What’s on your Enterprise 2.0 bookshelf?

This was originally posted on the excellent private forums at the 2.0 Adoption Council (see red bubble on the sidebar, join today! –>) but I liked the idea so much I wanted to share it publicly:

I know we all have tons of favorite blogs in this space but I’ve also read a few books that shaped my views on enterprise collaboration.  I imagine most of you have read the first one but perhaps not as many the others.  Here’s my list:

• Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything:  This is a visionary look at the recent history and bright future of collaboration.  Great read, fairly popular already.  The scope is broader than E2.0 but there is still a good bit of carryover.  Worth a read.
• Building a Knowledge-Driven Organization: This 2004 book is a bit of an E2.0 memoir from a retiring CEO with a huge interest in internal collaboration culture, practices, and tools.  It starts in the mid 80s and tracks 20 years of collaboration up through the turn of the century.  It stops short of the latest tools but the concepts are still sound.  Highly recommended!
• Bioteams: High Performance Teams Based on Nature’s Most Successful Designs:  This book was less polished than either of the above books but the concepts were still very interesting.  It helped me think about the potential for ad-hoc work groups that disregard organizational hierarchy and simply come together just long enough to get projects done.  Worth a read!

Ok E2.0 fans, what’s on your bookshelves?

I linked to my reviews of two of the three books – reviews are great but really any suggestions are welcome. A bookshelf is a powerful thing, especially if you keep it at your desk. I was gobsmacked after an E2.0 presentation recently when the man who introduced me closed up the event by riffing on Wikinomics. I hadn’t directly referenced the book at all – it was neat to find someone else who’d gotten something out of the book.

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