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50 Popular Business Books-Summarized In Only One Sentence
Thursday, 29 January 2015
by Howard
from the Business Insider: You’ll find nuggets of insight from game-changing executives, hard-charging start-up founders, and ground-breaking researchers. It’s a great reading list, from both current and classic thinkers like Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Carol Dweck, Malcolm Gladwell and Seth Godin, among others view the summaries here
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How to Think Like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
Friday, 23 January 2015
by Howard
by Tim Ferris.Interview with Dr. Peter Daimandis: Dr. Peter Diamandis has been named one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” by Fortune Magazine. The subject is simple: How to think big, and how to use the key strategies of Peter’s friends and investors, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Larry Page. How do
” Learn Like a Leader ”
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
by Howard
by Karina Mikhli for ActionableBooks.com The Learning Network and its’ weekends brought senior thought leaders in management and organizational development together on a regular basis, allowing them to compare notes on how they taught others. At one such weekend, during a brainstorming session, the topic of how they learned came up. This idea so fascinated
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“How to Avoid Bad Investments in Good Ideas”
Friday, 09 January 2015
by Howard
Theodore Kinni -Senior Editor, Books at strategy + business magazine: In late 1999, while still the 800-lb gorilla in the video rental market, Blockbuster Video called in some outside help to address its biggest customer complaint: late fees. One of the calls was to Michael Schrage, then research associate at MIT Media Lab, whose book,
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The Messy Minds of Creative People
Wednesday, 07 January 2015
by Howard
About the Author: Scott Barry Kaufman is Scientific Director of The Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania The creative process– from the first drop of paint on the canvas to the art exhibition– involves a mix of emotions, drives, skills, and behaviors. It’d be miraculous if these emotions, traits
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Why Leadership Development Programs Fail
Wednesday, 07 January 2015
by Howard
from McKinsey Quarterly- by Pierre Gurdjian, Thomas Halbeisen, and Kevin Lane: Sidestepping 4 common mistakes can help companies develop stronger and more capable leaders, save time and money, and boost morale. “We’ve talked with hundreds of chief executives about the struggle, observing both successful initiatives and ones that run into the sand. In the process,
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