Resources

To add everything I ever read or what inspired me is a never ending work in progress - for more articles, have a look at my Twitter feed.

I also highly recommend you have a look at these resources: https://smileyposwolsky.com/resources

Organizations/Inspiration

Resources used in my book:

• Brown, B. (2017). Braving the wilderness: The quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone. New York: Random House.

• Burnett, W. (. p. o. d., & Evans, D. J. 1. (2016). Designing your life: How to build a well-lived, joyful life. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.

• Burnett, W. (. p. o. d., & Evans, D. J. 1. (2020). Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work, LCC US, Random House.

• Cameron, J. (2002). The artist's way: a spiritual path to higher creativity. New York: J.P. Tarcher/Putnam.

• Carey N., (2012), The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance, New York: Columbia Press

• Chari, Ramya PhD; Chang, Chia-Chia MPH, MBA; Sauter, Steven L. PhD; Petrun Sayers, Elizabeth L. PhD; Cerully, Jennifer L. PhD; Schulte, Paul PhD; Schill, Anita L. PhD; Uscher-Pines, Lori PhD Expanding the Paradigm of Occupational Safety and Health, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: July 2018 - Volume 60 - Issue 7 - p 589-593 doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001330

• Christensen, C. M., Allworth, J., & Dillon, K. (. (2012). How will you measure your life? New York, NY: Harper Business.

• Cooney GM, Dwan K, Greig CA, Lawlor DA, Rimer J, Waugh FR, McMurdo M, Mead GE. Exercise for depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD004366. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004366.pub6.

• Dominguez, J. & Robin, V. (2008). Your Money Or Your Life. London: Penguin Books

• Duhigg, Charles. The Power Of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business. New York: Random House, 2012. Print.

• Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House.

• Eccles, Robert G. and Ioannou, Ioannis and Serafeim, George, The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance (December 23, 2014). Management Science, Volume 60, Issue 11, pp. 2835-2857, February 2014.

• Frankl, Viktor E. (Viktor Emil), 1905-1997. (1962). Man's search for meaning; an introduction to logotherapy. Boston: Beacon Press.

• Frates, E.P. and Bonnet, J., 2016. Collaboration and negotiation: The key to therapeutic lifestyle change. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 10(5):302-312.

• Gawande, A. 2011. Personal Best: Top Singers and Athletes Have Coaches. Should You? The New Yorker; October 3

• Goins, J. (2015), The art of work, US, HarperCollins Leadership

• Grant A. & Sandberg, S. (2016). Originals: How non-conformists move the world. New York, New York: Viking.

• Guillebeau, C. (2010), The art of non-conformity. Set your own rules, live the life you want, and change the world (1st ed.), New York, NY: Penguin Group (USA).

• Guillebeau, C. (2017). Side hustle: From idea to income in 27 days. New York: Crown Business.

• Hill, N. (1987). Think and grow rich. New York: Fawcett Books. Chicago (Author-Date, 15th ed.).

• Holiday, R. (2014). The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph [Kindle Android version].

• Hopkins R., (2019), From What Is to What If, Unleashing The Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want, Chelsea Green Publishing, US

• Hougaard, R., & Carter, J. (2018). The mind of the leader. Watertown, MA: Harvard Business Review

• Ibarra, H. (2003). Working identity: Unconventional strategies for reinventing your career. Boston, Mass: Harvard Business School Press.

• Jarvis C., (2019) Creative Calling, Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work, HarperCollins

• Karlgaard, R. (2019). Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement. New York, NY

• Kohly, P., (2017) Jacques Brel, fou de vivre, Morgane Production

• Krznaric R. (2012), How to Find Fulfilling Work: The School of Life, UK, Pan Macmillan

• Laloux, F., & Wilber, K. (2014). Reinventing organizations: A guide to creating organizations inspired by the next stage in human consciousness. Nelson Parker.

• Langer, E. J. (2014). Mindfulness. 25th anniversary edition. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press.

• Meadows, D. H., & Club of Rome. (1972). The Limits to growth: A report for the Club of Rome's project on the predicament of mankind. New York: Universe Books.

• Manson, M., & OverDrive Inc. (2016). The subtle art of not giving a fuck: A counterintuitive approach to living a good life (First edition.). New York: HarperOne.

• Mohr, T., (2014), Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message. Tara Mohr. New York: Avery

• Moss-Kanter, R. 2011. How Great Companies Think Differently. Harvard Business Review; November

• Pauli, Gunther (2010). The Blue Economy: 10 Years, 100 Innovations, 100 Million Jobs. Taos, New Mexico: Paradigm Publications.

• Pfeffer J. (2018), Dying for a paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance – and What We Can Do About It. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

• Pint, K. (2017), De wilde tuin van de verbeelding, Amsterdam, Boom Uitgeverij

• Poswolsky, A. (2019), The Quarter-Life Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work, and Build a Life That Matters, Penguin Publishing Group, US.

• Pronk, Nico Ph.D., FACSM, FAWHP; Lagerstrom, David; Haws, Jane B.A., B.S.N., R.N., M.B.A. LifeWorks@TURCK, ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal: May/June 2015 - Volume 19 - Issue 3 - p 43-48 doi: 10.1249/FIT.0000000000000120

• Ries, E. (2011). The lean startup: How today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses. New York: Crown Business.

• Sandberg, S. (2013). Lean in: Women, work, and the will to lead (First edition.). New York: Alfred A.

• Scott A., Gratton L. (2006), The 100-year life, Bloomsbury

• Sellars, J., Lessons in Stoicism, what ancient philosophers teach us about how to live, 2019, Penguin Random House

• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, C D N Costa, (2005), On the shortness of life, New York, Penguin Books

• Senge, P. M. (1990). The fifth discipline: the art and practice of the learning organization. New York: Doubleday/Currency.

• Sher, B. (1994) I Could Do Anything, if I Knew What It Was. New York: Dell.

• Sher, B., (2007), Refuse to choose. How to use all of your interests, passions and hobbies to create the life and career of your dreams, US, Rodale Books

• Vaillant G. E., McArthur C. C., and Bock A. (2010), “Grant Study of Adult Development, 1938-2000”, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/48WRX9, Harvard Dataverse.

• Van der Kolk, B. (2015) The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. New York, NY: Penguin Books.

Online references

• Benyus J., (July 2009), Biomimicry in action, TED Talks, https://www.ted.com/talks/janine_benyus_biomimicry_in_action

• Browne, R. (2020, October 30), Some of Europe's top tech investors are adding a 'sustainability clause' to start-up deal terms, Retrieved from CNBC, https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/10/30/impact-investing-in-vc-european-tech-investors-sustainability-push.html

• Cain Miller C and Yar, S. (2019, September 17), Young people are going to save us all from office life, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/style/generation-z-millennials-work-life-balance.html

• Coleman J., (2017, December 29), To Find Meaning in Your Work, Change How You Think About It, Retrieved from Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/2017/12/to-find-meaning-in-your-work-change-how-you-think-about-it?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hbr

• De Botton A., (2009, July), A kinder, gentler philosophy of success, Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success

• Del Marmol, G. (2014, June 12), Vers l’économie régéneratrice, TEDxVaugirardRoad, Retrieved from https://tedxvaugirardroad.com/portfolio/guibert-del-marmol/

• De Voe, S. E., (2020, August 1), Why Hourly Wages Can Make You Unhappy, Retrieved from The Wall Street Journal, https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-hourly-wages-can-make-you-unhappy-11596221099

• Dowell, E. & Jackson M., (2020, July 27), “Woke-Washing” Your Company Won’t Cut It, Retrieved from Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/amp/2020/07/woke-washing-your-company-wont-cut-it

• Dreyfuss, E., (2020, November 12), This ancient idea for coping with uncertainty might be just what 2020 needs, Retrieved from De Correspondent, https://thecorrespondent.com/794/this-ancient-idea-for-coping-with-uncertainty-might-be-just-what-2020-needs/105119061410-91835bad

• Drucker, P. F. (2005, January) Managing oneself, Retrieved from Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/2005/01/managing-oneself?utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_medium=social

• Eccles RG, Ioannou I & Serafeim G. 2014. The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance. Management Science; 60(11). https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2014.1984.

• Ennis, C., (2014), Epigenetics 101: a beginner’s guide to explaining everything, The Guardian, Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2014/apr/25/epigenetics-beginners-guide-to-everything

• Fabius R, Loeppke R, John T et al. 2016. Tracking the Market Performance of Companies That Integrate a Culture of Health and Safety: An Assessment of Corporate Health Achievement Award Applicants. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; 58(1):3-8. https://journals.lww.com/joem/Fulltext/2016/01000/Tracking_the_Market_Performance_of_Companies_That.2.aspx

• Fawal J., (2018, October 24), 5 steps to help you figure out your passion, TED Ideas, Retrieved from https://ideas.ted.com/5-steps-to-help-you-figure-out-out-your-passion/

• Fullerton J., (2015), Regenerative Capitalism: How Universal Patterns and Principles Will Shape the New Economy, Capital Institute, Retrieved from https://capitalinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-Regenerative-Capitalism-4-20-15-final.pdf

• Goode, L. & Rogers A., (2020, August 7), Global Warming. Inequality. Covid-19. And Al Gore Is ... Optimistic?, Retrieved from WIRED Magazine, https://www.wired.com/story/global-warming-inequality-covid-19-and-al-gore-is-optimistic/

• Gothelf, J., (2020, August 18), How to Reimagine the Second Half of Your Career, Retrieved from Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/2020/08/how-to-reimagine-the-second-half-of-your-career?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=linkedin

• Ishii, N. (September 2017), An economic case for protecting the planet, TED Talks, retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/naoko_ishii_an_economic_case_for_protecting_the_planet?language=en

• Khan, M. Serafeim, G., Yoon A., Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality, The Accounting Review (2016) 91 (6): 1697–1724, https://doi.org/10.2308/accr-51383

• Kolster, T., (2020, November 24), Purpose has become a tired ‘Save The World’ Chorus, and it’s easily ignored, Retrieved from B&T Magazine, https://www.bandt.com.au/purpose-has-become-a-tired-save-the-world-chorus-and-its-easily-ignored/

• Lake, J. MD, (2019, October 23) Asian Medicine and Mental Health Care, How biomedicine and Asian systems of medicine can benefit from one another, Psychology Today, Retrieved from: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/integrative-mental-health-care/201910/asian-medicine-and-mental-health-care

• Margulis, J., (2020, April 10), Science is Never Settled: Scientific Debate Critical to End Pandemic, Retrieved from https://jennifermargulis.net/science-is-never-settled-scientific-debate-critical-to-end-pandemic/

• Mommers J., (2020, July 8), We can’t afford to fix the planet – and 11 other misconceptions about climate change, Retrieved from De Correspondent, https://thecorrespondent.com/569/we-cant-afford-to-fix-the-planet-and-11-other-misconceptions-about-climate-change/75330914285-9aaa78af

• Moss, J. (2019, December 11), Burnout is about your workplace, not your people, Retrieved from Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/2019/12/burnout-is-about-your-workplace-not-your-people?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social

• Naumann, B. (2020, July 29), ESG investors wake up to biodiversity risk, Retrieved from The Financial Times, https://www.ft.com/content/100f0c5b-83c5-4e9a-8ad0-89af2ea4a758

• Neate, R., 2020, September, Billionaire Chuck Feeney achieves goal of giving away his fortune, Retrieved from The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/19/billionaire-chuck-feeney-achieves-goal-of-giving-away-his-fortune

• Newport, C., (2020, May 26), Why remote work is so hard – and how it can be fixed, The New Yorker, Retrieved from https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/can-remote-work-be-fixed

• Obama, B. (2020), Graduate Together: High School Class of 2020 Commencement, XQ Institute, Retrieved from The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/us/obama-graduation-speech-transcript.html

• Oppong, T. (2020, June 1), Your personality isn’t permanent, it can change for the better over a lifetime, Retrieved from Medium, https://medium.com/kaizen-habits/your-personality-isnt-permanent-it-can-change-for-the-better-over-a-lifetime-535e04271de1

• Pohle, A., (2020, November 19), How to Change Careers: Find What to Pursue Next, Retrieved from The Wall Street Journal, https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-change-careers-find-what-to-pursue-next-11605824886

• Poortsman J. (2020, Juni 11), Econoom Jan-Emmanuel De Neve: 'Economische groei betekent niet meer welzijn', Retrieved from Knack Trends, https://trends.knack.be/economie/beleid/econoom-jan-emmanuel-de-neve-economische-groei-betekent-niet-meer-welzijn/article-longread-1608349.html

• Purdue University. (2018, February 13). Money only buys happiness for a certain amount: Research looks at how much money makes individuals around the world happy. ScienceDaily. Retrieved September 20, 2020 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180213132926.htm

• Raworth, K. (2018, April 11), Why we need to move towards an economy that regenerate itself, TED Ideas, Retrieved from https://ideas.ted.com/why-we-need-to-move-toward-an-economy-that-can-regenerate-itself/

• Reilly, K. (2016, December 14), Ban the Term “Culture Fit” and Other Great Diversity Tips From Pandora, Retrieved from LinkedIn Talent Blog, https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/diversity/2016/ban-the-term-culture-fit-and-other-great-diversity-tips-from-pandora

• Rosier, J., (2020, Augustus 1), Stap eens niet uit uw comfortzone, Retrieved from De Standaard, https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20200731_97312952

• Schulte, B., (2018, April 24), The way we work is killing us, Retrieved from https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/04/is-your-work-killing-you.html

• Schwarz, T. & McCarthy C. (2007), Manage your energy, not your time, Harvard Business Review, retrieved from: https://hbr.org/2007/10/manage-your-energy-not-your-time

• UN (2019), The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019, UN, New York, https://doi.org/10.18356/55eb9109-en

• Watson, B. (2016, August 20), The troubling evolution of corporate greenwashing, The Guardian, Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/aug/20/greenwashing-environmentalism-lies-companies

• Wildfire, J. (2020, January 10), Use This Ancient Technique to Shut Down Any B.S. Artist, Retrieved from Medium/The Post-Grad Survival Guide, https://medium.com/the-post-grad-survival-guide/to-get-stuff-done-practice-the-jessica-jones-effect-412f60924959

• Wittenberg-Cox, A. (2018, June 1), In praise of extreme moderation, Retrieved from Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/2018/06/in-praise-of-extreme-moderation?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hbr

Other online links & company toolkits:

• The Healthy Business Coalition Toolkit – https://healthybusiness.bsr.org/toolkit/

• VirginPulse Whitepaper: https://gccmarketing.blob.core.windows.net/marketing-site/resources/stress/stress-whitepaper.pdf

• HarvardX EdX Online Course – Improving your Business through a Culture of Health - https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:HarvardX+PH211x+1T2020/course/

• PwC Report - https://www.usc.edu.au/media/3121/WorkplaceWellnessinAustralia.pdf

• Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health/SHINE - report on well-being metrics & well-being framework - https://shine.sph.harvard.edu/research/well-being-metrics/

TED Talks/Keynote Speakers

Harvard Business Review

Books (English)

  • Club of Rome Report - The Limiths to Growth

  • Gunther Pauli - The Blue Economy

  • Hermina Ibarra -Working Identity

  • Adam Grant – Originals: how non-conformists move the world

  • Tara Mohr – Playing Big

  • Bréné Brown – The power of vulnerability

  • Bréné Brown – Daring greatly

  • Alexander Osterwalder – Business Model Generation

  • David Leddick -I’m not for everyone. Neither are you.

  • Steven Pressfield – Turning Pro

  • Barry Schwartz – Why we work

  • Susan Cain – Quiet

  • Ryan Holiday – The obstacle is the way

  • Whitney Johnson – Disrupt yourself

  • Charles Duhigg – The power of habit

  • Charles Duhigg – Smarter, faster, better

  • Jeff Goins – The art of work

  • Mark Manson – The subtle art of not giving a f*ck

  • Barbara Sher – Refuse to choose

  • Miya Tokumitso – Do what you love (and other lies about success and happiness)

  • Barnet Bain – The book of doing and being

  • Benjamin Zander – The art of possibility

  • Bill Burnett & Dave Evans – Designing your life

  • Bill Burnett & Dave Evans - Designing your work life

  • John William – Screw work, let’s play

  • Patrick Lencioni – The five dysfunctions of a team

  • Patrick Lencioni – The advantage

  • Eric Ries – The lean startup

  • Marie Kondo – The life-changing art of tidying up

  • Frederic Laloux – Reinventing organizations

  • Chris Guillebeau – The happiness of pursuit

  • Chris Guillebeau – The 100 $ startup

  • Chris Guillebeau – The art of non-conformity

  • Adam Smiley Poswolsky – The Quarterlife Breakthrough

  • Adam Smiley Poswolsky - The Breakthrough Speaker, how to build a public speaking career

  • Timothy Ferris – The 4 hour workweek

  • Harry Starren – Think like a manager, don’t act like one

  • Gretchen Rubin – The happiness project

  • Barry Schwartz – The paradox of choice

  • Sheryl Sandberg - Lean in

  • Steven Farr – Teaching as leadership

  • Cheryl Strayed – Wild

  • Roman Krznaric – Empathy

  • The school of life & Roman Krznaric – How to find fulfilling work

  • Clayton M. Christensen – How will you measure your life?

  • Laura J. Snyder – The philosophical breakfast club

  • Steven Levy – In the plex- how Google thinks, works and shapes our lives

  • Thomas J. Tierney & Joel L. Fleishman – Give $mart – Philanthropy that gets results

  • Nancy Duarte – Resonate (present visual stories that transform audiences)

  • Andy Miller – The year of reading dangerously (how fifty great books saved my life)

  • Paul Theroux – The tao of travel

  • Dale Carnegie – How to make friends and influence people

  • Julie Burstein – Spark: how creativity works

  • Will Gompertz – Think like an artist (…and lead a more creative, productive life)

  • Alain de Botton – The art of travel

  • Daniel Goleman – Emotional Intelligence

  • Daniel Goleman – Focus

  • Richard N. Bolles - What color is your parachute?

  • Anne Lamott - Bird by bird

  • Chris Guillebeau - Born for This: How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do

  • Viktor Frankl - Man’s search for meaning