Month: May 2016
Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz Simon & Schuster (March 2016) Here is a unique methodology “to solve big problems, test new ideas, get…
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The Purpose Effect: Building Meaning in Yourself, Your Role and Your Organization Dan Pontefract Elevate Publishing (May 2016) Faber est suae quisque fortunae Those who have read Dan Pontefract’s previous book, Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization, already…
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TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking Chris Anderson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (May 2016) How to take “something you really care about and rebuild it inside the minds” of those with whom you share it I cannot think…
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In her Foreword to Breaking Through: Stories and Best Practices From Companies That Help Women Succeed, written by Martine Liautaud and published by John Wiley & Sons (April 2016), Christine Lagarde acknowledges that empowering women is certainly about fairness “but…
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In First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process, Robert D. Richardson shares the very best of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s thoughts about the creative process in general, and about writing in particular. There is no doubt in Richardson’s…
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The Industries of the Future Alec Ross Simon & Schuster (2016) A rigorous and revealing exploration of the industries that will drive the next 20 years of change to our economies and societies As I read the Introduction to Alec…
Read MoreIn TED Talks, Chris Anderson observes: “Your number-one mission as a speaker is to take something that matters deeply to you and rebuild it inside the minds of your listeners …There are countless ways to build a great talk. But…
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Fascinate: How to Make Your Brand Impossible to Resist, Revised and Updated Edition Sally Hogshead HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (April 2016) How creating a brand with one or more of seven advantages can help to create or increase and then…
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TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics —…
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Why read books?
“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” Desiderius Erasmus It is impossible to exaggerate how important books have been to me throughout my life thus far. In childhood,…
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