Reading List: Complexity Thinking

Every now and again we post some readings that we think are worthwhile in an area we focus on in our work. We value trans-disciplinary thinking and so some of the books or articles we post represent divergent ways of thinking about things. We think that’s useful.

Complexity Thinking (Sense-Making)

Cynefin - Weaving Sense-Making Into the Fabric of Our World By Dave Snowden, Zhen Goh, Sue Borchardt, Riva Greenberg, Boudewijn Bertsch, and Sonja Blignaut.
Embracing Complexity: Strategic Perspectives for an Age of Turbulence by Jean G. Boulton, Peter M. ALlen, Cliff Bowman

Generative Emergence: A New Discipline of Organizational, Entrepreneurial, and Social Innovation by Benyamin B. Lichtenstein

Complexity Leadership

Complexity Leadership: Part 1: Conceptual Foundations by Mary Uhl-Bien and Russ Marion

Unleash Your Complexity Genius: Growing Your Inner Capacity to Lead by Jennifer Garvey Berger and Carolyn Coughlin

Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps: How to Thrive in Complexity by Jennifer Garvey Berger

On Thinking (general)

Thought Work: Thinking, Action, and the Fate of the World by Elizabeth K Minnic and Michael Quinn Patton (Editors)

The Evil of Banality: On the Life and Death Importance of Thinking by Elizabeth Minnich

On Decision Making

Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconcsious by Gerd Gigerenzer, Dick Hill (translation)

Risk Savvy: How to Make Good Decisions by Gerd Gigerenzer

Other Reading Lists

Epistemology, Epistemic Justice and Knowing

Relational Thinking and Practice (Soon)

Neuroscience, Cognition, Bias

I update these lists as I go - adding and removing as my thinking evolves.

Jeff St. John, PhD

Social Entrepreneur, Impact Coach, Men’s Mental and Relational Health & Anti-violence advocate.

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