We've updated our Influential Books list to encompass titles that have influenced the development of ideas at Cognitive Edge. The topics range from politics to poetry – though inclusion on the list doesn't necessarily imply full endorsement of all the ideas in the volume!
The full list can be viewed here.
Comments (9)
Given the fact that Fitness Landscapes feature in SenseMaker I guess At Home in the Universe bij Stuart Kauffman deserves to be #67.
Posted by Harold van Garderen | February 11, 2010 1:33 PM
Posted on February 11, 2010 13:33
What about:
Longitude - Dava Sobel
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
and perhaps now deemed a bit 'old testament cynefin / fluffy bunny' but it certainly affected my views:
The spell of the Sensous - David Abram
Posted by Ron Donaldson | February 11, 2010 3:16 PM
Posted on February 11, 2010 15:16
Polanyi's Tacit dimension is in the list twice. One hardcover, the other paperback.
Also missing Nasrudin, or isn't that one influential, just "to explain" :-)
What about the Bible? Quoted a lot.
Seneca?
Posted by Harold van Garderen | February 13, 2010 12:54 PM
Posted on February 13, 2010 12:54
Thanks for all the comments.
We're adding Kauffman, Sobel, Haddon, Abram and Seneca - Mullah Nasrudin was already in the list - and we'll take out the extra Polanyi. Edits will be in place shortly!
Posted by Steve | February 14, 2010 1:56 PM
Posted on February 14, 2010 13:56
Geesh, I have heard Dave rant about James Surowiecki's Wisdom of Crowds on several occasions. Perhaps not as sophisticated a choice as some of the other suggestions but, I would argue, just as central: especially to Sensemaker.
Cheers,
Ray
Posted by Ray MacNeil | February 16, 2010 7:47 PM
Posted on February 16, 2010 19:47
Good point: what books have negatively impacted the CE work? What motivated the CE endaevour? Keeping this list short is real challenge so it should focus on core issues: why it this idea (such as crowdsourcing) limited in application. What are its boundaries, etc, etc.
Dave: would it be a basis for a network db to comment on the books in both lists?
Posted by Harold van Garderen | February 17, 2010 1:51 PM
Posted on February 17, 2010 13:51
Any of the Guru based management books with universal prescriptions Harold
Posted by Dave Snowden | February 17, 2010 9:30 PM
Posted on February 17, 2010 21:30
Yep, that would blow the length of the list, still the question is valid: how to include negative influences?
- Simply make a list of concepts and comment on these
- Choose one book for each concept & limit the number of -influences to 66 also?
- Video where the sick stigma, scenarioplanning, bpr et al are shortly dicussed.
- Other suggestions
Posted by Harold | February 19, 2010 4:54 PM
Posted on February 19, 2010 16:54
Authors you might consider adding to the list of good influences:
Francisco Varela
Humberto Maturana
Posted by Mark Cullen | March 7, 2010 6:22 PM
Posted on March 7, 2010 18:22