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Friction: How Passion Brands Are Built in the Age of Digital Distribution Jeff Rosenblum and Jordan Berg Powerhouse Books (May 2017) Example of positive friction: You can’t sharpen a sword blade on velvet Friction can be either positive as the…
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The current President and members of his administration continue to accuse federal agencies as well as congressional committees of conducting a “witch hunt.” Here is an excerpt from an article by Stacy Schiff for The New Yorker. To read the…
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In Thinkers 50 Leadership Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove focus on various dimensions and elements of leadership, a subject that has fascinated thoughtful commentators at least since a blind poet, Homer, created the Iliad and Odyssey; then, Sophocles and Shakespeare;…
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In Thinkers 50 Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking to Take Your Business to the Next Level, Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove examine the key insights of several of the world’s most influential thought leaders with regard to perhaps the most challenging business…
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50 Economics Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on capitalism, finance, and the global economy Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishers (May 2017) An intelligent person’s guide to cutting-edge thinking about economics since 1776 As Tom Butler-Bowdon explains in…
Read MoreMastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Maria Konnikova Viking/The Penguin Group (2013) How the Science of Deduction and Analysis can make sense of “a pink elephant world” Frankly, I have never read another book quite like this one, written…
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In Thinkers 50 Leadership: Organizational Success through Leadership, Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove focus on various dimensions and elements of a subject that has fascinated thoughtful commentators at least since a blind poet, Homer, created the Iliad and Odyssey; then,…
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Recently, I posted an excerpt from an article by Vinay Couto, Deniz Caglar, and John Plansky for strategy+business magazine, published by PwC Strategy& LLC. In the article, Building Trust While Cutting Costs, they discuss how, during a restructuring, rumors spread…
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C.K. Prahalad on the Lessons Learned When Young
In Thinkers 50 Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking to Take Your Business to the Next Level, Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove examine the key insights of several of the world’s most influential thought leaders with regard to perhaps the most challenging business…
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