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 what inspires the crowd economy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and everything in-between. Our CSW Book Club grows as we come across excellent reads so please feel free to contact us if you want to add a book and say [email protected]

The Spatial Web
Gabriel René , Dan Mapes, Jay Samit (Foreword)
Have you ever wondered what the future holds? Blade Runner, The Matrix, Star Wars, Avatar,…

Practical Law of Attraction
Victoria Gallagher
As a Hypnotherapist with over 20 years of experience, Victoria Gallagher has been acknowledged as…

Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence
Mo Gawdat
Artificial intelligence is smarter than humans. It can process information at lightning speed and remain…

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended
Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations―whether…

Doing The Impossible: The 25 Laws for Doing The Impossible
Patrick Bet-David
What does Doing the Impossible really mean? This book is for those who have a…

Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard, Unleash Your Full Potential
Matt Higgins
From Sun Tzu to Julius Caesar, the ancient Israelites to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, there’s…

Computational Formalism: Art History and Machine Learning
Amanda Wasielewski
Though formalism is an essential tool for art historians, much recent art history has focused…

Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag, the Simulation of Freedom
Michael Rectenwald
Google Archipelago argues that Big Digital technologies and their principals represent not only economic powerhouses but…

The Genius in All of Us
David Shenk
Now you can forget everything you think you know about genes, talent, and intelligence, and…

Barbarians at the Gate
Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is…

The Cathedral & the Bazaar
Eric S. Raymond
The Cathedral & the Bazaar is a must for anyone who cares about the future of…

Crowdfunding and the Democratization of Finance
Mark Davis and Bruce Davis
Change which gives all humans dignity doesn't come from words alone, but from institutions that…

Proof of Stake
Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin is not only a great innovator, he is also a great and important…

Running Remote
Liam Martin, Rob Rawson
Learn success secrets from original remote work pioneers on the mindset and strategies they developed…

Navigating the Metaverse
Cathy Hackl, Dirk Lueth, Tommaso Di Bartolo, Edited by John Arkontaky
The metaverse is a virtual space that promises to bring together people, companies, and products…

How to Build a High-Performance Team
Natalie Dawson
Great your team on the same page with TeamWork.

Step into the Metaverse
Mark van Rijmenam
An incisive glimpse into the future of the internet.

From Farms to Incubators: Women Innovators
Amy Wu
An exciting look at how women entrepreneurs are transforming agriculture through high technology.

Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable
Patrick Lencioni
This classic remains a must-read for leaders hoping to make their team's communication more efficient.

Cosmic Consciousness
Richard Maurice Bucke
This book was a remarkable study for it's time, written in 1905. In it, Bucke…

Stop Asking Questions
Andrew Warner
This is a book about respect. Respecting others enough to interview them well. Respecting your…

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Shoshana Zuboff
In this masterwork of original thinking and research, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the…

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink
In this provocative and persuasive new book, Daniel asserts that the secret to high performance…

Quantum Marketing
Raja Rajamannar
As technology has continually evolved in the last several decades, marketing has had to change…