Intelligence Advantage Summary Table of Content Excerpts Preface Introduction Bibliography Background Conceptual background Praises Review

Background Reading for The Intelligence Advantage The ideas in this book are the result of the reading I've done, the conversations I've had and the application of the resulting thinking with clients. The interactions have been part of the learning process and have altered the meaning ofthe written works for me. While I found each of the mentioned books interesting on their own, it is as a body of knowledge that have becomeextraordinarily powerful. It is the interplay of the various ideas from the various fields that has created the richness of the model that I am presenting. There are many books, articles, workshops, individuals and experiences which are not mentioned. The books that I refer to here provide a network of thinking that intertwines, while never completely overlapping, and is, I think, enough to make a complete web of reality. I have created a course for managers from a more extensive set of readings which guides the student through the highlights of the authors' ideas for the purposes of developing principles of organizational design and management practices. This is accompanied by exercises, projects and practices to explore in action what is being developed in the reading. A management group could easily construct their own development program from the readings below. I would be delighted to hear about other sources of material that would increase and enrich the body of knowledge which is being developed here. Happy reading! The Social Construction Of Reality Berger & Luckman (Penguin), 1966, ISBN 0 1401 3548 0, has a simple and clear approach to the way that culture is formed and transformed. It reveals the linguistic and social nature of our structures of interpretation and provides insight into how we can access and impact the reality we live in. Grammatical Man J. Campbell, (Simon & Schuster) 1982, ISBN 0 6714 4062 4, reveals the linguistic nature of human beings and their institutions. The nature of information and its creative possibilities are explored. Startlingly simple presentations of theories, communication and information which have been at the center of communication and information technology -- the information age -- are made available for insight into organizational design. The Tree Of Knowledge Maturana & Varela, (New Science Library), 1988, ISBN 0 8777 3403 8, shows how language and knowledge develop in an interactive manner with the environment and survival requirements. Provides an understanding of intelligence, learning and knowledge which reveals them as phenomena larger than something individual. Complexity: Life At The Edge Of Chaos R. Lewin, (Macmillan Publishing), 1993, ISBN 0 4608 6092 5, makes the concept of complexity simple. Lewin shows that systems can self-organize and how they can innovate and adapt as they coevolve. He shows how central the operation of central values or "attractors" is to the continuing viable production of results that fall within a range of values rather than being individually specified. He reveals the operational principles for an organization of free and independent agents -- human beings. Complexity M. Waldrop, (Simon & Schuster), 1992, ISBN 0 6708 5045 4, presents simple definitions of complexity and talks about what the research being done reveals for organization, strategy, learning, evolution, adaptation and various other issues. He shows how thinking from biology, evolution and the sciences can -- at least metaphorically -- inform the thinking of corporations. The Mathematical Theory Of Communication Shannon & Weaver, (U of Illinois Press), 1963, ISBN 0 2527 2548 4, contains the fundamental theory of communication -- accompanied by mathematical proofs of the nature of information in a communication flow. These ideas suggest how to relate to communications of all kinds and theprinciples by which communication challenges can be successfully approached. Autopoiesis And Cognition Maturana & Varela, (D Reidel Publishing Co.), 1980, ISBN 9 0277 1016 3, a difficult but profound analysis that reveals the way intelligence and the environment arise together or coevolve. This work shakes the foundations of our accepted view of intelligence, learning, knowledge and the relationships between individuals and their organizations and environment. Unfathomed Knowledge, Unmeasured Wealth W. W. Bartley III, (Opened Court Publishing), 1990, ISBN 0 8126 9106 7, presents an approach of inquiry and a relationship to knowledge that reveals the always unfinished nature of our state of knowledge. This book reveals the possibility of continual learning and the cost of inhibiting learning and points the way to practices, structures and ways of thinking that will allow us to tap the greatest source of wealth. Inventing Reality: Physics As Language B. Gregory, (John Wiley & Sons), 1988, ISBN 0 4716 1388 6, shows the inherently metaphorical nature of physics and reveals that the sciences are creating ways of speaking which give us more effective action in the world and are, ultimately, unconcerned with "the way it really is." This book removes any suggestion that the idea that we are "making it up in language" leads to capricious or subjective approaches to reality. The Six Pillar Of Self-Esteem, N. Brandon, (Bantam Books), 1994, ISBN 0 5530 9529 3, presents the fundamentals of self-esteem by the leading researcher of the field with practical methodologies and questions at the end designed specifically for executives and managers. (Breakdowns, Learning Loop) Flow: The Psychology Of Happiness M. Csikszentmihalyi, (Harper & Row), 1992, ISBN 0 7126 5447 1, presents a view of learning and growth that not only shows this to be the natural human condition but indicates the boundaries which will combine the maximum learning with the maximum in personal satisfaction and self-esteem. (Breakdowns, Learning Loop) Microcosm G. Gilder, Touchstone (Simon & Schuster) 1989, ISBN 0 6717 0592 X, presents, in a few short pages of the preface, the best statement about the occurring era of change. A presentation of the theory that is continually driving the computer and information industries and of the importance of theory itself. Tells the story of winners and losers based on theory. (Broad Outline of Thinking, Theory) Being-In-The-World H. L. Dreyfus, (MIT Press), 1991, ISBN 0 2625 4056 8, a most profound yet easy to read book on the nature of human beings and how they relate to each other and the world. Explores the inherent challenge in a world where it is up to us to choose and to create the reality that we live in and up to us to give our lives -- and organizations -- meaning. His presentation of how we relate to everything as "tools" in service of our ends and what that means for humanity provides insight into much of what is not working in our corporations today. A Pattern Language Alexander, Shikawa & Silverstein, (Oxford University Press), 1977, a book which reveals the nature of design and the way it unfolds from fundamental principles rather than being something that is invented whole and independently. In revealing the design principles of architecture and community development, he shows us the power of language in the unfolding of a design in practice.