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These books have influenced our work.

Methods

The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative
Denning, Stephen., San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2005.

Getting real
www.37signals.com., Chicago, IL: 37signals, 1999-2006.

Design Research: Methods and Perspectives
Laurel, Brenda and Peter Lunenfeld., N.p.: MIT Press, 2003.

Understanding Comics
McCloud, Scott., Kitchen Sink Press, 1993.

A Pattern Language
Alexander, C., Ishikawa, S., Silverstein, M., Jacobson, M., Fiksdahl-King, M., and Angel, S., New York: Oxford University Press, 1977.

Theory

Trading Up
Silverstein, Michael, Neil Fiske and John Butman., N.p.:Portfolio Hardcover, 2004.

The Rise of the Creative Class
Florida, Richard., New York: Basic Books, 2002.

The Wisdom of Crowds
Surowiecki, James., N.p.: DOUBLEDAY, 2004.

Democratizing Innovation
Von Hippel, Eric., Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005.

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Friedman, Thomas L., New York: Farrar, Staus and Giroux, 2005.

Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
Johnson, Steven., New York: Touchstone, 2002.

The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Sachs, Jeffrey., New York: Penguin Group, 2005.

The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
Anderson, Chris., N.p.: Hyperion, 2006.

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t
Collins, Jim., New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Gladwell, M., New York; Time Warner Book Group, 2005.

The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual
Levine, R., Locke, C., Searls, D., and Weinberger, D., Perseus Books, 2000.

Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home
Sheldrake, R., New York: Crown Publishers, , 1999.

Trends

The Substance of Style
Postrel, Virginia., New York: HarperCollins, 2003.

Transculturalism: How the World Is Coming Together
Grunitzky, Claude., N.p.: True Agency, 2004.

In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed
Honore, Carl., New York: HarperCollins, 2004.

Innovation

The Ten Faces of Innovation
Kelley, Thomas and Jonathan Littman., N.p.: Currency, 2005.

The Art of Innovation
Kelley, Thomas., N.p.: Profile Business, 2002.

The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts, and Cultures
Johansson, Frans., Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 2004.

Other

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Schwartz, Barry., New York: HarperCollins, 2004.