What books to read in learning and development?

10 March 2012
Recently, on a whim I asked the following question on Twitter:
What book has had the greatest impact on your career in learning?
Despite it being Friday afternoon, in a few minutes the responses below came through – I have also given the Twitter handle of the recommender.
Do you agree? What else would you like to see on this list? If you would like to make a recommendation, please could you include your reason for nominating the book:
- Analyzing Performance Problems, Robert Mager -Jay Cross (@jaycross)
- As If, Saler – Janet Laane Effron (@janet_frg)
- Back of The Napkin, Dan Roam – Sam Taylor (@samt_el)
- Being Digital, Nicholas Negroponte – Nigel Paine (@ebase)
- Beyond ELearning, Marc Rosenberg, Kate Graham (@kategraham23)
- Complications, Atul Gawande -Jane Bozarth (@JaneBozarth)
- Conditions of Learning, Robert Gagne – Nigel Paine (@ebase)
- Designing Successful e-Learning: Forget What You Know About
- Istructional Design and Do Something Interesting, Michael W. Allen Michael – Louise Baynes (@Louise1979)
- Disrupting Class ,Christensen, Horn and Johnson- micheldiaz (@micheldiaz)
- Electronic Performance Support (1991), Gloria Gery – Charles Jennings (@charlesjennings)
- Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software, Steven Johnson – Jay Cross (@jaycross)
- Facilitating Live Online Learning, Colin Steed – Amanda Randall-Gavin (@MandyRG)
- How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, Bransford et al – Britt Watwood (@bwatwood)
- Human Competence, Tom Gilbert – Dave Ferguson (@Dave_Ferguson)
- Improving Performance: How to Manage the White Space in the Organization, Geary Rummler and Alan Brache – Dave Ferguson (@Dave_Ferguson)
- Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance, Jay Cross – Harold Jarche (@hjarche)
- Make To Stick, Chip & Dan Heath – Sam Taylor (@samt_el)
- Management, Peter Drucker -Jay Cross (@jaycross)
Maverick, Ricardo Semler – Henry Stewart (@happyhenry) - Narrative as Virtual Reality, ML Ryan – Janet Laane Effron (@janet_frg)
- Presentation Zen, Garr Reynolds – Colin Steed (@ColinSteed)
- Rapport Sur Vital De L’instruction Publique Dans Quelques Pays De L’allemagne Et Particulièrement En Prusse, Victor Cousin – Charles Jennings (@charlesjennings)
- A New Learning Culture, Doug Thomas – Charles Jennings (@charlesjennings)
- Teaching Hard, Teaching Soft, Colin Corder – Andy Parker (@aparker60)
- Teaching Training Learning Practical-Guide, Reece and Walker – Tony Burnett
- Tell Me a Story,Roger Schank -Jay Cross (@jaycross)
- The Adult Learner, Malcolm Knowles -Jay Cross (@jaycross)
The Blended Learning Cookbook, Clive Shepherd – Craig Taylor (@CraigTaylor74) - The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning, Richard Mayer – Rachel Kubel (@rachelmiriam)
- The Cluetrain Manifesto, Doc Searles, David Weinberger, et alia – Jay Cross (@jaycross)
- The Educated Mind: How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding, Kieran Egan – Harold Jarche (@hjarche)
- The Knowledge Making Company ,Nonaka & Takeuchi – Awooler (@awooler)
- The New Learning Architect ,Clive Shepherd – Damian Farrell (@Dames20), Andrew Taylor (ajtlearn)
- The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom,Yochai Benkler – Harold Jarche (@hjarche)
- What Every Manager Should Know about Training, Robert Mager – Dave Ferguson (@Dave_Ferguson)
- Working Smarter Field Book , @jaycross & friends – mark britz (@britz), Sam Taylor (@samt_el)
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Jack Mezirow, R Clark and S Brookfield – Candice Kramer (@CandiceCPLP)
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