What book do you give as a gift?
In October last year (2020), I started the podcast Cool Collaborations to explore stories and lessons of successful collaboration from practitioners and leaders from around the world. And in almost all my conversations, I’ve asked for a book or resource recommendations that my guests would give as gifts to others.
For this week’s post, I’d like to share that list of books and resources with you. It’s an impressive list. Please enjoy.
Stephani Roy McCallum
Healing the Heart of Democracy by Parker Palmer
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Andre Asselin
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Indian Fall: The Last Great Days of the Plains Cree and the Blackfoot Confederacy by D'Arcy Jenish
Vivien Twyford
Beyond Public Meetings; Connecting Community Engagement with Decision-Making by Vivien Twyford, Stuart Waters, and Max Hardy
The Power of Co by Twyfords
Why Don’t People Listen by Hugh Mackay
Lyn Carson
War for Eternity: Inside Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Power by Benjamin R. Teitelbaum
Against Elections, The Case for Democracy by David Van Reybrouck
Courtney Breese
Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen
Gay Robinson
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph
Mayor Lisa Helps
Urban Magnets: How Activity Subcultures Can Be a Catalyst for Rejuvenating Cities by Bruce Haden, Mark Holland, and Bruce Irvine
Rebecca Sutherns
What The Hell Do We Do Now?: An enterprise guide to COVID-19 and beyond by Alex Hagan, Mary Butler, Brent Hodgson with 15 others.
From What Is to What If, Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want by Rob Hopkins
Sightline by Dr. Rebecca Sutherns
Kerry Graham
Humankind – A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Max Hardy and Anthony Boxshall
New Power: How Power Works in our Hyperconnected World, and How to Make it Work for You by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms
Collaboration Design: A Step-by-Step Guide to Successful Collaboration by Mark Elliott
Sapiens – A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Liz Weaver
The Collaborative Leadership Fieldbook: A Guide for Citizens and Civic Leaders by David D. Chrislip
Power: A User’s Guide by Julie Diamond
Dr. Janet Moore
The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
Catrin Owen
Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
Andrew O’Keeffe
The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
Happy reading and happy collaborating.
Scott Millar, through Collaboration Dynamics, often works as a "peacemaker" by gathering people with different experiences and values and helping them navigate beyond their differences to tackle complex problems together. As the host of the Cool Collaborations podcast where he explores fun stories and insights of successful collaboration with guests from around the world, and then dives into what made them work. Cool Collaborations is currently available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify.
