This Is a Prototype: The Curious Craft of Exploring New Ideas (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Scott Witthoft
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A practical guide to prototyping as a way to revolutionize your work and creative life, from Stanfo…
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1. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
By: Brené Brown
4.13
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
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"Joy is probably the most vulnerable emotion we experience in our lives."-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
"Lying is a defiance of the truth. Bullshitting is a wholesale dismissal of the truth."-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
"When we're suffering, may of us are better at causing pain than feeling it. We spread hurt rather than let it inside."-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
"(Quoting Viola Davis) I will not be a mystery to my daughter. She will know me and I will share my stories with her—the stories of failure, shame, and accomplishment. She will know she’s not alone in…"-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
2. Business Model Generation
By: Alexander Osterwalder , Yves Pigneur
3.88
Format: None pages,
Business Model Generation is a practical, inspiring handbook for anyone striving to improve a busin… read more
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3. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
By: David Epstein
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think. Plenty of experts… read more
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"We learn who we are only by living, and not before."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"Repetition, it turned out, was less important than struggle."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"If we treated careers more like dating, nobody would settle down so quickly."-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"mental meandering and personal experimentation are sources of power, and head starts are overrated"-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
4. The Ministry for the Future
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
3.88
Format: 563 pages, Hardcover
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's fu… read more
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"What's the monetary value of human civilization? Trying to answer that question proves you are a moral and practical idiot."-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"Of course there is always resistance, always a drag on movement toward better things. The dead hand of the past clutches us by way of living people who are too frightened to accept change."-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"It was so hard to imagine that a mind could be gone. All those thoughts that you never tell anyone, all those dreams, all that entire pocket universe: gone. A character unlike any other character, a …"-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"Ideology, n. An imaginary relationship to a real situation. In common usage, what the other person has, especially when systematically distorting the facts. But it seems to us that an ideology is a n…"-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
5. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
By: Bent Flyvbjerg
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more
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6. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
By: Ethan Mollick
4.13
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more
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7. The Faint of Heart
By: Kerilynn Wilson
3.89
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
What would you do if you were the only person left with a heart? The only person left who felt anyt… read more
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"Ama duygulara karşı hissizleştirmek, kalbi zayıflatıyor."-Kerilynn Wilson, The Faint of Heart
8. Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Sarah Stein Greenberg
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A vibrant illustrated resource of captivating and practical ways to help you bring creative approac… read more
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9. Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Communities (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Susie Wise
4.08
Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition
A practical, illustrated guide to using the tools of design to create feelings of inclusion, collab… read more
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- design
10. Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
By: Sasha Costanza-Chock
4.19
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
An exploration of how design might be led by marginalized communities, dismantle structural inequal… read more
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11. Design Social Change: Take Action, Work toward Equity, and Challenge the Status Quo (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Lesley-Ann Noel
3.75
Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover design strategies for using your own unique social identities and experiences as inspirati… read more
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12. Make Possibilities Happen: How to Transform Ideas into Reality (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Grace Hawthorne
3.79
Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition
Scheme the impossible! Turn your vision into reality! Transform what if into what’s next! Discover … read more
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13. This Is a Prototype: The Curious Craft of Exploring New Ideas (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Scott Witthoft
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A practical guide to prototyping as a way to revolutionize your work and creative life, from Stanfo… read more
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14. Navigating Ambiguity: Creating Opportunity in a World of Unknowns (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Andrea Small
4.09
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A thought-provoking guide to help you lean in to the discomfort of the unknown to turn creative opp… read more
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15. The Secret Language of Maps: How to Tell Visual Stories with Data (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Carissa Carter
3.77
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Maps aren’t just geographic, they are also infographic and include all types of frameworks and diag… read more
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16. Creative Hustle: Blaze Your Own Path and Make Work That Matters (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Olatunde Sobomehin
4.08
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A vibrant, illustrated guide to blazing a unique and fulfilling creative path, from the Stanford d.… read more
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17. You Need a Manifesto: How to Craft Your Convictions and Put Them to Work
By: Charlotte Burgess-Auburn
3.65
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
An essential how-to for crafting a guiding motto that sets intentions, increases creativity, and he… read more
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18. Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future from the Stanford d.school
By: Scott Doorley
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A powerful guide to why even the most well-intentioned innovations go haywire, and the surprising … read more
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19. Drawing on Courage: Risks Worth Taking and Stands Worth Making (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Ashish Goel
3.64
Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition
A practical, illustrated guide to overcoming the challenges of creative work, including where to st… read more
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20. Experiments in Reflection: How to See the Present, Reconsider the Past, and Shape the Future (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Leticia Britos Cavagnaro
4.00
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
Notice what matters, sharpen your intuition, and grow personally and professionally by honing your … read more
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21. Creative Hustle: Blaze Your Own Path and Make Work That Matters (Stanford d.school Library)
By: Olatunde Sobomehin
3.92
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
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