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Do You TED?
By Sally Haldorson
Cruising Twitter this morning, I read a quick mention of a talk on TED ("TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. On TED. com, we make the best talks and performances from TED and partners available to the world, for free.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
Finding True Wealth
By Porchlight
There are a lot of great books coming out lately, and more to follow throughout the year. It seems the current business climate is an opportunity to present new ideas, a tabula rasa, so to speak, and we're discovering some real gems of thought being introduced to the world. One perfect example of this is the book Plenitude: The Economics of True Wealth by Juliet Schor.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Excerpts
An Excerpt from Conquer the Chaos
By Porchlight
You hear people (especially politicians and television's talking heads) talk about America's "entrepreneurial spirit" all of the time. But, no matter how often we hear it, it never sounds like a cliché; it always rings true. .
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / News & Opinion
Linchpins are everywhere!
By Porchlight
At least they are certainly in Milwaukee. If you're in the area, join us next Monday, June 14, for the Seth Godin inspired Linchpin Meetup event. 800-CEO-READ's ChangeThis is one of the co-sponsors, and we're offering a Seth Godin boxed set as a prize to be given away at the event.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
8CR's Top 5 International Best Selling Books for May 2010
By Porchlight
May sure was a busy month! It started out quiet and and then picked up some speed somewhere in the middle. About 2 weeks before the end of the month, central and Northern Wisconsin had a huge blizzard - it was almost a white-out (I know this because I had to travel that weekend to visit my mom for Mothers' Day).
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Staff Picks
Oil: "A Uniquely Human Story"
Book Review by Porchlight
Very timely, Tom Bower's eighteenth book, Oil: Money, Politics, and Power in the 21st Century, was released by the Grand Central Publishing house today. It is a riveting story of the last twenty years in oil exploration and speculation. I don't often quote press releases, but this book's is spot on: Oil is a story of intrigue, of greed, of arrogance, and extreme risk.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / News & Opinion
Being Irreplaceable
By Porchlight
As the economy and job market continue to climb back on their feet, a few books have been published that address the 'survivors' on a personal level, the most notable being Seth Godin's Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? In it, the author describes the characteristics that define a person who brings value to the work, groups, and experiences they are involved in. On one hand a personal development book, on the other hand, it's an economic development book, as it addresses how we as individuals can contribute to turning things around for the companies we work for in the process.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
ChangeThis: Issue 71
By Porchlight
Ladies and gentleman, it's the 71th issue of ChangeThis. Excerpts and links below. ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ Plenitude: A Statement On Economics, Ecology & True Wealth by Juliet Schor “Business-as-usual economics relies on stimulating GNP to solve virtually all problems.
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Blog / ChangeThis
Plenitude: A Statement On Economics, Ecology & True Wealth
By Juliet Schor
Business-as-usual economics relies on stimulating GNP to solve virtually all problems. But GNP is increasingly de-linked from the well-being of most Americans. Since the mid 1970s, it has diverged from most social well-being indicators. So even if GNP does continue to grow, and the recession is officially declared over, the implications for most households are different from in the past.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Achieving Predictable Success
By Les McKeown
"As a serial entrepreneur who has personally launched over 40 businesses, and as a consultant and coach to hundreds of business leaders, I've come to realize that the 'growth code' is out there, in plain view for anyone who knows where to look. There is indeed a code, a pattern, a DNA if you will, to achieving predictable success. The difficulty is that because most business leaders work in a limited number of business environments during their career, they don't have the opportunity to see the pattern recur often enough to successfully decode it."
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