Books on the Brain

• Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Matthew D. Lieberman

• How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett

• Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky

• The Hidden Brain by Shankar Vedantam

• The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation by Stephen Porges

• Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson, Ph.D. and Richard Mendius M.D. (Highly recommended) 

• The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--and How You Can Change Them by Richard J. Davidson and Sharon Begley (Highly Recommended)

• Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Dan Siegel, M.D. (Highly recommended) 

• Social Intelligence: The Science of Human Relationships by Daniel Goleman

• The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge (Highly recommended)

• Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel Siegel, M.D. 

• Flourish by Martin Seligman, Ph.D. (Highly recommended)

• Wired for Love by Stan Tatkin, PysD, MFT 

• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 

• You Are Not Your Brain by Jeffrey Schwartz, M.D. and Rebecca Gladding, M.D.

• My Stroke of Insight by  Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.

• Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long by David Rock 

• The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton

• Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Daniel Amen, M.D. 

• Magnificent Mind at Any Age: Natural Ways to Unleash Your Brain's Maximum Potential by Daniel Amen, M.D.

• The Neurobiology of "We": How Relationships, the Mind, and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are (Sounds True Audio Learning Course) by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

• Molecules Of Emotion by Candace Pert 

• Sex on the Brain: 12 Lessons to Enhance Your Love Life by Daniel Amen, M.D.

• The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine

• The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine

• Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief by A. Newberg, E. D'Aquili, and V. Rause 

• A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink

• Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina

• Mapping the Mind by Rita Carter

• The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain by Judith Horstman

• The Human Brain Book by Rita Carter

• The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life by Elisha Goldstein 

• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker 

 

Books on Collaboration

• Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux

• Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block

• Open Space Technology: A User's Guide by Harrison Owen 

• Wave Rider: Leadership for High Performance in a Self-Organizing World by Harrison Owen 

• The World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter by Juanita Brown and David Isaacs 

• Reweaving Our Human Fabric by Miki Kashtan

• Building a Values-Driven Organization by Richard Barrett 

• Your Way Home: The Psychology of Place Inside & Out by Lou Stewart and Bruce Stewart 

• The Tao of Democracy: Using Co-Intelligence to Create a World That Works for All by Tom Atlee 

• The Social Artist's Fieldbook by Jean Houston

• Ideas That Changed the World by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto 

• Turning to One Another by Meg Wheatley

• Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change by D. Beck and C. Cowan

• The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen Covey, Jr.

• The Change Handbook by Peggy Holman, Tom Devane and Steven Cady 

• Fast Company Magazine (Highly recommended)