Mixed into the whirl of travel and the pleasant hum of family this holiday season, we hope you have a little time to read. And to think. If you need some ideas (I won’t be so bold as to say inspiration), here’s what’s on our reading lists:
Matt Davis, Director of Innovation
Underneath the vampire romance paperbacks on his bedstand lie these three books (and then more vampire romances)- Game-Based Marketing: Inspire Customer Loyalty Through Rewards, Challenges, and Contests by Gabe Zichermann
- Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit Banerjee
- Where Good Ideas Com From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
Brent Dixon, Advisor
Because Brent IS a character in a forthcoming PBS investigation into vampire romance, he doesn’t have to read about them. Instead, this:
- Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace
- The Influencing Machine by Brooke Gladstone
- Marshall McLuhan Unbound edited by Eric McLuhan
Denise Gabel, Chief Innovation Officer
Denise doesn’t like vampires.
- The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
Theresa Hilinski, Community Manager, the Crash Network
- “A few Filene reports and useless fiction on a Maui beach [Editorial note: This sounds excruciating]. BUT! One of my next guys is going to be Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes
George Hofheimer, Chief Research Officer
- Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America (because Chuck Norris is more than just a pretty face, George is reading his views on politics)
- 11/22/63: A Novel (Stephen King’s 11/22/63 is a clever take on history, time travel and suspense; it’s also the first book George read on an iPad)
Dan Hoover, Director of Operations
- The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough
- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
- Shock Wave by John Sanford
Mark Meyer, CEO
Mark copped to not reading “anything” right now, but I can attest that he’s glued to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal in a Sisyphean effort to “make sure I understand what’s going on right now” (that’s a direct quote).
Andrea Nilsen, Director of Membership
- Eiffel’s Tower: And the World’s Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count by Jill Jonnes
Marnie Renteria, Relationships Project Manager
Marnie has nothing against vampires, but for the record, she is Team Jacob.
- Boomerang by Michael Lewis
- Social Media And The Loss Of Uncorrelated Wisdom by Don Peppers
Ben Rogers, Research Director
- Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius by Sylvia Nasar (Creative Destruction indeed … who knew that Joseph Schumpter was a dandy?)
- Living by Default by James Surowiecki (because his analysis AND his prose are compelling, I’m left to wonder how credit unions can convince their members that strategic default at a credit union calls forth different effects than strategic default at a bank)
- And who am I kidding? I also loved this book, because I only read highbrow vampire fiction.
Monica Titley, Project Manager
- At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle nightly to two little girls.
Krystal Wumkes, Project Associate
The first Filener to own a Kindle Fire swears by it, and then uses it to read these:
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- The Help by Katheryn Stockett
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I finally gave into the e-reader craze and I must say, I do love the Kindle Fire. I recommend “Start Something That Matters” By Blake Mycoskie, the founder of Tom’s Shoes.
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Thanks for the suggestion
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Glad I’m not the only one who isn’t into reading about vampires. I may check out Theresa’s recommendation.
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