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The Play List

I found a gem locked away in my email this morning. Our friend Kevin Carroll sent me a list of the books he gives out at his seminars. It is a great list. I am just going to let it speak for itself.

• The Art of Business by Stan Davis and David McIntosh
• Bang! By Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval
• Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
• Discover Your Genius by Michael J. Gelb
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
• How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael J. Gelb
• Jamming by John Kao
• Juice: The Creative Fuel That Drives World-Class Inventors by Evan I. Schwartz
• Love is the Killer App by Tim Sanders
• Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands by Kevin Roberts
• Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon Mackenzie
• Primal Leadership by Danielle Coleman
• Purple Cow by Seth Godin
• Rules of the Red Rubber Ball by Kevin Carroll
• The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley
• The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
• The Five Faces of Genius by Annette Moser-Wellman
• The Map of Innovation by Kevin O’Connor
• The Power of Cult Branding by Matthew W. Ragas and Bolivar J. Bueno
• The Power of the Tale by Julie Allan, Gerard Fairtlough and Barbara Heinzen
• The Story Factor by Annette Simmons
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
• The Visionary’s Handbook by Jim Taylor and Watts Wacker
• The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
• Unstuck by Keith Yamashita and Sandra Spataro
• Why Not? By Barry Nalebuff and Ian Ayres
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
• Roadtrip Nation by Mike Marriner and Nathan Gebhard
• The Battle Against Boredom by Ray Nelson
• Cool To Be Kind by Val Litwin, Chris Bratseth, Brad Stokes, and Erik Hanson