
Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.
by Zygmunt Bauman 2012
3.80
490 ratings
👁️ Surveillance Studies🔒 Digital Privacy🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory📊 Social Sorting⚙️ Technological Determinism
The Handover
by David Runciman • 2023
Three inhuman agents run the world: states, corporations, and now AI. We have to pick one.
3.71
234
🏛️ Political Theory🏢 Corporate Power🤖 Ai Governance👥 Institutional Power🧠 Group Decision Making
The Handover Summary
The Handover 91%
Three inhuman agents run the world: states, corporations, and now AI. We have to pick one.
by David Runciman 2023
3.71
234 ratings
🏛️ Political Theory🏢 Corporate Power🤖 Ai Governance👥 Institutional Power🧠 Group Decision Making
Damned Lies and Statistics
by Joel Best • 1998
Every statistic conceals a choice: what to count, what to ignore, and whose agenda it serves.
3.72
830
📊 Statistical Literacy📰 Media Criticism🏗️ Social Constructionism🔍 Data Skepticism🧠 Critical Thinking
Damned Lies and Statistics Summary
Damned Lies and Statistics 91%
Every statistic conceals a choice: what to count, what to ignore, and whose agenda it serves.
by Joel Best 1998
3.72
830 ratings
📊 Statistical Literacy📰 Media Criticism🏗️ Social Constructionism🔍 Data Skepticism🧠 Critical Thinking
Shitbürgertum
by Ulf Poschardt • 2025
Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.
3.21
301
🇩🇪 German Politics🏛️ Elite Critique🎭 Cultural Hegemony🗣️ Language And Power🏗️ State Worship
Shitbürgertum Summary
Shitbürgertum 91%
Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.
by Ulf Poschardt 2025
3.21
301 ratings
🇩🇪 German Politics🏛️ Elite Critique🎭 Cultural Hegemony🗣️ Language And Power🏗️ State Worship
If You Can’t Measure It… Maybe You Shouldn’t
by Carsten Busch • 2019
When safety becomes a number, you learn to manage the number, not the risk.
3.95
20
🦺 Safety Management📏 Measurement Critique🔄 Systems Thinking🛡️ Safety Culture📚 Organizational Learning
If You Can’t Measure It… Maybe You Shouldn’t Summary
If You Can’t Measure It… Maybe You Shouldn’t 91%
When safety becomes a number, you learn to manage the number, not the risk.
by Carsten Busch 2019
3.95
20 ratings
🦺 Safety Management📏 Measurement Critique🔄 Systems Thinking🛡️ Safety Culture📚 Organizational Learning
Optimal Illusions
by Coco Krumme • 2023
Optimization promised perfection. It delivered fragile systems and hollowed communities.
3.00
238
🏭 Efficiency Critique🔗 Systems Thinking🐌 Slow Living🏡 Localism🤖 Humane Technology
Optimal Illusions Summary
Optimal Illusions 91%
Optimization promised perfection. It delivered fragile systems and hollowed communities.
by Coco Krumme 2023
3.00
238 ratings
🏭 Efficiency Critique🔗 Systems Thinking🐌 Slow Living🏡 Localism🤖 Humane Technology
The Quantified Self
by Deborah Lupton • 2016
Your fitness tracker feeds a digital economy that profits from your body's data.
3.81
86
📊 Digital Self-Tracking👁️ Data And Surveillance🔍 Critical Data Studies🏛️ Biopolitics🤖 Sociology Of Technology
The Quantified Self Summary
The Quantified Self 91%
Your fitness tracker feeds a digital economy that profits from your body's data.
by Deborah Lupton 2016
3.81
86 ratings
📊 Digital Self-Tracking👁️ Data And Surveillance🔍 Critical Data Studies🏛️ Biopolitics🤖 Sociology Of Technology
The Happiness Industry
by William Davies • 2015
The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.
3.64
1k+
🏛️ Political Economy👁️ Surveillance Capitalism⚖️ Utilitarianism🧪 Behaviorism🧠 Behavioral Economics
The Happiness Industry Summary
The Happiness Industry 91%
The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.
by William Davies 2015
3.64
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy👁️ Surveillance Capitalism⚖️ Utilitarianism🧪 Behaviorism🧠 Behavioral Economics
Good To Great And The Social Sectors
by Jim Collins • 2001
The discipline behind great companies works for nonprofits too, once you redefine what counts.
4.05
7k+
🏛️ Nonprofit Leadership🌍 Social Impact🔄 Organizational Change📏 Performance Measurement📊 Data-Driven Decisions
Good To Great And The Social Sectors Summary
Good To Great And The Social Sectors 91%
The discipline behind great companies works for nonprofits too, once you redefine what counts.
by Jim Collins 2001
4.05
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Nonprofit Leadership🌍 Social Impact🔄 Organizational Change📏 Performance Measurement📊 Data-Driven Decisions
Freakonomics Rev Ed
by Steven D. Levitt • 2005
Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.
4.01
902k+
🍿 Pop Economics🧠 Behavioral Economics🎯 Incentive Design📊 Data Journalism🔍 Information Asymmetry
Freakonomics Rev Ed Summary
Freakonomics Rev Ed 91%
Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.
by Steven D. Levitt 2005
4.01
902k+ ratings
🍿 Pop Economics🧠 Behavioral Economics🎯 Incentive Design📊 Data Journalism🔍 Information Asymmetry
The Open Organization
by Jim Whitehurst • 2015
What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.
4.09
682
🏢 Organizational Culture👐 Open Source Management🏆 Meritocracy💨 Fail Fast🎯 Purpose-Driven Orgs
The Open Organization Summary
The Open Organization 91%
What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.
by Jim Whitehurst 2015
4.09
682 ratings
🏢 Organizational Culture👐 Open Source Management🏆 Meritocracy💨 Fail Fast🎯 Purpose-Driven Orgs
On the Edge
by Nate Silver • 2024
One tribe calculates risk; one avoids it. This divide now shapes American life more than politics.
3.66
6k+
🎲 Risk Cultures📊 Quantitative Thinking🎮 Game Theory🧠 Behavioral Economics⚔️ Culture Wars
On the Edge Summary
On the Edge 91%
One tribe calculates risk; one avoids it. This divide now shapes American life more than politics.
by Nate Silver 2024
3.66
6k+ ratings
🎲 Risk Cultures📊 Quantitative Thinking🎮 Game Theory🧠 Behavioral Economics⚔️ Culture Wars
Anthro-Vision
by Gillian Tett • 2021
Wall Street's models did not see 2008 coming. Anthropology did. Here is how.
4.01
1k+
🏢 Corporate Anthropology🏛️ Organizational Culture👁️ Cultural Blind Spots🌐 Cultural Intelligence💰 Financial Anthropology
Anthro-Vision Summary
Anthro-Vision 91%
Wall Street's models did not see 2008 coming. Anthropology did. Here is how.
by Gillian Tett 2021
4.01
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Anthropology🏛️ Organizational Culture👁️ Cultural Blind Spots🌐 Cultural Intelligence💰 Financial Anthropology
The Listening Society
by Hanzi Freinacht • 2017
Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.
4.49
402
🏛️ Political Philosophy📖 Social Theory🪜 Adult Development🏥 Welfare State Reform🧬 Cultural Evolution
The Listening Society Summary
The Listening Society 91%
Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.
by Hanzi Freinacht 2017
4.49
402 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📖 Social Theory🪜 Adult Development🏥 Welfare State Reform🧬 Cultural Evolution
Saving the Modern Soul
by Eva Illouz • 2008
Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.
4.08
184
🏛️ Cultural Sociology🛋️ Therapy Culture📚 Self-Help Critique💼 Emotional Labor📖 Narrative Identity
Saving the Modern Soul Summary
Saving the Modern Soul 91%
Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.
by Eva Illouz 2008
4.08
184 ratings
🏛️ Cultural Sociology🛋️ Therapy Culture📚 Self-Help Critique💼 Emotional Labor📖 Narrative Identity
Powershift
by Alvin Toffler • 1990
Information rewrites power itself: who holds it, how it flows, and why old hierarchies collapse.
4.00
1k+
🧠 Knowledge Economy⚡ Power Dynamics🔄 Organizational Change🔮 Futurology📡 Information Warfare
Powershift Summary
Powershift 91%
Information rewrites power itself: who holds it, how it flows, and why old hierarchies collapse.
by Alvin Toffler 1990
4.00
1k+ ratings
🧠 Knowledge Economy⚡ Power Dynamics🔄 Organizational Change🔮 Futurology📡 Information Warfare
Results
by Charlie Baker • 2022
A governor's playbook for fixing bureaucracy: capable people, honest data, relentless execution.
3.80
89
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform⚙️ Execution📊 Data-Driven Decisions🚨 Crisis Management
Results Summary
Results 91%
A governor's playbook for fixing bureaucracy: capable people, honest data, relentless execution.
by Charlie Baker 2022
3.80
89 ratings
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform⚙️ Execution📊 Data-Driven Decisions🚨 Crisis Management
The Org
by Ray Fisman • 2013
Offices exist because markets are expensive. The economic logic behind every meeting and memo.
3.35
385
🏢 Organizational Economics💰 Transaction Costs🎯 Incentive Design🌐 Organizational Culture📊 Organizational Behavior
The Org Summary
The Org 91%
Offices exist because markets are expensive. The economic logic behind every meeting and memo.
by Ray Fisman 2013
3.35
385 ratings
🏢 Organizational Economics💰 Transaction Costs🎯 Incentive Design🌐 Organizational Culture📊 Organizational Behavior
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