This year has been an intense learning experience for me. It was a year of learning driven by curiosity, the need for background information for projects with folks I met via social media, and in preparation for major projects at work. In addition, a significant portion of my learning came through reading, mostly on my iPhone and kindle app. The topics I read include the following:
- Change & Innovation
- Communication – Public Speaking
- Communication – Writing
- General Business & Productivity
- Higher Education
- Information Technology
- Leadership/Management
- Technology (Social Media, Big Data, Wearable Computing, Cloud, Mobile, …)
For the most part, I went through these books by skimming and scanning them. I then went back and deep-read those I found really interesting and/or those requiring more analysis. There are some books that could have been better written, but I always start a book with an open mind so I try to find new ideas from them. However, there have been some books I have had to return (Amazon allows electronic refund within a couple of days after purchase) as I either found them to be too hard to read (the author uses too many big words I don’t understand and I fall asleep/get headaches), or ideas are not well thought out, or just not very interesting. I found that in reading enough books on similar topics, I came to find themes. It is during times when I could combine themes from across disciplines/industries and analyze them as they relate to my current work and future of higher education that I find myself thinking about possibilities of where my world could be heading.
I was able to read the books below because I committed to spending time to read each day (every night and Saturday mornings) and using the time I can find to read whenever/wherever I can. I do most of my readings through my iPhone and the kindle app. Most of the books below are e-books (kindle) and downloaded via my iPhone from the Amazon mobile website. Only a handful of the titles are physical books.
I share what I read via Goodreads and Pinterest boards. I’ve got ideas on what books to read based on the books shared by those I’ve connected with. Most of the folks on these two sites are also those I follow on Twitter. At one point, I wanted to use Twitter to share passages I highlight but given the amount of highlighting I do, I didn’t want to inundate my followers’ timelines with these tweets so I created another account called @jpskindle. I had intended this Twitter account to be an additional form of “bookmarking”, a place I could search for passages when I ever needed text I highlighted. However, I haven’t had the need to do this, and Twitter search for particular text is not too effective. In addition, Kindle allows highlighted passages to be viewed online through the Amazon Kindle site.
In addition to the list below, I find great value in reading blogs by folks I follow on Twitter, specifically, student affairs graduate students/professionals and technologists from other industries as well. Because I’ve come to know their personalities based on their tweets, and in some cases, from meeting them face-to-face, these blog posts provide a layer of connection I don’t get from reading books.
Change & Innovation – Other Topics
- Democratizing Innovation by Hippel, Eric von
- Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life by Miller, Paddy, Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas
- Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation by Furr, Nathan, Ahlstrom, Paul
- Summary: First, Break All the Rules Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman by Must Read Summaries
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Heath, Chip, Heath, Dan
- Tales of the Revolution: True Stories of People who are Poking the Box and Making a Difference by The Domino Project
- The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Amabile, Teresa, Kramer, Steven
Communication – Public Speaking – Other Topics
- Cat Got Your Tongue?: Powerful Public Speaking Skills & Presentation Strategies for Confident Communication or, How to Create the Purrfect Speech by Windingland, Diane
- Magic of Impromptu Speaking: Create a Speech That Will Be Remembered for Years in Under 30 Seconds by Sedniev, Andrii
- Public Speaking: Storytelling Techniques for Electrifying Presentations by Karia, Akash
Communication – Writing – Other Topics
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- 365 Journal Writing Ideas: A year of daily journal writing prompts, questions & actions to fill your journal with memories, self-reflection, creativity & direction. by Fox, Rossi
- APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur—How to Publish a Book by Kawasaki, Guy, Welch, Shawn
- How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing by Silvia, Paul J.
- The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing by Rocco, Tonette S., Hatcher, Tim
- Writing Like a Journalist (Tennessee Journalism Series) by Stovall, James
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General Business & Productivity – Other Topics
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- Ctrl Alt Delete: Reboot Your Business. Reboot Your Life. Your Future Depends on It. by Joel, Mitch
- DO! the pursuit of xceptional execution by Kelly, Kevin
- Employee Development: Big Business Results on a Small Business Budget by Kirchharr, Ted, Jim Guttmann, Melissa Miller, Melanie Rhodes, Candace Rorrer, Elizabeth Oakes, Leslie Gordon, Joni Humphreys
- Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World for Success and Influence by Halvorson Ph.D., Heidi Grant, Ph.D., E. Tory Higgins
- GOAL SETTING: 10 Goal Setting Techniques That Work by Le Masurier, Sherrie
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sandberg, Sheryl
- Making Great Decisions in Business and Life by Henderson, David R., Hooper, Charles L.
- Mastering Evernote The 2 Hour Guide | Unlock the Power of Evernote to Never Forget Anything [3rd Edition] by Collins, Brandon
- Name Recall – The Memory Masters Amazing Tricks to Remember Names and Faces Instantly… Forever by Katz, Eran
- Statistics Explained: A Guide for Social Science Students, 2nd Edition by Hinton, Perry
- The Business of Belief: How the World’s Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders Get Us to Believe by Asacker, Tom
- The Greatest Salesman in the World by Mandino, Og
- The Memory Palace – Learn Anything and Everything (Starting With Shakespeare and Dickens) (Faking Smart) by Smile, Lewis
- This Will Make You Smarter: 150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking by Brockman, John
- Three Simple Steps: A Map to Success in Business and Life by Blake, Trevor G
- Up Your Impact: 52 Powerful Ideas to Get Noticed,Get Promoted & Become Indispensable at Work by Frey, Chuck
- You Can Have an Amazing Memory: Learn life-changing techniques and tips from the memory maestro by O’Brien, Dominic
- Your Best Just Got Better: Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More by Womack, Jason W.
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Higher Education – Other Topics
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- Decisions Matter: Using a Decision-Making Framework with Contemporary Student Affairs Case Studies by Vaccaro, Annemarie
- 5 Strategies to Implementing an Effective 21st Century Instructional Technology Program by Richison, Janice
- A Brief Overview of Instructional Design by Araiza, John
- Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University by Clark, William
- American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century by Gumport, Patricia J., Altbach, Philip G., Berdahl, Robert O.
- Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education by Walvoord, Barbara E.
- Becoming Socialized in Student Affairs Administration: A Guide for New Professionals and Their Supervisors by Ashley Tull, et al
- Benchmarking in Institutional Research: New Directions for Institutional Research, Number 156 (J-B IR Single Issue Institutional Research) by Jossey-Bass
- Beyond the MOOC Hype: A Guide to Higher Education’s High-Tech Disruption by Young, Jeffrey R.
- Blended Learning in Higher Education: Framework, Principles, and Guidelines by Garrison, D. Randy, Vaughan, Norman D.
- Building a Student Information System Strategies for Success and Implications for Campus Policy Makers: New Directions for Higher Education, No 136 (J by Don Hossler
- Business Practices in Higher Education: A Guide for Today’s Administrators by Kretovics, Mark A.
- Case Studies for Implementing Assessment in Student Affairs: New Directions for Student Services, Number 127 by Marilee J. Bresciani, et al
- Change.edu: Rebooting for the New Talent Economy by Rosen, Andrew S.
- College and University Budgeting: An Introduction for Faculty and Academic Administrators by Goldstein, Larry
- College Unbound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students by Selingo, Jeffrey J.
- Computer Mediated Communication by Thurlow, Dr Crispin, Lengel, Laura, Tomic, Professsor Alice
- Demonstrating Student Success: A Practical Guide to Outcomes-Based Assessment of Learning and Development in Student Affairs by Marilee J. Bresciani, et al
- Digital Schools: How Technology Can Transform Education by West, Darrell M.
- Engaging the Six Cultures of the Academy by Bergquist, William H.
- Giving a Lecture: From Presenting to Teaching (Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education) by Exley, Kate, Dennick, Reg, Dennick, Reg
- Governance in the Twenty-First-Century University: Approaches to Effective Leadership and Strategic Management: ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report (J-B ASHE Higher Education Report Series (AEHE)) by Gayle, Dennis John, Tewarie, Bhoendradatt, White, A. Quinton
- Hacking Your Education: Ditch the Lectures, Save Tens of Thousands, and Learn More Than Your Peers Ever Will by Stephens, Dale J.
- Harvard Envy: Why Too Many Colleges Overshoot by Rosen, Andrew S.
- Higher Education and Business Standards by Hotchkiss, Willard E. (Willard Eugene)
- Higher Education in America by Bok, Derek
- Higher Education?: How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids —and What We Can Do About It by Hacker, Andrew, Dreifus, Claudia
- iAthlete: Impacting Student-Athletes of a Digital Generation by DeShazo, Kevin
- Killing Public Higher Education: The Arms Race for Research Prestige by Stocum, David L.
- Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning by Bates, A. W. (Tony), Sangra, Albert
- Motivating and Retaining Online Students: Research-Based Strategies That Work (Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning) by Lehman, Rosemary M., Conceição, Simone C. O.
- Outcomes-Based Academic and Co-Curricular Program Review: A Compilation of Institutional Good Practices by Marilee J. Bresciani, Ralph A. Wolff
- Positive Academic Leadership: How to Stop Putting Out Fires and Start Making a Difference (Jossey-Bass Resources for Department Chairs) by Buller, Jeffrey L.
- Promoting Reasonable Expectations: Aligning Student and Institutional Views of the College Experience by Thomas E. Miller, et al
- Reframing Academic Leadership by Bolman, Lee G., Gallos, Joan V.
- Students’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Expectations toward Instructional Technology in Higher Education: A Diffusion of Innovations by Mamie L. Johnson
- Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester by Foster, Nancy Fried, Gibbons, Susan
- Technology Integration in Higher Education: Social and Organizational Aspects (Premier Reference Source) by Daniel W. Surry
- Technology Management: New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 154 (J-B CC Single Issue Community Colleges) by Jossey-Bass
- The Decentring of the Traditional University: The Future of (Self) Education in Virtually Figured Worlds by Francis, Russell
- The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) by Davidson, Cathy N.
- The Higher Education Bubble (Encounter Broadside) by Reynolds, Glenn Harlan
- The Idea of the Digital University: Ancient Traditions, Disruptive Technologies and the Battle for the Soul of Higher Education by McCluskey, Frank, Winter, Melanie
- The Instructional Design Knowledge Base: Theory, Research, and Practice by Richey, Rita C., Klein, James D., Tracey, Monica W.
- The Learner-Centered Curriculum: Design and Implementation by Cullen, Roxanne, Harris, Michael, Hill, Reinhold R.
- The Organization of Higher Education: Managing Colleges for a New Era by Bastedo, Michael N.
- The States and Public Higher Education Policy: Affordability, Access, and Accountability by Heller, Donald E.
- The Supplement to A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals by Kaplin, William A., Lee, Barbara A.
- Transformative Learning Through Engagement: Student Affairs Practice as Experiential Pedagogy by Fried, Jane
- Understanding and Facilitating Organizational Change in the 21st Century: Recent Research and Conceptualizations: ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Volume … ASHE Higher Education Report Series (AEHE)) by Kezar
- University X: How to Rescue a College Brand From Bland. by Carton, Sean, Zapata, Andres, Meacham, Pete
- Wannabe U: Inside the Corporate University by Tuchman, Gaye
- We’re Losing Our Minds by Keeling, Richard P., Hersh, Richard H.
- What Are The Challenges Facing Higher Education Institutions? by Roberts, Lynne
- What Undermines Higher Education by Popenici, Stefan, Kerr, Sharon
- Why School?: How Education Must Change When Learning and Information Are Everywhere (Kindle Single) by Richardson, Will
- Zombies in the Academy by Walker, Ruth, Andrew Whelan, Christopher Moore
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Information Technology – Other Topics
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- An IT Engagement Model, A Project Manager’s Pocket Guide (Project Management Principles) by Muhammad PMP, Karen
- Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud on Windows Azure (Microsoft patterns & practices) by Homer, Alex, Narumoto, Masashi, Sharp, John, Zhang, Hanzhong, Densmore, Scott
- Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications (Addison-Wesley Information Technology Series) by Moss, Larissa T., Atre, Shaku
- Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Juric, Matjaz B., Pant, Kapil
- CIO Leadership for State Governments: Emerging Trends and Practices by Shark, Alan
- Finance for IT Decision Makers – A practical handbook – Third edition by Blackstaff, Michael
- IT Governance Bibliography by Safari Content Team
- IT Systems Management (2nd Edition) by Schiesser, Rich
- ITIL® – A Pocket Guide 2011 Edition (Best Practice) by Bon, Jan van
- ITIL® V3 (Best Practice Library) by van Bon, Jan, Arjen de Jong, Axel Kolthof, Mike Pieper, Ruby Tjassing, Annelies van der Veen, Tieneke Verheijen
- Kanban by Anderson, David J.
- Keep the Joint Running: A Manifesto for 21st Century Information Technology by Lewis, Bob
- Leading the Epic Revolution: How CIOs Drive Innovation and Create Value Across the Enterprise (Wiley CIO) by Muller, Hunter
- Managing IT as a Business: A Survival Guide for CEOs by Lutchen, Mark D.
- Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable by Harkins, Malcolm
- Moving Applications to the Cloud on Windows Azure (Microsoft patterns & practices) by Betts, Dominic, Homer, Alex, Jezierski, Alejandro, Narumoto, Masashi, Zhang, Hanzhong
- Project Risk Management: Using Failure Mode Effect Analysis for Project Management by Ghantt, Thomas
- Real Business of IT: How CIOs Create and Communicate Value by Hunter, Richard, George Westerman
- Rethinking Enterprise Storage: A Hybrid Cloud Model by Farley, Marc
- Rules For Information Technology Leaders by Ireland, Thomas S.
- Run Grow Transform: Integrating Business and Lean IT by Bell, Steven
- Straight to the Top: CIO Leadership in a Mobile, Social, and Cloud-based World (Wiley CIO) by Smith, Gregory S.
- The 11 Secrets of Highly Influential IT Leaders by Schiller, Marc J.
- The Business of IT: How to Improve Service and Lower Costs, e-Pub by Ryan, Robert, Raducha-Grace, Tim
- The CIO Playbook: Strategies and Best Practices for IT Leaders to Deliver Value (Wiley CIO) by Colisto, Nicholas R.
- The Enterprise Architecture matters blog by Grigoriu, Adrian
- The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Goldratt, Eliyahu M., Jeff Cox
- The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Kim, Gene, Behr, Kevin , Spafford, George
- The Quantum Age of IT: Why everything you know about IT is about to change by Araujo, Charles
- The Visible Ops Handbook: Implementing ITIL in 4 Practical and Auditable Steps by Kim, Gene, George Spafford, Kevin Behr
- Transforming IT Culture: How to Use Social Intelligence, Human Factors and Collaboration to Create an IT Department That Outperforms (Wiley CIO) by Wander, Frank
- Unleashing the Power of IT: Bringing People, Business, and Technology Together (Wiley CIO) by Roberts, Dan
- Unlocking the Power of Information Technology: Operational Excellence is the Competitive Advantage by Hamilton, James
- Value-Driven Business Process Management: The Value-Switch for Lasting Competitive Advantage by Franz, Peter
- Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing: The Savvy Manager’s Guide (The Savvy Manager’s Guides) by Barry, Douglas K.
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Leadership/Management – Other Topics
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- Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning by Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
- Be Your Whole Self by Kasian-Lew, Dionne
- Boundaries for Leaders: Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge by Cloud, Henry
- Change-Friendly Leadership: How to Transform Good Intentions into Great Performance by Duncan, Rodger Dean
- Conscious Business: How to Build Value through Values by KOFMAN, Fred
- Lead with LUV: A Different Way to Create Real Success by Blanchard, Ken, Colleen Barrett
- Leadership Lessons: Vision and Values for a New Generation by AACRAO
- Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence by Su, Amy Jen, Maignan Wilkins, Muriel
- Rise: 3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out as a Leader, and Liking Your Life by Azzarello, Patty
- The 48 Laws of Power by Greene, Robert
- The Effective Executive (Harperbusiness Essentials) by Drucker, Peter F.
- The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs by Johnson, Kevin
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Technology (Social Media, Big Data, Wearable Computing, Cloud, Mobile, …) – Other Topics
- Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the Future of Privacy by Scoble, Robert, Israel, Shel
- Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Turkle, Sherry
- Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload by Hurst, Mark
- Community in the Digital Age: Philosophy and Practice by Feenberg, Andrew, Barney, Darin
- Computerised You: How Wearable Technology Will Turn Us Into Computers (Kindle Single) by Richmond, Shane
- Digital Community, Digital Citizen by Ohler, Jason B.
- Future Minds: How the Digital Age is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters and What We Can Do About It by Watson, Richard
- Mind Amplifier: Can Our Digital Tools Make Us Smarter? (Kindle Single) by Rheingold, Howard
- Networked by Rainie, Lee, Wellman, Barry
- Online Social Networks by Routledge
- OPEN: How we’ll work, live and learn in the future by Price, David
- Personal Connections in the Digital Age (DMS – Digital Media and Society) by Baym, Nancy K.
- Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die by Siegel, Eric
- Privacy on social network sites and its impact on computer-mediated communication by Reiher, Nico
- Social State: Thoughts, Stats and Stories about the State of Social Media in 2013 by Contreras, Esteban
- Taken out of context: American teen sociality in networked publics by boyd, danah
- The App Generation by Howard, Gardner, Katie Davis
- The Circle by Eggers, Dave
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Stone, Brad
- The Seven Success Factors of Social Business Strategy by Li, Charlene, Solis, Brian
- The Silent Intelligence – The Internet of Things by Kellmereit, Daniel, Obodovski, Daniel
- The Singularity by Rodseth, Mark
December 9th, 2013 on 11:37 am
This is an amazing list, thanks for sharing!
December 9th, 2013 on 5:33 pm
Thanks! Likewise, I’m going through your references for your lit review:)