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Chronicle Books publishes some of the coolest books on the planet.
In 2005, Chronicle partnered with a California-based design firm called IDEO to put out a book called Thoughtless Acts? , a little book of photography that illuminated ways people unconsciously interact with objects in the world -- like placing something in your teeth when your hands are full or following a straight line in the sidewalk.
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This morning Financial Times and Goldman Sachs revealed the semifinalist titles in the running of being named their Business Book of the Year. Judges will determine the final winner on October 25.
The list is as follows:
Zoom by Iain Carson and Vijay V Vaitheeswaran
The Last Tycoons by William D Cohan
The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan
Immigrants by Philippe Legrain
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony D Williams
Good luck!
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The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly, Hyperion, 176 pages, $19. 95 Hardcover,
August 2007, ISBN 9781401303709
Pat Lencioni has created a franchise by writing well-written, easy-to-read fables about business. His books feature subjects like meetings, team building and silos at work.
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How many times have you retold a good story? Likewise, can you recite the notes you took at last week's meeting? I am betting that's a bit more difficult.
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When the entire office completed our StrengthsFinder 2. 0 assessments, we were quite surprised by some of the strengths that emerged. We expected certain outcomes; for instance, Kate had "achiever," Todd had "futuristic.
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