DSIL Resource Exchange
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Books by Theme
Design Thinking
Creative Confidence by David and Tom Kelley
Change by Design by Tim Brown
The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley
This Is Service Design Thinking: Basics - Tools - Cases by Mark Stickdorn
- Hidden in Plain Sight by Jan Chipchase
- In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World by John Thackara
Creative Research: The Theory and Practice of Research for the Creative Industries by Hilary Collins
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship: What everyone needs to know by David Bornstein
How to Change the World by David Bornstein
Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs by Muhammad Yunus
Social Entrepreneurship: A Modern Approach to Social Value Creation by Arthur Brooks
Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz
Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and Hunter Lovins
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid by C. K. Prahalad
- Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great by James Collins
Global Development
The Power of Positive Deviance by Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin and Monique Sternin
More than Good Intentions: How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty by Dean Karlan
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Travels of a Global T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade by Pietra Rivoli
Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang
A Whole New Mind: Reinventing International Studies for the Post-Western World by Pierre Lizee
Behavior Change
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
Nudge: Improving Decisions about Wealth, Health, and Happiness by Richard Thaler
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Drive: The Surprising Truth Behind What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
Designing for Behavior Change: Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics by Stephen Wendel
Personal Innovation/Leadership
The Startup of You by Ben Casnocha
Getting Things Done by David Allen
So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
The Power of Full Engagement by Tony Schwartz
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- The Purpose Economy: How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community Is Changing the World by Aaron Hurst
- The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Rori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom
Sustainable Development
- The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability - Designing for Abundance by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
- Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough
Entrepreneurship
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries - Though it was originally developed for startups, the methods are applicable in any industry.
Running Lean: Iterating from Plan A to a Plan That Works by Ash Maurya - Running Lean builds on The Lean Startup methodology by giving detailed analyses, step-by-step guides and applicable templates for an entrepreneur or intrapreneur, to create and launch products, services or processes.
The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Ben & Jerry's Double-Dip: How to Run a Values-Led Business and Make Money, Too by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard
Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey
Articles/Blog Posts
- Lean Startup 101: The Essential Ideas by Sarah Milstein
Magazines/Journals
Websites/Blogs
Stanford Social Innovation Review – Social enterprise, education, and development
Fast.CoExist - Ideas and innovation
Next Billion – Development through enterprise
Good.Is – Creative solutions for doing good
Unreasonable.is – Advice and stories on social entrepreneurship
Echoing Green – Insights and resources on social entrepreneurship
- Ashoka
- Startup Lessons Learned
- Doors of Perception by John Thackara
Conferences
Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) – September in SF, intersection of money and social markets
The Feast – October in NYC, cross-disciplinary focus on creative solutions to societal challenges
Harvard Social Enterprise Conference – March in Boston, intersection of business and social impact
Sustainopia – April in LA/Miami, financial, environmental and social sustainability
Social Good Summit – September in NYC, big ideas meeting new media
Social Innovation Summit – Bi-annual in NYC/Silicon Valley, technology, business, and development
The Millennial Impact – June in Chicago, next generation of cause work
Talks/Presentations/Speeches
- The power of vulnerability - Brene Brown
- The power of introverts - Susan Cain
Videos/Movies
Toolkits/Guides
Idea to Launch by David Greenblatt - This guide focuses on social entrepreneurs looking to start a venture with the ultimate goal of self-sustainability.
http://blog.generalassemb.ly/create-awesome-business-model-canvas-3-steps/
101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization by Vijay Kumar
- LeanStack - for Lean Canvas development
- Collaborative Territories Guide by OuiShare
- Raising Your Voice: Digital Storytelling to Create Change, hosted by Nesta
- DIY Toolkit: Practical Tools to Trigger and Support Social Innovation by Nesta
- Designing for Growth (D4G): A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers by Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie
Online Courses
Professional Development/Networks
Graduate Programs
- MA in Design for Social Innvation at School of Visual Arts (SVA) NYC
- Rotary Peace Fellowship
Online Collaboration Tools
- appear.in - Video-based meetups