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CSW Book Club
Crowdsourcing Week wouldn’t be complete without these go-to resources. We are proud to present to you our highly recommended books and e-books crowdsourced internally. Everything you need to know about the crowd economy, entrepreneurship, inspirational, and in-between. We are building our CSW Book Club as we come across excellent reads so feel free to contact us if you want to add a book and say [email protected]
Alpha Girls: The Women Upstarts Who Took On Silicon Valley’s Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime
Julian Guthrie
An unforgettable story of four women who, through grit and ingenuity, became stars in the…
Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell
Eric Schmidt | Jonathan Rosenberg | Alan Eagle
The team behind How Google Works returns with management lessons from legendary coach and business…
The Hero Factor: How Great Leaders Transform Organizations and Create Winning Cultures
Jeffrey W. Hayzlett | Jim Eber
It’s not profit over people that will make your business successful―it’s when you combine people…
Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team
Simon Sinek | David Mead | Peter Docker
Start With Why has led millions of readers to rethink everything they do – in…
Crowdstorm: The Future of Innovation, Ideas, and Problem Solving
Shaun Abrahamson | Peter Ryder | Bastian Unterberg
A practical guide to tapping into the abundant ideas and talent outside your organization Successful…
Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder
Chip Conley
In a world that venerates the new, bright, and shiny, many of us are left…
Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change
Beth Comstock
Confronting change is incredibly hard, both organizationally and personally. People become resistant. They are afraid.…
Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary
Louis Hyman
The untold history of the surprising origins of the "gig economy" --how deliberate decisions made…
Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI
Paul R. Daugherty | H. James Wilson
In Human + Machine, Accenture leaders Paul R. Daugherty and H. James (Jim) Wilson show…
Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
Scott Harrison
An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all,…
Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future
Andrew McAfee | Erik Brynjolfsson
In Human + Machine, Accenture leaders Paul R. Daugherty and H. James (Jim) Wilson show…
The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
Scott Belsky
The Messy Middle is the indispensable guide to navigating the volatility of new ventures and…
The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
Grant Cardone
Achieve "Massive Action" results and accomplish your businessdreams! While most people operate with only three…
Be Obsessed or Be Average
Grant Cardone
From the millionaire entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author of The 10X Rule comes…
Digital Human: The Fourth Revolution of Humanity Includes Everyone
Chris Skinner
Digital Human is a visionary roadmap for the future, a timely guide on how to…
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
Erik Brynjolfsson | Andrew McAfee
In The Second Machine Age MIT’s Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee―two thinkers at the forefront…
Lobbying for Change: Find Your Voice to Create a Better Society
Alberto Alemanno
Many democratic societies are experiencing a crisis of faith.
Management vs. Employees: How Leaders Can Bridge the Power Gaps That Hurt Corporate Performance
Hayes Drumwright
This book provides corporate leaders a roadmap for bridging the hierarchical gaps between management and…
New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World
Jeremy Heimans | Henry Timms
For most of human history, the rules of power were clear: power was something to…
Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time
Leila Janah
Give Work offers a much-needed solution to solving poverty: incentivize everyone from entrepreneurs to big…
Adaptive Space: How GM and Other Companies are Positively Disrupting Themselves and Transforming into Agile Organizations
Michael J. Arena
To edge out the competition in today’s disruptive environment, you need to ensure that your…
Who Can You Trust?
Rachel Botsman
How Technology Brought us Together and Why It Might Drive us Apart
Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
Nicolas Colin
For three decades we’ve been living through a paradigm shift. Our world is moving from…
Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons
Neal Gorenflo
Showcases over a hundred crowdsourcing and sharing-related case studies from more than 80 cities in…
How To Make A Spaceship
Julian Guthrie
Alone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had…
Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future
Joi Ito & Jeff Howe
"The future," as the author William Gibson once noted, "is already here. It's just unevenly…
Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World
Peter Diamandis | Steven Kotler
Let’s go bold.
The Trust Protocol
Don Tapscott | Alex Tapscott
Don Tapscott, the bestselling author of Wikinomics, and his son, blockchain expert Alex Tapscott, bring…
ValueWeb: How Fintech Firms are Using Bitcoin Blockchain and Mobile Technologies to Create the Internet of Value
Chris Skinner
The next generation internet, the Internet of Things, cannot work without an Internet of Value.…
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Kevin Kelly
From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological…
Peers Inc: How People and Platforms Are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism
Robin Chase
The author provides provocative insights on how collaborative economy is transforming industries and business models…
The Industries of the Future
Alec Ross
Alec Ross explains what’s next for the world: the advances and stumbling blocks that will…
Exponential Organizations
Salim Ismail
Find out how organizations multiply exponentially and what your company should do about it.
WIKIBRANDS: Reinventing Your Company in a Customer-Driven Marketplace
Sean Moffitt | Mike Dover | Don Tapscott
A must-read for anyone who wants to tap the power of the crowd in the…
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty
Knowledge is power. This book will help you understand income inequality and wealth what you…
Shareology
Shareology
It's time for sharing to take the spotlight. The book explores how sharing can provide…
Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact
Steven Kotler
The future is here. This book will walk you through the world of science fact.
Dirty Maple Flooring Company enters the Digital Age
Doug Collins
This is your go-to book for innovation and transformation in business.
Shift: A User’s Guide to the New Economy
Haydn Shaughnessy
The crowd economy is emerging. How do you see yourself and your company ten years…
Crowdfunding Intelligence
Chris Buckingham
Because the crowd is the lifeblood of crowdfunding and this book will serve as your…
Radical Openness: Four Unexpected Principles for Success
Don Tapscott | Anthony D. Williams
Success doesn't come overnight nor in two days. But if you want to get on…
The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism
Arun Sundararajan
In this book, Arun Sundararajan, an expert on the sharing economy, explains the transition to…
The Network Imperative: How to Survive and Grow in the Age of Digital Business Models
Barry Libert; Megan Beck; Jerry Wind
Supported by research that covers fifteen hundred companies, authors Barry Libert, Megan Beck, and Jerry…
Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy-And How to Make Them Work for You
Sangeet Paul Choudary
As digital networks increase in ubiquity, businesses that do a better job of harnessing the…
Equity Crowdfunding: The Complete Guide For Startups And Growing Companies
Nathan Rose
This is THE complete guide, with no prior knowledge assumed, and will teach you equity…
Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data Is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response
Patrick Meier
You’ll never know how technology, big data and crowdsourcing can save millions of lives if…
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