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T+D, Feb, 2004 by Ethan Sanders

If you liked Who Really Matters (see review), consider these other books by Art Kleiner.

The Age of Heretics: Heroes, Outlaws, and the Forerunners of Corporate Change

(Doubleday, 1996, US$29.95)

This history of the movement to improve mainstream corporations was a finalist for the Edgar Booz Award for most innovative business book in 1996. It includes the biographies of such promoters of organizational change and learning asWarren Bennis and Saul Alinsky.

These three books, all co-authored by Kleiner, are a follow-up to Peter Senge's bestseller, The Fifth Discipline.

The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Leaming Organization

(Doubleday, 1994, $29.95)

While The Fifth Discipline discussed the theories and principles for long-term organizational improvement, this fieldbook is meant to answer the short-term question, "What should we do differently when we go to work on Monday morning?"

The Dance of Change:The Challenge of Sustaining Momentum in a Learning Organization

(Doubleday, 1999, $35)

Organizations need to anticipate road blocks to change and deal with them. This book describes strategies and methods for moving beyond the first steps of corporate change, and generating long-lasting results.

Schools That Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Parents, Educators, and Everyone Who Cares About Education

(Doubleday, 2000, $35)

Nearly a quarter of The Fifth Discipline readers are educators, so the book was created to address their needs. It describes how institutions become learning organizations, revitalizing schools, classrooms, and communities.