Here's partial list of books that have influenced me: I. Business In search of Excellence Peters and Waterman: a documentation of how excellent companies operate humanly Built to Last Collins and Porras: documentation of how visionary companies operate beyond a quest for profits with a purpose of benefitting society Borderless Business Mann & Goetz: Essays on working effectively in the global society includes the social process triangle & corporate process triangle II. Society The End of American Exceptionalism Bechovich (sp?): The challenge to become one in the world of nations rather than THE one. Riding the Waves of Culture Trompenaars & Hampden/Turner: Identifying the characteristics of different cultures, both national and company. The Nature of Prejudice Gordon Allport: Somewhat old, but a classic on the dynamics of social and racial prejudice The Secular City Harvey Cox: the urban revolution has happened and is worth celebrating III. Theology Radical Monotheism and Western Culture H. Richard Niebuhr: Spells out the paradox of monotheism: All is unworthy and all is good! The History of Christian Thought Paul Tillich: A fantastic and readable story of how and why theology developed the way it has (transcribed lectures) The Noise of Solemn Assemblies Peter Berger: The Churchs sociological reality belies its theological intents Christ Without Myth Schubert Ogden: Getting beyond the stories to the reality that the Christ story communicates Bending History, I & II -- J.W. Mathews: Joes classic theological and sociological talks. IV. Fiction The George Smiley Trilogy (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy; Smileys People) John LeCarre: The hero was personally inept but professionally outstanding in serving a cause higher than the immediate circumstances. Were sort of undercover agents for the Other World, and Ive found George to be an inspiring role model. The Harry Potter Series (1-7) J.K. Rowlings: She sets up 2 parallel universes, one normal and the other wondrous (but they are actually the same universe); the business of wizards is to protect us muggles from perceiving the wonders that are present. Our mission, on the other hand, is to help our clients and colleagues to perceive and appreciate this wondrous universe. John Epps
Great list _____ From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of jlepps@pc.jaring.my Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 2:04 AM To: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net Subject: [Oe List ...] Book List Here's partial list of books that have influenced me: I. Business . In search of Excellence - Peters and Waterman: a documentation of how excellent companies operate humanly . Built to Last - Collins and Porras: documentation of how visionary companies operate beyond a quest for profits with a purpose of benefitting society . Borderless Business - Mann & Goetz: Essays on working effectively in the global society includes the social process triangle & corporate process triangle II. Society . The End of American Exceptionalism - Bechovich (sp?): The challenge to become one in the world of nations rather than THE one. . Riding the Waves of Culture - Trompenaars & Hampden/Turner: Identifying the characteristics of different cultures, both national and company. . The Nature of Prejudice - Gordon Allport: Somewhat old, but a classic on the dynamics of social and racial prejudice . The Secular City - Harvey Cox: the urban revolution has happened and is worth celebrating III. Theology . Radical Monotheism and Western Culture - H. Richard Niebuhr: Spells out the paradox of monotheism: All is unworthy and all is good! . The History of Christian Thought - Paul Tillich: A fantastic and readable story of how and why theology developed the way it has (transcribed lectures) . The Noise of Solemn Assemblies - Peter Berger: The Church's sociological reality belies its theological intents . Christ Without Myth - Schubert Ogden: Getting beyond the stories to the reality that the Christ story communicates . Bending History, I & II -- J.W. Mathews: Joe's classic theological and sociological talks. IV. Fiction . The George Smiley Trilogy (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy; Smiley's People) - John LeCarre: The hero was personally inept but professionally outstanding in serving a cause higher than the immediate circumstances. We're sort of undercover agents for the Other World, and I've found George to be an inspiring role model. . The Harry Potter Series (1-7) - J.K. Rowlings: She sets up 2 parallel universes, one "normal" and the other wondrous (but they are actually the same universe); the business of wizards is to protect us "muggles" from perceiving the wonders that are present. Our mission, on the other hand, is to help our clients and colleagues to perceive and appreciate this wondrous universe. John Epps
Enjoyed the book list, too. Remember reading most of them. I'm wondering if anyone remembers the process for the contradiction workshop. We found that very helpful when people came to us with challenging problems. Would like to use it again, but can't remember how it proceeded. Grace and peace, Braxton Combs -----Original Message----- From: Herman Greene <hfgreene@mindspring.com> To: 'Order Ecumenical Community' <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Tue, Aug 14, 2012 9:53 am Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Book List Great list From:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of jlepps@pc.jaring.my Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 20122:04 AM To: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net Subject: [Oe List ...] Book List Here's partial list of books that have influenced me: I. Business • Insearch of Excellence – Peters and Waterman: a documentation of howexcellent companies operate humanly • Built toLast – Collins and Porras: documentation of how visionary companiesoperate beyond a quest for profits with a purpose of benefitting society • BorderlessBusiness – Mann & Goetz: Essays on working effectively in theglobal society includes the social process triangle & corporate processtriangle II. Society • TheEnd of American Exceptionalism –Bechovich (sp?): The challenge to become one in the world of nations ratherthan THE one. • Riding theWaves of Culture – Trompenaars & Hampden/Turner: Identifying thecharacteristics of different cultures, both national and company. • The Natureof Prejudice – Gordon Allport: Somewhat old, but a classic on thedynamics of social and racial prejudice • The Secular City – Harvey Cox: the urbanrevolution has happened and is worth celebrating III. Theology • RadicalMonotheism and Western Culture – H. Richard Niebuhr: Spells out theparadox of monotheism: All is unworthy and all is good! • The Historyof Christian Thought – Paul Tillich: A fantastic and readable storyof how and why theology developed the way it has (transcribed lectures) • The Noise ofSolemn Assemblies – Peter Berger: The Church’s sociologicalreality belies its theological intents • ChristWithout Myth – Schubert Ogden: Getting beyond the stories to thereality that the Christ story communicates • BendingHistory, I & II -- J.W. Mathews: Joe’s classic theological andsociological talks. IV. Fiction • TheGeorge Smiley Trilogy (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The HonorableSchoolboy; Smiley’s People) – John LeCarre: The hero waspersonally inept but professionally outstanding in serving a cause higher thanthe immediate circumstances. We’re sort of undercover agents for theOther World, and I’ve found George to be an inspiring role model. • The HarryPotter Series (1-7) – J.K. Rowlings: She sets up 2 parallel universes,one “normal” and the other wondrous (but they are actually the sameuniverse); the business of wizards is to protect us “muggles” fromperceiving the wonders that are present. Our mission, on the other hand, is tohelp our clients and colleagues to perceive and appreciate this wondrousuniverse. John Epps _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
Thanks Herman. The thing about making a list like this is that it keeps growing! It's a real meditative exercise in which we can re-connect with some of our meditative council who may have been napping at the table for awhile. Anyway here's a couple of additions to my previous list: The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge: the various modes of thinking that are possible and necessary to function in business. Systems Thinking is the novel one. The Mind of the South William Cash: An outstanding portrayal of the dimensions that go into the Southern mind-set The Reality of God Schubert Ogden: Using process philosophy to disprove the nonexistence of God Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain: More than an adventure story, its a satiric parody of the sociological mindset of the times. We could use a couple of those to lighten up the present environment. The Hamlet William Faulkner: A vivid portrayal of dynamics of living in the old South my homeland. V. The Universe Fabric of the Cosmos, Elegant Universe, Hidden Reality Brian Greene: These are three books that present good, if complex, descriptions of the String Theory of reality. These are now Discovery Channel programs. It's possible to read entire pages that look like English and to have no idea what they're talking about! Chaos James Gleick: Chaos theory and complexity theory are ways of grasping the complicated way things work that goes beyond simple cause-and-effect John At 10:52 AM 8/14/2012, you wrote:
Great list
---------- From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of jlepps@pc.jaring.my Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 2:04 AM To: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net Subject: [Oe List ...] Book List
Here's partial list of books that have influenced me:
I. Business In search of Excellence Peters and Waterman: a documentation of how excellent companies operate humanly Built to Last Collins and Porras: documentation of how visionary companies operate beyond a quest for profits with a purpose of benefitting society Borderless Business Mann & Goetz: Essays on working effectively in the global society includes the social process triangle & corporate process triangle
II. Society The End of American Exceptionalism Bechovich (sp?): The challenge to become one in the world of nations rather than THE one. Riding the Waves of Culture Trompenaars & Hampden/Turner: Identifying the characteristics of different cultures, both national and company. The Nature of Prejudice Gordon Allport: Somewhat old, but a classic on the dynamics of social and racial prejudice The Secular City Harvey Cox: the urban revolution has happened and is worth celebrating
III. Theology Radical Monotheism and Western Culture H. Richard Niebuhr: Spells out the paradox of monotheism: All is unworthy and all is good! The History of Christian Thought Paul Tillich: A fantastic and readable story of how and why theology developed the way it has (transcribed lectures) The Noise of Solemn Assemblies Peter Berger: The Churchs sociological reality belies its theological intents Christ Without Myth Schubert Ogden: Getting beyond the stories to the reality that the Christ story communicates Bending History, I & II -- J.W. Mathews: Joes classic theological and sociological talks.
IV. Fiction The George Smiley Trilogy (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy; Smileys People) John LeCarre: The hero was personally inept but professionally outstanding in serving a cause higher than the immediate circumstances. Were sort of undercover agents for the Other World, and Ive found George to be an inspiring role model. The Harry Potter Series (1-7) J.K. Rowlings: She sets up 2 parallel universes, one normal and the other wondrous (but they are actually the same universe); the business of wizards is to protect us muggles from perceiving the wonders that are present. Our mission, on the other hand, is to help our clients and colleagues to perceive and appreciate this wondrous universe.
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These annotations are intriguing. When I get back to my book shelf / movie shelf / article file, I will meditate more, might also be informative about when these shifted our thinking, and how . . . Jim Wiegel "The problem with quotes on the internet is that it is hard to verify their authenticity." Abraham Lincoln 401 North Beverly Way, Tolleson, Arizona 85353-2401 +1 623-363-3277 skype: jfredwiegel jfwiegel@yahoo.com www.partnersinparticipation.com Upcoming public course opportunities: ToP Facilitation Methods, Sept 11-12, 2012 ToP Strategic Planning, Oct 9-10, 2012 The AZ Community of Practice meets the 1st Friday- Sept 7, 2012 Facilitation Mastery : Our Mastering the Technology of Participation program is available in Phoenix in 2012-3. Program begins on Nov 14-16, 2012 See short video http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=55 and website for further details. --- On Tue, 8/14/12, jlepps@pc.jaring.my <jlepps@pc.jaring.my> wrote: From: jlepps@pc.jaring.my <jlepps@pc.jaring.my> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Book List To: "Order Ecumenical Community" <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 7:09 PM Thanks Herman. The thing about making a list like this is that it keeps growing! It's a real meditative exercise in which we can re-connect with some of our meditative council who may have been napping at the table for awhile. Anyway here's a couple of additions to my previous list: The Fifth Discipline – Peter Senge: the various modes of thinking that are possible and necessary to function in business. Systems Thinking is the novel one. • The Mind of the South – William Cash: An outstanding portrayal of the dimensions that go into the Southern mind-set • The Reality of God – Schubert Ogden: Using process philosophy to disprove the nonexistence of God • Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain: More than an adventure story, it’s a satiric parody of the sociological mindset of the times. We could use a couple of those to lighten up the present environment. • The Hamlet – William Faulkner: A vivid portrayal of dynamics of living in the old South – my homeland. V. The Universe • Fabric of the Cosmos, Elegant Universe, Hidden Reality – Brian Greene: These are three books that present good, if complex, descriptions of the String Theory of reality. These are now Discovery Channel programs. It's possible to read entire pages that look like English and to have no idea what they're talking about! • Chaos – James Gleick: Chaos theory and complexity theory are ways of grasping the complicated way things work that goes beyond simple cause-and-effect John At 10:52 AM 8/14/2012, you wrote: Great list From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [ mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of jlepps@pc.jaring.my Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 2:04 AM To: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net Subject: [Oe List ...] Book List Here's partial list of books that have influenced me: I. Business • In search of Excellence – Peters and Waterman: a documentation of how excellent companies operate humanly • Built to Last – Collins and Porras: documentation of how visionary companies operate beyond a quest for profits with a purpose of benefitting society • Borderless Business – Mann & Goetz: Essays on working effectively in the global society includes the social process triangle & corporate process triangle II. Society • The End of American Exceptionalism – Bechovich (sp?): The challenge to become one in the world of nations rather than THE one. • Riding the Waves of Culture – Trompenaars & Hampden/Turner: Identifying the characteristics of different cultures, both national and company. • The Nature of Prejudice – Gordon Allport: Somewhat old, but a classic on the dynamics of social and racial prejudice • The Secular City – Harvey Cox: the urban revolution has happened and is worth celebrating III. Theology • Radical Monotheism and Western Culture – H. Richard Niebuhr: Spells out the paradox of monotheism: All is unworthy and all is good! • The History of Christian Thought – Paul Tillich: A fantastic and readable story of how and why theology developed the way it has (transcribed lectures) • The Noise of Solemn Assemblies – Peter Berger: The Church’s sociological reality belies its theological intents • Christ Without Myth – Schubert Ogden: Getting beyond the stories to the reality that the Christ story communicates • Bending History, I & II -- J.W. Mathews: Joe’s classic theological and sociological talks. IV. Fiction • The George Smiley Trilogy (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People) – John LeCarre: The hero was personally inept but professionally outstanding in serving a cause higher than the immediate circumstances. We’re sort of undercover agents for the Other World, and I’ve found George to be an inspiring role model. • The Harry Potter Series (1-7) – J.K. Rowlings: She sets up 2 parallel universes, one “normal” and the other wondrous (but they are actually the same universe); the business of wizards is to protect us “muggles” from perceiving the wonders that are present. Our mission, on the other hand, is to help our clients and colleagues to perceive and appreciate this wondrous universe. John Epps _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
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