As the end of summer draws near, I have been spending a lot of time reading up on the topic of social business. There are a lot of good books out there meant for both novices and advanced social business practitioners. Here are a few of my favorites:
- Social Business by Design by Dion Hinchcliffe and Peter Kim
- The Social Organization by Anthony J. Bradley and Mark P. McDonald
- The Seven Success Factors of Social Business Strategy by Charlene Li and Brian Solis
- Smart Business, Social Business: A Playbook for Social Media in Your Organization by Michael Brito
- What’s The Future of Business? Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences by Brian Solis
- What is a Social Business? Tips & Frameworks to Give Your Business a True Competitive Advantage in the Networked Era by Geoff De Weaver
- The Social Employee: How Great Companies Make Social Media Work by Cheryl Burgess and Mark Burgess
Do you know of any others you recommend? Please let me know by adding a comment. We also have compiled a resource of useful videos all about social business as well that you can find here!
Guy, thanks for this list. Note that link #7 is a repetition of #6.
Thanks Michael! I fixed the link
Here is another great list of Social Business books and articles that was published on Cecile Demailly’s blog:
http://ceciledemailly.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/e2-0-practitioners-reading-list-77-books-and-articles/
Check out this new book which is released in Autumn (Sept 2013). The title is “Social strategies in action: Driving business transformation”. It focuses on how companies are embracing social internally to transform management practices. Comes with 13 practical examples and the challenges. More on http://bonniecheuk.blogspot.co.uk. You can download a free chapter. I like to get your comments. Tks!
The Most Powerful Brand on Earth: How to Transform Teams, Empower Employees, Integrate Partners, and Mobilize Customers to Beat the Competition in Digital and Social Media http://www.amazon.com/The-Most-Powerful-Brand-Earth/dp/0133115399/