The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of Learning Organization
by Peter Senge
Revissed and updated. The author, founder of the Center for Organizational Learning at MIT's Sloan School of Management, saw the possibilities of a "learning organization" that used "systems thinking" as the primary tenet of a revolutionary management philosophy.The Fifth Discipline remains the ideal introduction to his carefully integrated corporate framework, which is structured around "personal mastery," "mental models," "shared vision," and "team learning," using ideas that originate in fields from science to spirituality.

The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook
by Peter Senge
A national bestseller, The Fifth Discipline, revolutionized the practice of management by introducing the theory of learning organizations. Now Dr. Senge moves from the philosophical to the practical by answering the first question all lovers of the learning organization ask: What do they do on Monday morning? The Fieldbook is an intensely pragmatic guide. It shows how to create an organization of learners where memories are brought to life, where collaboration is the lifeblood of every endeavor, and where the tough questions are fearlessly asked. The stories here show that companies, businesses, schools, agencies, and even communities can undo their "learning disabilities" and achieve superior performance.

Financing Change: The Financial Community, Eco-Efficiency, and Sustainable Development
by Stephen Schmidheiny, Federico J.L. Zorraquin, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Companies outside the financial sector that use natural resources and cause pollution have had to grapple with environment and sustainability issues longer than those companies in the financial community. It may now be their turn to face the threat of various types of environment-related liabilities.This book is the first study to examine questions that will become increasingly important as developing countries enter financial markets.

Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian House
by Yukio Futagawa
A good place to start in getting an impression of the quality of Usonian homes, and how they came to shape America's suburban lifestyle. Wright was most proud of his Usonian Homes. He wanted these homes to be affordable, clean, efficient dwellings that reflected his streamlined view of America. He abhorred the wasteful society America had become, and envisioned a "Broadacre City" that would satisfy Americans' insatiable appetite for detached homes, without destroying the landscape in the process. He incorporated many passive solar features into these homes, relied on natural materials, and as always created an open plan that characterized the democratic nature of society.