Nudge

I Recommend

These are some of the titles that shaped my thinking in the last year.

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Design choice architecture
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Finding your purpose changes everything!
The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change
Brilliant approach to activating a movement
Nonprofit Strategy Revolution: Real-Time Strategic Planning in a Rapid-Response World
The strategic planning model I use
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Leverage your passion
Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business
Nonprofit ideas in the corporate world
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Maximize your talents
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Understand and guide change
A. Gawande's The Checklist Manifesto(The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right [Hardcover])(2009)
Pilots will not fly without a checklist- why should you?
Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion
Making a run at the motivational gold medal
Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust
Who influences you and how?
The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change
The guide to social media

What influenced you in 2010?

Nudge

I would highly recommend the book, Nudge.  It provides a blueprint for building behavioral architects.  Simply put, it can help one understand the choices that make one program work brilliantly and another fail.  These micro-adjustments are often traced back to behavioral tipping points.  I appreciate the authors’ ability to breakdown complex behavioral concepts into the notion of the Planner (best represented by Mr. Spock from Star Trek) and the Doer (seen in the styling of Homer Simpson).  When you consider the little nudges a social enterprise can utilize to standout in a crowded sector, the book is a highly valuable resource.