Theory and Research That Inform Our Work

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  • Edmondson, A. Teaming: How organizations learn, innovate and compete in the knowledge economy. Jossey-Bass, Indianapolis, 2012.

  • Dutton, J. and Spreitzer, G. How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact. Berrett-Koehler, Oakland, 2014.

  • Margaret Plews-Ogan and Gene Beyt, Wisdom Leadership in Academic Health Science Centers: Leading Positive Change, Radcliffe Publishing, London and New York, 2013.

  • Govindarajan, V. and Ramamurti, R. Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work, Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, 2018. 

  • Arena, M. J., Adaptive Space: How GM and Other Companies Are Positively Disrupting Themselves and Transforming into Agile Organizations, New York: McGraw Hill, 2018.

  • Clayton Christensen, Jerome Grossman, and Jason Hwang, The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care, McGraw-Hill Education, New York, 2nd ed, 2016.

  • Christensen, C. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, 2016.

  • Cialdini, R. Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2016.

  • Heath, C and Health, D. The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2017.

  • Quinn, R. The Positive Organization: Breaking Free from Conventional Cultures, Constraints, and Beliefs, Berrett-Koehler, Oakland, 2015.

  • Barret, F. J.Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz. Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, 2012.

  • Nonaka, I. and Takeuchi, H. The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995

  • Gardner, H. Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People's Minds. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2004.

  • Collins, Jim. Good to Great. HarperBusiness, New York, 2001.

  • Collins, J.C. and Porras, J.I. Built to Last. HarperCollins, San Francisco, 1994.

  • Jaworski, Jacob. Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership. Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, 1996.

  • Greenleaf, R.K. Servant Leadership: The Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness. Paulist Press, Mahwah, 1977.

  • Goleman, D. Emotional Intelligence. Bantam Books, New York, 1995.

  • Goleman, D., Bayatzis, R. and McKee, A. Primal Leadership. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2002.

  • Peterson, C. A Primer in Positive Psychology, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006.

  • Kotter, J.P. Leading Change. Harvard Business School Press. Boston, 1996.

  • Manville; B. and Ober, J. A Company of Citizens: What the World's First Democracy Teaches Leaders About Creating Great Organizations. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2002.

  • Isaacs, W. Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together. Currency, New York, 1999.

  • Bohm, D. and Edwards, M. Changing Consciousness. Harper, San Francisco, 1991.

  • Wheatley, M.J. Leadership and the New Science. Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, 1992

  • Zander, R.S .and Zander, B. The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life. Penguin Books, London, 2002

  • Zohar, D. Rewiring the Corporate Brain. Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, 1997

  • Senge, P.M. The Fifth Discipline. Doubleday, New York, 1990.

  • Gardner, H. Leading Minds. Basic Books. Boston, 1995.

  • Sikka, R., Morath, J. M., & Leape, L. The Quadruple Aim: care, health, cost, and meaning in work.  BMJ Quality and Safety 2015; 0:1-3.

  • Covey, Stephen M. R. and Merrill, Rebecca R. The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything.  Free Press,New York, 2006.

  • Kim, W. Chan and Mauborgne, Renee. Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing. Hatchett Books, New York, 2017.