As Carol Bly writes in the introduction to her book Changing the Bully Who Rules the World: "It is based on literature because narrative is the best carrier of psychologically complex truths." 1 And as David Whyte writes in Crossing the Unknown Sea: "For real conversation we need a real language. To my mind that is the language not enshrined in business books or manuals but in our great literary traditions. Keats or Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson or Mary Oliver often say more in one line about the invisible structures that make up the average workday than a whole shelf of contemporary business books." 2

Literature Collection

I've addeed Literature, which will augment the business collection. Actually, the literature collection will hopefully at some point become the core collection, and deservedly so. I'd like to give credit to my friend Ray, who is offered the role of WorkCreatively literary consultant, for originally suggesting this.

• 1. Bly, C. (1996).  Changing the Bully Who Rules the World: Reading and Thinking about Ethics.
• 2. Whyte, D. (2002).  Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity.

The following collections are available here, though not yet completely populated:

Business Collection Computer Collection
Doing a search of this site will locate words or phrases from the personal notes I'm gradually adding for a number of the titles (primarily those in the business collection), including notable brief quotations.

For example, here are the search results for the word "blaming":

Created a library collection tagged with "Business" imported from the corresponding library in the Alexandria software. A few duplicates to be eliminated due to multiple ISBNs getting selected for one book (possible software bug).

Besides online compilation of the business book collection, numbering in the hundreds, this will allow searching and citation using citekeys, like this 1.

• 1. Ressler, C., & Thompson J. (2008).  Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke–the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific.