Sixty Recommended Books That Global Changemakers Are Reading In 2019
Throughout 2019 we have been immersed in conversation with global social enterprise leaders, eager to learn from their projects & ideas that create positive impact in the world.
We have discovered their beginnings, identified challenges and unlocked the insights that fuel a common drive to create change. We were also able to access the sources of their inspiration, many of them resting on their bedside tables.
So here’s the most inspiring reads, recommended by world-leading global change makers during the first half of 2019 in our social impact podcast series.
Uncover inspiration and share this list with others to keep turning ideas into maximum positive impact!
“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”
- Harry Truman
one
Banker to the Poor by Mohammad Yunus
two
Building A Story Brand by Donald Miller
Three
Good To Great by Jim Collins
four
Originals by Adam Grant
five
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
six
Dual Transformation by Scott Anthony, Clarke Gilbert and Mark Johnson
Seven
The Social Entrepreneur: Making Communities Work by Andrew Mawson
Eight
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing The World by Anand Giridharadas
Nine
The Value of Everything by Mariana Mazzucato
Ten
Why Nations Fail by James Robinson and Daron Acemoglu
Eleven
Chapter One by Daniel Flynn
Twelve
The Prosperity Paradox by Clayton M. Christensen, Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon
Thirteen
Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth by Buckminster Fuller
Fourteen
Work Rules by Laszlo Bock
Fifteen
Reinventing Organisations by Frederick Laloux
Sixteen
Radical Candor by Kim Scott
Seventeen
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Harari
Eighteen
The Diamond Cutter by Geshe Michael Roche and Lama Christie McNally
Nineteen
The Other Side of the Frontier by Henry Reynolds
Twenty
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
21. Social and Solidarity Economy The World’s Economy with a Social Face, 1st Edition by Sara Calvo, Andres Morales and Yanni Zikidis
22. Against Elections - The Case for Democracy by David Van Reybrouck
23. ConBody by Coss Marte
24. The Responsible Company by Yvon Chouinard and Vincent Stanley
25. Out of the Bag by Museum of Design Zurich
26. Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor and Saul Singer
27. A Rightful Place by Noel Pearson
28. Understanding Social Enterprise by Rory Ridley-Duff and Mike Bull
29. A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship, edited by Anne de Bruin and Simon Teasdale
30. Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
31. Keating by Kerry O'Brien
32. When They Call You A Terrorist by Patrisse Cullors
33. Atomic Habits by James Clear
34. The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Thompson
35. Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
36. Permaculture: A Designer's Manual by Bill Mollison
37. Start With Why by Simon Sinek
38. Getting Things Done by David Allen
39. Sprint by Jake Knapp
40. Depression Quest by Zoë Quinn
42. Life On Air by David Attenborough
43. The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson
44. Giving Voice to Values by Mary Gentile
45. The Innovator’s Guide to Growth by Scott Anthony, Mark Johnson, Joseph Sinfield and Elizabeth Altman
46. Deep Work by Cal Newport
47. Woman Code by Alissa Vitti
48. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
49. Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
50. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
51. Do the KIND Thing: Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately by Daniel Lubetzky
52. Begging for Change by Robert Egger
53. What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael Sandel
54. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
55. Blue Mind by Wallace J. Nichols
56. Wild Power by Alexander Pope, Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
57. Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
58. The Power Of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath
59. Becoming by Michelle Obama
60. The Greatest Estate by Bill Gammage
