Drucker, P. (1993). Post-Capitalist Society, New York Harper (from capitalism to a knowledge society)

Friedman, Thomas L. (2000), the Lexus and the Olive Tree, Anchor Books.

Nonaka, Ikujiro and Hirotaka Takeuchi (1995). The Knowledge Creating Company. How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation. N.Y. Oxford Press.

Nonaka, Ikujiro and Hirotaka Takeuchi, the new Product Development Game, January-February 1986, Harvard Business Review.

Ohmae, Kenichi (1999), The Borderless World -- Management Lessons in the New Logic of the Global Marketplace, Harper Business.

O'Keefe, H. and O'Keefe, W. (1997). Chinese and Western Behavioral Differences: Understanding the Gaps. Intl' Journal of Social Economics 24 (1,2,3), 190-196.

Senge, P.M. (1990), The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, N.Y. Doubleday.

Thayer-Bacon, B.J. (2000). Transforming Critical Thinking. Thinking Constructively. N.Y. Teachers College Press (Chapters 7 & 8 on the quilting bee team concept and contrast to the New Product Development rugby team concept).

Waldrop, M. Mitchell, The Dream Machine -- J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution that Made Computing Personal. Penguin Books.

George, Bill (former CEO of Medtronic), Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value (nice gift for your manager, also).

Strauss, William and Neil Howe. Fourth Turning