Theory U by Otto Scharmer (management literature)
Scharmer introduces the phenomenon of "presencing" as the source of innovation. Presencing, Scharmer suggests, is about having: An open heart, an open mind; and an open will.
To conceptualize my way of thinking, I try to employ this in order to let the past meet the future. A recommendable, however challenging, book.
The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida (social literature)
Florida's claim that metropolitan regions with a high concentrations of high-tech workers, artists, musicians, lesbians and gay men, and a group he describes as "high bohemians", correlate with a higher level of economic development. The essence of
Christian IV by Bodil Warmberg (biography)
Christian IV ruled from 1588 until 1648 and was both a reformer and a person of many shades. It is the latter, that Warmberg starts from in her psychological analysis of one of the most remarkable Danish kings.
