What We're Reading

The Power of Positive Deviance by Richard Pascale, Richard T. Pascale, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin

By seeing solutions where others don't, positive deviants spread and sustain needed change.

The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy by Pietra Rivoli

The author, Pietra Rivoli, follows the life span of a t-shirt, from cotton seed in Texas (enter Monsanto and genetically modified seed) to the Mitumba used clothing market in Tanzania in an examination of the markets, power, and politics of world trade.

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee

This important book illuminates how the poor live, and offers all of us an opportunity to think of a world beyond poverty.

The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing by Lisa Gansky

Lisa Gansky

"Mesh" businesses use social media, wireless networks, and data crunched from every available source to provide people with goods and services at the exact moment they need them, without the burden and expense of owning them outright.

The Networked Nonprofit by Beth Kanter and Allison H. Fine

Beth Kanter, Allison H. Fine

The book provides an introduction to social media and how it has been and can be leveraged by nonprofits to build community, raise awareness and drive revenue.

Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood by Taras Grescoe

Taras Grescoe

An eye-opening look at aquaculture that does for seafood what Fast Food Nation did for beef. Dividing his sensibilities between Epicureanism and ethics, Taras Grescoe set out on a nine-month, worldwide search for a delicious—and humane—plate of seafood.

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Aravind Adiga

Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen.

Getting to Maybe: How the World Is Changed by Frances Westley, Brenda Zimmerman and Michael Quinn Patton

Frances Westley, Brenda Zimmerman and Michael Quinn Patton

Getting to Maybe applies the insights of complexity theory and harvests the experiences of a wide range of people and organizations… to lay out a brand new way of thinking about making change in communities, in business, and in the world.

Social Innovation Inc. by Jason Saul

Based on four years of measuring the social strategies of America's leading corporations, Jason Saul lays out the five strategies for social innovation and offers a practical roadmap for how to get started.