Vanessa Gennarelli mozzadrella

Mozzadrella's School of Management

The Reading List

These books span across the domains of management, psychology, learning design, and business. They shaped my point of view on how to tell a story, understand human motivation, consider the role of power in organizations, show up as a feminist boss, and be more self-aware. All of those things are interconnected.

Armbrust, Jennifer. The Business Birthing Handbook. Are you tired? It's likely because you've been chewed up by gnarly demands on your body, or toxic notions of "growth" or "success." Armbrust reframes business as a creative, nurturing process.

Conscious Leadership Group. The 15 Committments of Conscious Leadership. If you are new to management, start here.

Evans, Julia. Help! I have a manager!. If you aren't getting what you want from your manager or leader, t

Jenkins, H. et al. (2006). “Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century.” MacArthur Foundation.

Lessig, L. (2008). Remix. New York, NY: Penguin Press.

Monroy-Hernández, A. and Mako Hill, B. (2010) “Cooperation and Attribution in an Online Community of Young Creators.” CSCW 2010, Savannah, Georgia, USA.

Resnick, M., and Silverman, B. (2005). Some Reflections on Designing Construction Kits for Kids. Proceedings of Interaction Design and Children conference, Boulder, CO.

Resnick, M. (2007). All I Really Need to Know (About Creative Thinking) I Learned (By Studying How Children Learn) in Kindergarten. ACM Creativity & Cognition conference, Washington DC, June 2007.

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