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Food for Thought Bibliography

Collaborative Futures - Top Ten

Unusual Suspects: Essays on Social Learning Disabilities, Gilles Paquet, Invenire Books, Ottawa, ON 2014
Leading From the Emerging Future, Otto Scharmer & Katrin Kaufer, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, CA 2013
What Matters Now, Gary Hamel, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA 2012
Stewardship:Collaborative Decentred Metagovernance and Inquiring Systems, Ruth Hubbard, Gilles Paquet & Christopher Wilson, Invenire Books, Ottawa, ON, 2012
1984 in 2012 – The assault on reason, Allan Gregg, Speech to Carleton University’s Faculty of Public Affairs, Ottawa, September 5, 2012
Future perfect: The case for Progress in a Networked World, Steve Johnson, Penguin, Toronto, ON2012
Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use, Michael Quinn Patton, The Guilford Press, New York, NY2011
Macrowikinomics, Don Tapscott & Anthony Williams, Penguin, Toronto, 2010
Tackling Wicked Problems, Valeries Brown, John Harris & Jacqueline Russell, Earthscan, New York, NY, 2010
The Black Hole of Public Administration, Ruth Hubbard & Gilles Paquet, University of Ottawa Press, Ottawa, 2010
Do CEOs Matter?, Harris Collingowood, The Atlantic, June 2009, pg 54-60
Losing Confidence: Power, Politics and The Crisis in Canadian Democracy, Elizabeth May, McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 2009
The Quiet Unraveling of Canadian Democracy, John Travers, The Toronto Star, April 04, 2009
Prosperity Without Growth: A Transition to a sustainable economy, Tim Jackson, UK Sustainable Development Commission, London, March 2009
US Now Film: A film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet, directed by Ivo Gormley and produced by Banyak films in association with the RSA. As interesting as the film are the original interviews with such notables as Don Tapscott, Charles Leadbeater, Clay Shirky, and many others
The Necessary Revolution, Peter Senge, et al., Doubleday, New York, 2008
The Art of Collaboration, Jo Ann Romero, iUniverse, Bloomington, IN, 2008
Community: The Structure of Belonging, Peter Block, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, 2008
The Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, Bill McKibben, Times Books, New York, 2007
Gomery's Blinders and Canadian Federalism, Ruth Hubbard & Gilles Paquet, University of Ottawa Press, Ottawa, 2007
Getting to Maybe: How the World Has Changed, Frances Westley, Brenda Zimmerman and Michael Quinn Patton, Random House Canada, Toronto, 2006
Finding Our Way: Leadership for Uncertain Times, Margaret Wheatley, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, 2005
Solving Tough Problems, Adam Kahane, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, 2004
Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society, P. Senge et.al., Doubleday Currency, New York, 2004
Good Business: Leadership, Flow and the Making of Meaning, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Penguin Books, Toronto, 2003
The Living Company, Arie de Geus, Harvard Business press, Boston, MA, 2002
The Collaborative Leadership Fieldbook: A Guide for Citizens and Civic Leaders, David Chrislip ed. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2002
Nobody in Charge, Harlan Cleveland, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2002
Collaborative Leadership: Developing Effective Partnerships in Communities and Schools, Hank Rubin, Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2002
Working Across Boundaries, Helen Sullivan, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 2002
NonZero: The Logic of Human Destiny, Robert Wright, Vintage Books, New York, 2002
Smart Mobs: Transforming Cultures and Communities in the Age of Instant Access, Howard Rheingold, Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, 2002
How to Make Collaboration Work, David Straus, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, 2002
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional & Personal Life, Rosamund Zander & Benjamin Zander, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA 2000
Birth of a Chaordic Age, Dee Hock, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, 1999
Crossing Boundaries: Collaboration, Coordination, and the Redefinition of Resources, S. Sarason & E. Lorentz, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1998
Leadership from the Inside Out, Kevin Cashman, TCLG, Minneapolis, MN,1998
Grass Roots Leaders for a New Economy: How Civic Entrepreneurs are Building Prosperous Communities, Doug Henton, John Melville & Kimberly Walesh, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco,1997
Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest, Block, Peter, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, 1993
The Self-Organizing Universe, Erich Jantsch, Pergamon Press, Toronto, 1980

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