1/ [Thread with loads of book recommendations] We've done some work at @CPI_foundation that I'm really proud of. Many would agree that managerial methods have run their course (optimization and efficiency, customers, best practices, hierarchies, ...). 
2/ What is less clear is what we could and should reach for instead. We've had a go at articulating an answer to that question: centreforpublicimpact.org/the-enabling-s…
3/ A different mindset is emerging in many governments around the world. Rather than focusing on improving services directly, this approach aims to cultivate the conditions from which good solutions are more likely to emerge. The emphasis is on enablement rather than delivery.
4/ But of course we're not the first or only ones to be thinking about this. Here are, in no particular order, 20 books that helped shape our thinking:
5/ "Seeing Like A State: Why Certain Schemes To Improve The Human Condition Have Failed" by James C. Scott (yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030007…)
6/ "The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy" by @MazzucatoM at @IIPP_UCL (marianamazzucato.com/publications/b…)
7/ "The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story Of Citizenship, The Economy, And The Role Of Government" by @ericpliu and @NickHanauer (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/219294/t…)
8/ "More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First" by @SteveHiltonx, @jasonwbade and @scottabade (penguin.co.uk/books/1108855/…)
9/ "Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness" by @FredericLaloux (reinventingorganizations.com)
10/ "Radical Help: How We Can Remake the Relationships Between Us and Revolutionise the Welfare State" by @HilaryCottam (hilarycottam.com/radical-help/)
11/ "The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive In The Age Of Populism" by @bruce_katz and @NowakJeremy (brookings.edu/book/the-new-l…)
13/ "New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--and How to Make It Work for You" by @jeremyheimans and @henrytimms (thisisnewpower.com)
14/ "Turn the Ship Around: A True Story Of Turning Followers Into Leaders" by @ldavidmarquet (davidmarquet.com/turn-the-ship-…)
15/ "Anti-Fragile: Things That Gain From Disorder" and "Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life", both by @nntaleb (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/176227/a… // penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537828/s…)
16/ "Evidence-based Policy: A Practical Guide To Doing It Better" by @nancycartwright and Jeremy Hardie (global.oup.com/academic/produ…)
17/ "Challenging the Performance Movement: Accountability, Complexity and Democratic Values" by Beryl Radin (press.georgetown.edu/book/georgetow…)
18/ "Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every School" by Andy Hargreaves and @MichaelFullan1
19/ "Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action" by Elinor Ostrom (cambridge.org/core/books/gov…)
20/ "Against Management: Organization in the Age of Managerialism" by Martin Parker (wiley.com/en-gb/Against+…)
21/ "A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less? Evaluating Three Decades of Reform and Change in UK Central Government" by Christopher Hood and @ruth_dixon (global.oup.com/academic/produ…)
22/ "Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World" by @StanMcChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and @FussellChris (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317066/t…)
23/ "Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action" by Matt Andrews (@governwell), Lant Pritchett and Michael Woolcock (global.oup.com/academic/produ…)
24/ Since starting this thread we’ve come across a few more excellent books that have helped shape our thinking around the ‘shared power principle’ (resources.centreforpublicimpact.org/production/201…). Here they are: 📚
25/ “Systems Thinking in the Public Sector - the failure of the reform regime... and a manifesto for a better way” by John Seddon (@VanguardMethod) (triarchypress.net/systems-thinki…)
26/ “Navigation by Judgment - Why and When Top-Down Management of Foreign Aid Doesn’t Work” by Dan Honig (@rambletastic) (global.oup.com/academic/produ…)
27/ “Obliquity - Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly” by @ProfJohnKay (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/308233/o…)
29/ “Going Horizontal - creating a non-hierarchical organization, one practice at a time” by Samantha Slade (@sam5) (penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/579860/g…)
31/ "The Fifth Discipline - The Art & Practice of The Learning Organisation" by Peter M. Senge (@petersenge) (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/163984/t…)
32/ “Dancing at the edge - Competence, Culture and Organization in the 21st Century” by Maureen O’Hara and Graham Leicester (@graham_iff) (triarchypress.net/dancing-at-the…)
@graham_iff 33/ "Transformative Innovation - A Guide to Practice and Policy" also by Graham Leicester (@graham_iff)(internationalfuturesforum.com/p/transformati…)
