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Indexed, Farber and Charity

Three notes, not quite related. 1. Jessica Hagy's book Indexed is out today.

February 27, 2008

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Memo to the CEO

Harvard Business Press has begun publishing a series of 100 page books called Memos to the CEO. The Publisher's Note from the beginning of the book sums them up perfectly. Authored by leading experts and examining issues of special urgency, the books in the Memo to the CEO series are tailored for today's time-starved executives.

February 25, 2008

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February 22, 2008

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As a nation, we must embrace innovation.

One of the runner-ups for our Innovation/Creativity award was Innovation Nation by John Kao, who, among other pursuits, is a professor at Harvard, a jazz musician and was named "Mr. Creativity" by the Economist. This quote from the Economist should tell you something about him: "If Orsen Welles and Peter Drucker were somehow to mate, the resulting progeny might resemble John Kao, a serial innovator.

February 21, 2008

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Excerpt from Leadership Brand - 1 of 2

The following is an excerpt from the book Leadership Brand: Developing Customer-Focused Leaders to Drive Performance and Build Lasting Value by Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood. Leadership Brand was published last September and has been on our best seller list several times. The book is the authors' six-step process to leadership brand--"a shared identity among your organization's leaders that differentiates what they can do from what your rivals' leaders can do.

February 19, 2008

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links for 2008-02-16

The Middle-Class Millionaire - Russ Alan Prince - Lewis Schiff - Book Review - New York Times So think of a driven, Machiavellian business dynamo who networks, boasts and cares desperately about propelling his or her children into schools that have names worth dropping. Then put on rose-colored glasses and think of Benjamin Franklin. Seriously.

February 16, 2008

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ChangeThis

A brand new issue of ChangeThis has been posted for your reading pleasure. This month we have the conclusion to a list from Tom Peters we posted a few years back, as well as a great manifesto by Michael Pollan--author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and the recently released In Defense of Food. We also have a series of drawings on index cards from Jessica Hagy, who has a unique book coming out later this month; a piece on the power of asking questions in the workplace by Corinne Miller; and a veritable blueprint of the legal intricacies involved in making business deals by Noric Dilancian.

February 07, 2008

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Excerpt from Beat the Odds

The following excerpt is Chapter 9 of: Beat the Odds: Avoid Corporate Death and Build a Resilient Enterprise by Robert A. Rudzki. From the publisher: "Rudzki's crisp message on the nine principles for success, which are profiled with excellent current real-life case examples, provides clear direction for managers on how to ensure their companies win and remain healthy and successful long-term.

January 30, 2008

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Excerpt from The Open Brand

The following is an excerpt from the book The Open Brand: When Push Comes to Pull in a Web-Made World by Kelly Mooney and Nita Rollins, Ph. D. The book comes out in March 2008, so keep it on your radar if you enjoy this excerpt.

January 29, 2008

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Quirkology, An Annual Omission

We recently produced our first annual magazine, In The Books, reviewing the most notable business books of 2007, and we have been receiving great feedback on it. I thought some of you would be interested in some things that, for a variety of reasons, didn't make it in that piece. One of the very last things cut, and among the most painful to cut, were two reviews by Todd Lazarski.

January 28, 2008

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Indexed, Farber and Charity

Memo to the CEO

If you're in Milwaukee...do join us where Design Meets Business : Business Meets Design

As a nation, we must embrace innovation.

Excerpt from Leadership Brand - 1 of 2

links for 2008-02-16

ChangeThis

Excerpt from Beat the Odds

Excerpt from The Open Brand

Quirkology, An Annual Omission

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