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Invaluable
By Porchlight
Feeling under utilized and appreciated? We've got a few boxes of a book that can help you manage your time and prove to your teammates that you have skills that can make their lives easier. It's a great story called Invaluable: The Secret to Becoming Irreplaceable, and we're selling these remaining copies at a huge discount.
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The Keen Thinker (Vol. 7)
By Sally Haldorson
Our new mid-summer edition of The Keen Thinker is now available. Want to enter your book(s) into our Annual Business Book Awards contest? Want to win a copy of marketing guru, John Moore's, business book in screenplay form?
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The Big Brain Business Book Club
By Porchlight
We're nearing the first anniversary of our Big Brain Business Book Club. For the past four quarters, we've sent out the best picks from the newest books. There have been books from a well-known Fortune 500 CEO, a man you know by name, an urban studies theorist who focuses on creativity in cities, a jack of all trades who speaks to innovation, and a few more.
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Being Strategic on Public Television
By Porchlight
We loved Erika Andersen's book Being Strategic: Plan for Success; Out-think Your Competitors; Stay Ahead of Change when it was released last year and are now excited to learn that she'll be extending the ideas in the book to a Public Television Special that begins airing in August, 2010. The topic is for everyone, whether you're trying to find a new job, juggling the monthly budget, trying to reinvigorate your 401(k) or dealing with a series of crises at work, strategy is crucial. Andersen has advised companies such as GE, Pepsico, MTVN, and now it's your turn.
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Friday Links - The Flood Edition
By Porchlight
➻ Inc. has posted your business horoscope for August. I am apparently "going to experience a jolt in the coming week when a valued worker takes a sudden leave.
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Win some free Tough Love
By Sally Haldorson
We've got a SPECIAL OFFER this week on inBubbleWrap! Free TOUGH LOVE! John Moore is a man who knows his stuff.
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Blog / Staff Picks
Seth Godin's Insubordinate
Book Review by Porchlight
Seth Godin is a revolutionary—in the best sense of that word. Consider his message at the beginning of Insubordinate—his new(ish) addendum to Linchpin. The opportunities to make change are bigger and more attractive than ever before.
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Culture Building
By Porchlight
Vineet Nayar's Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down, and Ed Muzio's Make Work Great: Supercharge Your Team, Reinvent the Culture, and Gain Influence - One Person at a Time, are two recent books for managers about making a difference through culture change. Why is culture change the solution? Both authors stress that creating stronger teams is the best way to adapt to changes in industry, and being prepared for future changes.
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Steak and Fish
Book Review by Porchlight
Sitting in the midst of summer, food is generally a hot topic as cooking becomes more of a regular occasion (grilling out, picnics, etc. ). Two books landed on my desk that admittedly made my mouth water, while imagining the business implications likely addressed within.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - Diary of a Very Bad Year
By Porchlight
Diary of a Very Bad Year: Confessions of an Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager by n+1, Keith Gessen & Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager, Harper Perennial, 260 pages, $14. 99, Paperback, June 2010, ISBN 9780061965302 Keith Gessen is the founder of n+1, a mostly literary magazine out of New York City, and the author of All the Sad Young Literary Men, which, as you can probably gather from the title, is also thoroughly literary. So, how is it that he has now penned one of the most fascinating books to date on the recent calamity on Wall Street?
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