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A visionary, deeply grounded toolkit for navigating a world in flux by learning from the resilient, interconnected patterns of the natural world. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Emergent Strategy.
- expansive
- hopeful
- contemplative
- rooted
- 01
Octavia's Brood
Adrienne Maree Brown, Walidah Imarisha
A visionary anthology that wields speculative fiction as a radical tool to dream up new, liberated worlds.
- 02
Pleasure Activism
adrienne maree brown
A radical, joyful invitation to center healing, desire, and happiness in the fight for a better world.
- 03
The body is not an apology
Sonya Renee Taylor
A fierce, poetic manifesto that dismantles body shame and invites you into a revolution of radical self-love.
- 04
The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker
A warm, paradigm-shifting guide that makes you want to immediately throw a dinner party or restructure your next board meeting.
- 05
How to Do the Work
Nicole LePera
An empowering, introspective guide to breaking old patterns and actively forging a healthier sense of self.
- 06
Hope in the Dark
Rebecca Solnit · 2004
A luminous, intellectual lifeline for the politically exhausted, reframing uncertainty as the very soil where change takes root.
- 07
Mutual Aid
Dean Spade
A clear-eyed, galvanizing handbook for surviving systemic collapse through radical, everyday solidarity.
- 08
101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Brianna Wiest
A grounding, introspective toolkit for untangling your own mind and finding peace in the present.
- 09
Team human
Douglas Rushkoff
A fiery, fast-paced manifesto that champions human connection as the ultimate act of rebellion against an isolating digital world.
- 10
Rising strong
Brené Brown
A compassionate, research-backed roadmap for turning your greatest failures into your most profound moments of growth.
- 11
Rage becomes her
Soraya L. Chemaly
A galvanizing and intellectually rigorous exploration of how women can reclaim their anger as a profound force for positive change.
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Change by design
Brown, Tim · 2009
An empowering, pragmatic guide that reframes complex challenges as opportunities for human-centered design.











