Month: April 2014
Here is a brief excerpt from Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration in which Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, recalls how a serious organizational rift led him to a new…
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Show and Tell: How Everybody Can Make Extraordinary Presentations Dan Roam Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) How and why the heart will follow the truth, understanding will follow a story, and the mind will follow the eye. In my opinion, Dan…
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Here is an excerpt from an interview of Eric Ries conducted by Michael Chui for McKinsey & Company. As Ries indicates, companies are all too aware of the disruptive power of technology. The author of The Lean Startup argues that…
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More New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of the New York Times Constance Rosenblum, Editor New York University Press (2010) 50 unique and compelling perspectives on a city that is large, one that contains multitudes In her…
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At least once a year and in some years more often than that, I re-read Lao-tse’s Tao Te Ching. Other than the Bible and the Indian Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God), no other work has been translated into so…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Joanna Barsh and Johanne Lavoie for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription…
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Measuring and Improving Social Impacts: A Guide for Nonprofits, Companies, and Impact Investors Marc J. Epstein and Kristi Yuthas Berrett-Koehlker Publishers, Inc. (2014) How any organization (whatever its size and nature may be) can substantially increase and improve its positive…
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Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you may already know, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…
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In my opinion, Dan Roam is among the most innovative business thinkers now publishing books and articles that can help almost anyone think more clearly, make better decisions, and communicate with greater impact. His previously published works offer abundant evidence…
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Winning the resource revolution
Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Stefan Heck and Matt Rogers for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription…
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