The AI Dilemma
Seven Principles for Responsible Technology • Coauthor: Juliette Powell
“I am learning so much, and it is challenging some of my preconceived notions.” – Om Malik, writer and Partner Emeritus, True Ventures
Drawing from conversations with AI pioneers, ethicists, and business leaders, Juliette and I show how organizations can harness AI's transformative power while maintaining human agency and accountability. In plain language with many stories, we describe responsible AI practices that enhance rather than replace human judgment.
The Age of Heretics
A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management
“That rarest of books, one that is both important and a pleasure to read.” — Warren Bennis
Before "disruption" and “agile” became management fads, a generation of corporate mavericks quietly reframed how organizations think and learn. This book tells the story of these unsung pioneers—from the first business scenario planners to the founders of the field of organizational development to the engineers whose LSD use laid the groundwork for Silicon Valley.
Along the way, you learn how countercultural thinking became high-performance management, why it isn’t enough to have a better idea, and how to be an influential heretic in your own larger organization. This management history has inspired many of today's transformational leaders.
Who Really Matters
The Core Group Theory of Power, Privilege and Success
Art Kleiner has uncovered a central truth about the way organizations work. Like any deep insight, it makes explicable what had previously been mysterious. —Jim Collins
Who Really Matters argues that a "core group" of business executives are the ones who determine the behavior of a company, not the shareholders. In my experience, financial models get constructed to validate the CEO’s preferences more than otherwise.This is the book that really crystallized it for me. — Marc Andreesen
Here are three great lies of the modern corporation: The customer comes first, employees are our greatest asset, and we exist to return investment to shareholders. The invisible dynamic of the core group explains the limits of companies — and how to transcend those limits.
The Inner Voice of Strategic Leadership • Coauthors: Jeffrey Schwartz, MD and Josie Thomson
The Wise Advocate
“A combination of neuroscience concepts, a process of self-reflection, and consideration of the greatest good for the people one must lead.” - Marshall Goldsmith
The Wise Advocate introduces a neuroscience-based approach to developing what Peter Drucker called "the discipline of the right decision." By understanding how the brain processes strategic choices, you can cultivate an inner voice that balances analytical rigor with intuitive wisdom. The four steps in this book – relabeling, reframing, refocusing and revaluing – are a systematic approach to developing the mental agility that complex leadership demands.
coauthored with Peter Senge, Bryan Smith, and Charlotte Roberts, Rick Ross, George Roth, Nelda Cambron-McCabe, Janis Dutton, and Tim Lucas (Currency/Doubleday, 1994-2010)
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook series
The three Fieldbooks are still used by millions of practitioners worldwide. They created a new genre: the organizational learning fieldbook, combining theory, tools, and stories from real experience
A new project underway, the Living Fieldbook for System Leaders, picks up where these books left off.