Couple of Books

Who is your City? By Richard Florida. Businessweek has mentioned that this as a contrast to "The world is Flat" By Friedman.
The art of Woo- G.Richard Shell & Mario Moussa. I read part of this book and this is really good, states you a step by step approach to convince others on your views. The first explanation for "WOO" caught my attention - Winning Others Over. A good one to read