Lists of Bests: Scott Brenner's "Jim McGee's reading list for aspiring knowledge workers" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/7643 From McGee's post... "...If you want to improve your skills as a knowledge worker, you are pretty much confined to some form of self-directed learning strategy... I suspect that you could complete this reading in less than a year if you chose to." http://futuretense.corante.com/archives/2006/02/27/a_reading_list_for_aspiring_knowledge_workers.php Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:22:47 GMT en-us 0 50 25 0 0 Mindfulness (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/520536 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/520536"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411eVr8DWiL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellen J. Langer</div> The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think In Action http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/917076 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/917076"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41OL0EwO8NL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald A. Schon</div> Teaching As a Subversive Activity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10036 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10036"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DUCf-jbYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Postman</div> Learning as a Way of Being: Strategies for Survival in a World of Permanent White Water (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74332 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74332"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vrL7nXD%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter B. Vaill</div> Filters Against Folly: How To Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/700315 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/700315"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZgDiZAV7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Garrett Hardin</div> Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/550687 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/550687"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BAQYEAGPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Ryan Madson</div> How to Read a Book (A Touchstone book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17774 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17774"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gvUnJVoQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mortimer J. Adler</div> Writing without Teachers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/193669 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/193669"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IG8Zq5NsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Elbow</div> Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10276 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10276"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KYQst9aIL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Lamott</div> Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/474068 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/474068"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514BYZ7JE9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerald M. Weinberg</div> The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14049 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14049"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ecIgDuzlL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Buzan</div> Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89827 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89827"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YwMClTuHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James L. Adams</div> Notes on the Synthesis of Form (Harvard Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18371 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18371"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PO1bThFJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Alexander</div> Are Your Lights On?: How to Figure Out What the Problem Really Is http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/999953 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/999953"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518RFH9TYYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald C. Gause; Gerald M. Weinberg</div> The Design of Everyday Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14326 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14326"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418eiOV-FSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald A. Norman</div> The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/203180 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/203180"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51U-BkmvXWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Twyla Tharp</div> Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3542 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3542"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vNYixP71L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Allen</div> Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23442 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23442"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51q59aIORyL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Block</div> The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/80780 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/80780"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-9cjLJDTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Block</div> Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performances And Results from Knowledge Workers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57649 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57649"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K7zePnQZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas H. Davenport</div> The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28053 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28053"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F18C7N1AL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerald M. Weinberg</div> Information Architecture for the World Wide Web (2nd Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1015905 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1015905"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cfnCegQRL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Rosenfeld</div> The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4760 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4760"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HXiIojloL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew Hunt</div> Information Anxiety http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/533745 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Information Anxiety 2 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23573 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23573"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0789724103.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Saul Wurman</div>