Month: April 2014
In Body of Work: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together, Pamela Slim fondly recalls her father and his efforts to establish a community center in Port Costa (CA), “an institution of learning…filled with people learning Spanish, or painting,…
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I agree with Christian Madsbjerg and Mikkel Rasmussen: “There is a set of assumptions about human behavior that drives most of our current understanding in today’s business culture. We don’t talk about these assumptions. Most of us aren’t even aware…
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Marty Neumneier is the Director of Transformation for the Liquid Agency as well as author of several bestselling books in which he explains how almost anyone in almost any organization can help to achieve breakthroughs in creativity and innovation. He…
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According to Henry Evans and Colm Foster, “Learning a skill is very different from studying for a test or learning how to program a spreadsheet; it is experiential. That kind of learning primarily involves practice; to change your behavior,…
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The Age of the Moguls Stewart Hall Holbrook Transaction Publishers (2010) “Lords of capital” in “a savage and gaudy age” First, some brief background information about Stewart Hall Holbrook (1893-1964). Throughout his adult years, he was at first a lumberjack…
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According to Joanna Barsh and Johanne Lavoie, “All companies need more leaders with skills to lead significant change in an uncertain, volatile, and fast-paced environment. Centered Leadership fits that requirement. Our approach helps leaders gain greater self-awareness and self-reflection. With…
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Greg Mckeown Crown Business/Imprint of Crown Publishing Group “Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.” Albert Einstein As I began to read this book for the first time, I was again reminded…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Sara Hastings-Simon, Dickon Pinner, and Martin Stuchtey for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. Here’s one of their key points: Don’t be fooled by high-profile setbacks. The cleantech…
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Resource Revolution: How to Capture the Biggest Business Opportunity in a Century Stefan Heck and Matt Rogers with Paul Carroll Melcher Media/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014) How to take full advantage of the abundance of unprecedented business opportunities during the new…
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Guy Kawasaki on “The Art of Evangelism”
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Guy Kawasaki featured by the Canva Blog. To read the complete article and check out other resources, please click here. * * * A long time ago I was a revolutionary…
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