Be Inspired!
What are the books, websites, blogs,
articles and videos that people get their inspiration from? You
could try watching or reading something on the 360 Day, and see if
anything here challenges your thinking. Some examples are
below.
Here's the full list of reading
recommendations...or why not take a look at
"Holiday reading to challenge your
perspectives" - suggestions made by a
range of people on Common Purpose Chief Executive Julia Middleton's
blog.
All the videos people have recommended are
here, or you can join in our discussion on
LinkedIn to find some more suggestions...
And where does your
inspriation come from? Email us and let us know
and we'll add it to the list!
Tarek Ben Halim, founder and Trustee, Arab Learning
Initiative
The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of
Imagination, the J.K. Rowling Harvard University Commencement
Address (June 2008)
"It is difficult to be specific about how a
speech impacted me other than to say these sort of things stick in
your head and over time somehow impact one's behaviour. For
example, Rowling's focus on lessons learned from failure is quite
an interesting and unusual angle that I am sure will, over time,
somehow impact my behaviour."
Professor Charles Handy, Management writer
The Mystery of Capital by Hernando De Soto
(2000)
"De Soto's book shows that there is an enormous amount of
untapped wealth among the poor, the problem is that they cannot
leverage it in the way richer people do because their assets -
land, buildings, or businesses - do not have proper legal titles.
So obvious but so unnoticed, until now."
Richard Charkin, Executive Director, Bloomsbury Publishing
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
"I first read it aged fifteen when I still thought
the world might be rational. It helped me recognise the absurdity
of organisations, structures, rules and strategies!"
Sir David Varney, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury
I've been to the mountain top speech by Martin Luther
King (3 April, 1968)
"Delivered the night before Dr. King was murdered. Dr.
King retells the parable of The Good Samaritan. He explained that
the priest and the Levite passed by lest they be attacked. The Good
Samaritan asked himself what would happen to the injured man if he
didn't stop."