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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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Enabling Collaboration: Achieving Success Through Strategic Alliances and Partnerships Martin Echavarria LID Publishing (2015) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb I agree with Martin Echavarria: “Clearly the age…
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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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HBR Guide to Building Your Business Case Raymond Sheen with Amy Gallo Harvard Business Review Press (2015) Here is a five-step process to prepare and then deliver a “killer” presentation Most of the volumes in the “HBR Guide to” series…
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Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Vivian S. Lee, . To…
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At one time or another, almost every executive has had to make a case to obtain agreement, approval, and (usually) resources to achieve a specific business objective. It could be funds for a start-up or for a new project. It…
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“The way to write is throw your body at the mark when your arrows are spent.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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