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Conceptual Blockbusting: a guide to better ideas; Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1986;
Clear description of several individual and social blocks that are in the way of change.
Covey, Stephen R.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: powerful lessons in personal change; Simon & Schuster, 1993;
About self-realization, based on ones principles.
De Bono, Edward
The use of lateral thinking; Penguin Books, 1983;
Abridged introduction into lateral thinking.
Ellmo, Wendy and Jill Graser
Adapted Adventure Activities: a rehabilitation model for adventure programming and group initiatives; Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1995;
Full of activities that are aimed at groups that people with a challenge are member of. Written by two experts from the field.
Goman, Carol Kinsey
Creative thinking in business; Kogan Page Ltd, 1992.
The works of De Bono pressed into a booklet that offers some light holiday reading. Limited content.
Koestler, Arthur
The Act of Creation; Arkana, 1989;
First published in 1964, this comprehensive book on pattern forming innovation remains up-to-date. No light reading, but after you have consumed this, you can skip most of what De Bono ever wrote.
Rohnke, Karl
Cowstails and Cobras: a guide to games, initiatives, ropes courses & adventure curriculum; Kendall/Hunt Publishing company, 1989;
Rohnke, Karl and Steve Butler
Quicksilver: adventure games, initiative problems, trust activities and a guide to effective leadership; Kendall/Hunt Publishing company, 1995;
Both books are a collection of outdoor activities. Both also open with the warning that the activities can result in injury when wrongly used. For those who can judge and minimize this risk, these books are a treasure of activities.
Smith, Thomas E.
Incidents in Challenge Education: a guide to leadership development; Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1994;
A collection of 54 incidents that occurred during trainings/sessions. The format looks as follows: description of 2 pages of the incident/accident. After that follow the comments of 10 to 20 experts from the field. The multitude of angles under which they look at the incident, forces the reader to think and form his own opinion.
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