# Inspiration & Reading

## Resources

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#### Consciousness Expanding&#x20;

* Book “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World” by Tyson Yunkaporta&#x20;
* Book “The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible” by Charles Eisenstein&#x20;
* Book “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer&#x20;
* Book “The Ministry for the Future” by Kim Stanley Robinson&#x20;
* Book “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman&#x20;
* Book “The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection” by Michael Alan Singer&#x20;
* [**Archives Buckminster Fuller**](https://www.bfi.org/trimtab/archive)

#### Social & Economic Design - Thinking as a Whole Community&#x20;

* Book “Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg
* Book "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber & David Wengrow
* Book "Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist" by Kate Raworth
* **Free** [**Workshop**](https://youtu.be/nWb2B2uPfMo) Nonviolent-Communication-Workshop: Marshall Rosenberg&#x20;
* Book “Governing the Commons” by Elinor Ostrom&#x20;
* Book "Sacred Economics" by Charles Eisenstein&#x20;
* Book “The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom” by Don Miguel Ruiz&#x20;
* Book “A Different Drum - Community Making and Peace” by M. Scott Peck&#x20;
* Book “Creating a Life Together” by Diana Leafe Christian&#x20;
* Book “Many Voices One Song: Shared Power with Sociocracy” by Jerry Koch-Gonzalez and Ted J. Rau&#x20;
* Book “Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High” by Patterson, Kerry, Grenny, Joseph, McMillan, Ron, Switzler, Al, Roppe, Laura&#x20;
* Book “Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.” by Brené Brown&#x20;
* Book “Change Here Now: Permaculture Solutions for Personal and Community Transformation” by Adam Brock&#x20;
* [Talk](https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability?language=en) "The Power of Vulnerability" by Brene Brown&#x20;
* Book "The Surprising Power Of Liberating Structures: Simple Rules to Unleash a Culture of Innovations" by Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless
* Book "Debt: The First 5,000 Years" by David Graeber&#x20;

#### Ecological Design - Thinking as ecology to mirror our systems from

* Book “Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability” by David Holmgren&#x20;
* Book “Biomimicry” by Janine Benyus Book “Thinking in Systems: A Primer” by Donella H. Meadows&#x20;
* Book “Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World” by Paul Stamets (Mirroring Mycology)&#x20;
* Book “Designing Regenerative Cultures” by Daniel Christian Wahl

#### Organisational Design - Thinking as social and coordination systems&#x20;

* Book “Punished by Rewards” by Alfie Kohn Book “Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness” by Frédéric Laloux&#x20;
* Book “Better Work Together” by many authors, edited by Susan Basterfield, Anthony Cabraal&#x20;
* Book “We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy” by Buck, John, Villines, Sharon (A Guide to Sociocratic Principles)&#x20;
* Book “The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups” by Starhawk&#x20;
* Book “Green Swans: The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism” by John Elkington&#x20;
* Book “Exponential Organizations: Why New Organizations are Ten Times Better, Faster, and Cheaper Than Yours (and what to Do about It)” by Michael S. Malone, Salim Ismail, and Yuri van Geest&#x20;
* Book “The Regenerative Business: Redesign Work, Cultivate Human Potential, Achieve Extraordinary Outcomes” by Carol Sanford <https://decentpatterns.xyz/library/>
* Book “Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society” by Eric Posner and Glen Weyl&#x20;
* Book “More Equal Animals - The Subtle Art of True Democracy” by Dan Larimer&#x20;

#### Human Design - Bio-Hacking / Designing the self / Flow States&#x20;

* Book “Self Organisation Counter-Economic Strategies” by Will Bradley, Mika Hannula, Cristina Ricupero, Superflex&#x20;
* Book “Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones” by James Clear&#x20;
* Book “Recapture the Rapture” by Jamie Wheal

#### Regenerative Movement Building&#x20;

* Book “Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything” by Becky Bond and Zack Exley&#x20;
* Book “The Infinite Game” by Simon Sinek


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