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Blog / ChangeThis
Enough of MORE: Better is Better
By Henry Mintzberg
"Economists insist that MORE is the way forward. No, it is the way backward, economically as well as socially. We don't have to destroy our progeny and our planet for the sake of a senseless dogma. Sure we need development and employment, but responsible development with robust employment. A healthy society is sustained by a decent and diverse economy, not one driven by the mercenary force of one-dimensional growth. Stock markets have done enough damage."
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Blog / ChangeThis
Why CEOs and Boards Need to Be Fearless
By Jean Case
"The role of board member compels one to be diligent as a fiduciary. What is often not well understood is that while the role of fiduciary is necessary, it is not entirely sufficient. Board members also need to be champions of, and networkers for, the organizations they serve. And, particularly in a world where change is accelerating and disruption is becoming the norm, board members also need to step up and challenge the organizations they care so much about—and the same goes for CEOs."
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Blog / ChangeThis
Scaling Leadership: A Manifesto
By Robert J. Anderson, William A. Adams
"Ineffective leadership caps the ability of an organization to grow. Leadership that works at one level of scale is likely to run into serious limitations at the next level. The men and women who may be well-suited to lead a 100-person business unit with $30 million in annual revenues may be unable to lead a 250-person business unit with $100 million in annual revenues. To scale the organization, you must scale ever more effective leadership."
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Blog / ChangeThis
Hustle & Float: Reclaim Your Creativity and Thrive in a World Obsessed with Work
By Rahaf Harfoush
"The strategies we're putting in place to increase our productivity are hurting our creative performance. By industrializing our creative skillset, we've prioritized performance and ignored critical hidden forces at play—our cultural, historical and biological baggage—that underlie and influence our conceptions of work."
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Brave New Work: Are You Ready to Reinvent Your Organization?
By Porchlight
What’s stopping us from doing the best work of our lives? According to Aaron Dignan, It's the way we work.
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Bedtime Stories for Managers: Farewell, Lofty Leadership...Welcome, Engaging Management
Book Review by Porchlight
Henry Mintzberg offers 42 stories that will challenge and change the conventional wisdom we too often accept about the business world and its role in the society that it's supposed to serve.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Book Giveaways
World Class: A Story of Adversity, Transformation, and Success at NYU Langone Health
By Porchlight
Renowned scientist, businessman, and healthcare expert William A. Haseltine tells the turnaround story of NYU Langone Health in a book being released this week by Fast Company Press.
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
Book Review by Porchlight
Cal Newport offers a philosophy to combat the more damaging effects of a digital age dominated by "attention economy conglomerates," and strategies for living a more deliberate, intentional, and fulfilled life.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Excerpts
Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need
By Porchlight
"Millennial Millionaire" Grant Sabatier's new book is a practical roadmap to living life on one’s own terms, as soon as possible.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Book Giveaways
The Future is Asian
By Porchlight
Parag Khanna's latest book presents the world from an Asian point-of-view, and serves as a global strategic roadmap for decades to come.
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