Over the years I have found a number of valuable resources from a variety of media that have helped me to navigate the competing (and sometime conflicting,) approaches to leadership development.
These resources have contributed to my philosophical foundation, my intellectual development, and have provided the means to validate information and data.
My objective is to show others a way to think, not what to think. The resources are from people or groups that I respect and who seem to support critical thinking and the idea that truth is a fact-based and not a matter of opinion.
Most importantly, if we are going to be leaders whose decisions will effect other people, markets, or maybe even whole indusries, we have to make those decisions based on the best evidence.
As the saying goes: garbage in – garbage out.
We must learn how to evaluate the sources and quality of the evidence that is the basis of every decision we make.
Finally, we must obligate ourselves to have the integrity and will to change our opinions and decisions in the face of newer, better evidence.
Between the books and podcasts there are thousands of hours of information on this Resource Page. Much like a language, critical thinking and evidence based leadership is an immersive process. As you are exposed to more of the process, it will become a heuristic tool.
In my own experience, my best leadership moments came when I heard something that “didn’t sound right” or in those situations when there was something I didn’t hear – either of which made me go and dig a little deeper.
A shameless plug
Yes, this is my book. But, I wouldn’t have written it if I didn’t think there was something valuable to share
6 Rabbit Holes
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29tNh6p
Paperback: http://amzn.to/2dMYJsG
I love books.
I love the way they feel and their heft. I love the idea that they are miniature time capsules that hold the preserved thoughts of people from our near and distant past. I like that those thoughts can infect us with new ideas that can change our lives or, perhaps, our world.
Best of all, you can give book to others and, maybe, change their lives for the better.
This small list is a combination of critical thinking and business skills.
Two things I guarantee:
The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Johnson, Spencer M.D.
Hardcover: http://amzn.to/29GtcIV
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29NLTwe
Audible: http://amzn.to/29uycBy
Thinking Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29BOV75
Hardcover: http://amzn.to/29uyto5
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29BP5eL
Engineering Your Start-Up: A Guide for the High-Tech Entrepreneur (2nd Ed) by James A. Swanson and Michael L. Baird
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29MGkyc
You Are Not So Smart: by David McRaney (Author)
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29C7nd6
Hardcover: http://amzn.to/29Ad48g
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29vORRI
Audible: http://amzn.to/29AcZkQ
You Are Now Less Dumb: by David McRaney
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29v9H3i
Hardcover: http://amzn.to/29BPbDn
Kindle: http://amzn.to/2a7smCZ
Audible: http://amzn.to/29vPavC
Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
Paperback: http://amzn.to/2a7tgiX
Hardcover: http://amzn.to/29NNMcc
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29vPgU0
Audible: http://amzn.to/29AdBqD
Paranormality: Why we see what isn’t there by Richard Wiseman
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29Ae24m
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29M3Olf
Audible: http://amzn.to/29BPRbO
Bad Astronomy by Philip C. Plait (Author)
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29M3X8u
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29AdYRQ
Audible: http://amzn.to/29Aeaki
Nonsense on Stilts by Massimo Pigliucci
Paperback: http://amzn.to/2a7ty9G
Hardcover: http://amzn.to/29Ae7ox
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29FZjJr
Audible: http://amzn.to/29Aeobf
Power and Organization Development: Mobilizing Power to Implement Change (Prentice Hall Organizational Development Series) Jan 11, 1988 by Larry E. Greiner and Virginia E. Schein
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29M4gQL
Dealmaking: The New Strategy of Negotiauctions by Guhan Subramanian
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29Ae7VC
Hardcover: http://amzn.to/29Ae5wU
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29Aeu2x
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Hardcover by Adam Grant (Author)
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29M4sPT
Hardcover: http://amzn.to/29uzZq3
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29Aeb7C
Audible: http://amzn.to/29uzL2f
No Fear Speaking: High-Impact Public Speaking Secrets by Joe Yazbeck
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29AePSJ
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29C9Zrn
Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds by Carmine Gallo
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29uzSLe
Hardcover: http://amzn.to/29AeTlf
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29BQNwH
Audiobook CD: http://amzn.to/29AeTSk
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29Af2oU
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29Aft2D
Audible: Abridged http://amzn.to/29NDUPH
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths by Michael Shermer
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29LUm1m
Hardcover: http://amzn.to/29A5w5l
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29AfjZ5
Audible: http://amzn.to/29A5Kt9
The Moral Arc: How Science Makes Us Better People by Michael Shermer
Paperback: http://amzn.to/29LUSMX
Hardcover: http://amzn.to/2a7ksty
Kindle: http://amzn.to/29M6j7d
Audible: Unabridged http://amzn.to/29CucMH
What I really love about podcasts is that they engage me in what feels like a conversation.
I recommend these podcasts because they emphasise critical thinking and apply the techniques over a wide variety of popular culture topics.
Like anything, some of the early episodes were rough in format, but each gained traction and direction as they matured.
Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe
Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena with Brian Dunning
Great online reference tools that cover the facts and fictions of about anything you might see, read, or hear.
Before you forward something too incredible to believe, check it out.
FactCheck.org
Encyclopedia of Claims – JREF – James Randi Educational Foundation
Snopes
What’s the Harm?
Quackwatch