Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace, by Ricardo Semler
Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, by Bo Burlingham
The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, And Place, by John Abrams
The Great Game of Business: Unlocking the Power and Profitability of Open-Book Management, by Jack Stack
A Stake in the Outcome: Building a Culture of Ownership for the Long-Term Success of Your Business, by Jack Stack and Bo Burlingham
The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, by Marjorie Kelly
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations, by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar & Co., by Gary Erickson
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, by Tony Hsieh
Bread and Butter, What a Bunch of Bakers Taught Me About Business and Happiness, by Tom McMakin
No Man’s Land: What to Do When Your Company Is Too Big to Be Small but Too Small to Be Big, by Doug Tatum
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap….and Others Don’t, by Jim Collins
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization, by Peter M. Senge
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America, by Thomas L. Friedman
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, by Paul Hawken, Hunter Lovins, and Amory Lovings

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