August 17, 2008
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There was something from Sarah Lacy’s book Once You’re Lucky, Twice your Good which really hit home. Today kids look to FaceBook as their exclusive communication tool. They don’t do email like our generation overdoes email. That’s a key indicator … Continue reading
August 1, 2008
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Tom Friedman’s bestseller is available FOR FREE to download until August 4th. Signup and download version 3.0 of his runaway best seller AND receive a preview of his upcoming book Hot Flat and Crowded Tags: The World is Flat, Mark … Continue reading
July 22, 2008
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A pollster meets The Tipping Point. That is how I would describe Mark Penn’s Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Changes. His 75 microtrend stories are interesting enough, but could not help but think back to Gladwell’s book when … Continue reading
June 27, 2008
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In today’s world it seems everything is about China. There are so many emerging topics of interest Americans need to understand about this giant economy and manufacturing base. Ted Fishman’s China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges … Continue reading
May 30, 2008
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How can you compete today in a globalized, highly competitive world regardless of market? One very smart solution: Analytics. From Google and Amazon to the Red Sox and the Patriots, organizations (yes sports teams included) are succeeding by competing on … Continue reading
May 20, 2008
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Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back from John Kao is a timely read. To say I enjoyed his lessons how America is losing it’s innovation … Continue reading
May 19, 2008
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Tom Friedman’s book will be one of the hot reads this fall. Order yours today: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America
May 16, 2008
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Want to learn to look for trends, events and all the gems in life that seem hidden, out of place, under the table and around corners? There are interesting lessons in The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. … Continue reading
April 14, 2008
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Rod Beckstrom provided a very insightful presentation at the 2007 The Next Web Conference about organizations. Two types will define or break you in a Web2.0 world. An enjoyable, easy read that further suggests leaderless organizations can fuel dramatic change … Continue reading
April 9, 2008
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James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds proves useful in understanding the impact (both positive and negative) regarding knowledge of isolated individuals vs. collective intelligence that shapes business, economies, societies and nations. Surowiecki opens the book with a great example of … Continue reading