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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - Wait
By Porchlight
Wait: The Art and Science of Delay by Frank Partnoy, PublicAffairs, 304 pages, $26. 99, Hardcover, June 2012, ISBN 9781610390040 Frank Partnoy won the Biographies & Narratives section of our 2009 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards for his outstanding history of Ivar Krueger in The Match King. I am a big fan of Biographies, so I was partial to it, but his was one of the best I’ve read in recent years.
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Blog / News & Opinion
ChangeThis: Issue 95
By Porchlight
How to Make Change Stick: Kill the Company How to Make Change Stick: Kill the Company by Lisa Bodell “Innovation is not just about data analysis, plans and processes, and thinking outside the box. More than anything else, innovation is about change. And the truth is that as much as we’d all like to think otherwise, we are all hardwired to resist it.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / ChangeThis
The ROE Manifesto: How to Maximize Your Return On Energy
By Porchlight
"Return on investment is the investment of time, money and energy. There is only so much time and money and just like time and money, energy can be exhausted too. It's easy to measure how much time we have and how much money we have left, but energy is something that is hard to explain, much less tie to business results. Until now."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Struggle
By Porchlight
"Just about everyone you come across today is going through some kind of struggle in their lives. Most people bear such a heavy burden, quietly and alone, so focused on making sure it looks like they have everything under control that they forget they don't have to have it all under control, and they certainly don't have to walk their road alone. That there is hope and help, if they would only look for it. You're probably going through a struggle right now, even as you read this."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
How to Make Change Stick: Kill the Company
By Lisa Bodell
"A decade into the 21st century, one thing has become clear: change is the new normal. In business, we call it innovation, and it's a strategic pillar in nearly every organization. Thanks to a growing body of research and thought leadership in recent years, we're learning a great deal about the individual skill sets behind innovation, and the organizational strategies that create disruptive growth. Yet in companies around the world, well-intentioned innovation initiatives crash and burn, despite a wealth of great ideas, copious research, and well-designed strategies. Why? Innovation is not just about data analysis, plans and processes, and thinking outside the box. More than anything else, innovation is about change. And the truth is that as much as we'd all like to think otherwise, we are all hardwired to resist it."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
A Three Trillion Dollar Reason to Work Together: Public-Private Partnerships Are Here to Stay
By Porchlight
"All across the land trouble is brewing, as tax revenues continue to shrink and The Great Recession slogs on. ... Almost every state has reduced educational funds and numerous school districts are being forced to lay off teachers, reduce bus services and eliminate curriculum. Colleges and universities, public hospitals, law enforcement organizations and public transportation agencies are struggling to find additional revenues. Roads and bridges can no longer be maintained with public funds. Relief won't come quickly or easily, but one thing is crystal clear: government must reach out to private sector partners for innovative solutions."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Selling, Art or Science?
By Jim Holden
"Having been in the sales training business for more than 30 years, we have seen all manner of sellers; strong performers, average sellers, and those who just don't make the grade. But behind all of this has always been the debate as to whether sales is an art or a science, almost to suggest that for some, sellers are born and not made. The intent of this manifesto is to apply unconventional thinking to the question of art or science, not only resolving the issue, but also putting forth the significance of the answer from both a seller and supplier company perspective"
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Why Companies Must Reduce Complexity
By Neil Smith
"Done right, a good change process focuses on reducing complexity, which will automatically bring about greater efficiency and profitability and lead to lasting improvements. Too often companies look at reducing expenses without even thinking about reducing complexity. These types of programs to increase profitability may be successful in the short term, but unless you look at how things get done, change won't be sustainable."
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Blog / Staff Picks
Tubes
Book Review by Porchlight
"They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck.
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Blog / Excerpts
Stolen!, an Excerpt from Digital Wars
By Porchlight
Reading JP Mangalindan's recent story about how the browser wars are back in Fortune reminded me of a great book by Charles Arthur that Kogan Page put out in late April. Arthur is The Guardian's technology editor, and the book is Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft, and the Battle for the Internet. It's a fascinating history, well told and concisely written.
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