Nobody wakes up changing the world: it takes inspiration, guidance, and a lot of studying. Here are some of the people, organizations, and ideas that shape our work.

Websites

• worldchanging.com
• TED.com
• createhere.org
• ceosforcities.org
• good.is
• brokencitylab.org
• wordle.net
• projectmlab.com
• pielab.org
• americancity.org
• seeclickfix.com
• the350project.net
• smarthistory.org
• thefuntheory.com
• reversegraffitiproject.com
• 826valencia.org
• refresheverything.com
• improveverywhere.com
• projecthdesign.org
• notcot.org
• graphic-exchange.com
• academicearth.org
• springwise.com
• gallup.com
• vark.com
• secretlyall.wordpress.com
• charlottesvillearts.org
• idealist.org
• cvilledesign.org
• knoxvilleoverground.org
• ypwichita.org
• nakedcitywichita.com/
• ideo.com
• greencorridor.ca

Books

• "Leadership Is An Art," Maz Dupree
• "The Starfish and the Spider," Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom
• "X Saves the World," Jeff Gordinier
• "Here Comes Everybody," Clay Shirky
• "The Four Agreements," Don Miguel Ruiz
• "Made to Stick," Chip and Dan Heath
• "The Plan of Chicago," Carl Smith
• "Tribal Leadership," Dave Logan, John King, Halee Fisher-Wright
• "Disrupting Class," Clayton Christenson
• "The Innovator’s Dilemma," Clayton Christenson
• "Global Achievement Gap," Tony Wagner
• "Tribes," Seth Godin
• "A Whole New Mind," Daniel Pink
• "Purple Cow," Seth Godin
• "“How to be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul,”,," Adrian Shaugnessy
• "The Yiddish Policeman’s Union," Michael Chabon
• "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," Robert Pirsig
• "The Art of Possibility," Ben Zander
• "The Federalist and the Anti-Federalist Papers," David Wootton
• "Listening is an Act of Love," Dave Isay
• "The Think Big Manifesto," Michael Port
• "Mastering the Rockefeller Habits," Verne Harnish
• "From Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Jump, and Others Don’t," Jim Collins

Research/Articles/Speeches

• "The Young and Restless in a Knowledge Economy," CEOs for Cities
• "Social Citizens," Case Foundation
• "Speech to TN Municipal League," Carol Coletta, CEOs for Cities
• "City Dividends," CEOs for Cities
• "Everyday Folks Being the Best Resource They Can Be," Jeff Cannon, green|spaces Chattanooga
• "The Generation M Manifesto," Umar Haque, Harvard Business Review
• "Letter from Copenhagen," Alex Steffen
• "Four American Narratives," Robert Reich
• "The GOOD 100," GOOD Magazine
• "The World of 100," Toby Ng Design
• "100 Ways to Save the City," Broken City Labs
• "Tribal Leadership," Zappos Forward
• "How Do Innovators Think?," Harvard Business Review
• "New Kind of Town Hall in Chattanooga," Next American City
• "UTC Entrepreneurship Speech," Josh McManus
• "CreateHere Editorial," Times Free Press
• "Citizens at the Center," Case Foundation
• "Stand Editorial," Times Free Press
• "Economic Development Strategy," Portland EDS
• "Creative Vitality Index," Washington State Arts Commission
• "Creative Britain," UK Dept. of Culture, Media and SPort
• "Vision 2025," Greenville Forward
• "Arts and the Economy," NGA Center for Best Practices
• "Creative New York," Center for an Urban Future
• "Design: Single Mock-Up Theory," Fadtastic
• "Government 2020," IBM

Videos

• The CreateHere Workplace
• The CreateHere Workpace, Revisited
• CreateHere’s YouTube Stream
• Did You Know? (Information Flow)
• Story of Stuff
• The Girl Effect
• Social Media Revolution
• The Tale of a Smarter City
• Piano Stairs
• Randy Pausch, Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
• Who Invented Philanthropy, Odeo
• The Five Obstructions