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Peter Schwartz on 5-Step Scenario Planning
By Porchlight
Wired Magazine has a great feature in the August 2009 issue they put together with Peter Schwartz, cofounder of the Global Business Network. Schwartz has written some classics on looking ahead like The Art of The Long View, The Long Boom and Inevitable Surprises. The magazine's designers deliver a great set of graphic layouts to help people understanding scenario planning in five simple steps.
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Blog / News & Opinion
The 2009 Business Book Awards
By Porchlight
It's that time of year again. We've just announced the opening of our third annual Business Book Awards, so if you're an author or publisher, feel free to head over to the submission form to register your book. Categories range from management to marketing and many areas in between.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
A Lesson from Exploiting Chaos
By Porchlight
Reading as many business books as we do, it can become tiring reading tales of the same old companies over and over again. And, If you read his Jack Covert Selects consistently, you'll notice that Jack tries to highlight the stories of lesser known companies—those that aren't so ubiquitous in the books that flood our desks every day. So, I wasn't surprised when he sent me the following passage from Jeremy Gutsche's forthcoming book Exlploiting Chaos, being released by Gotham Books is September.
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Blog / Excerpts
An Excerpt from Full of Bull
By Porchlight
5 Strategies for Investing Properly, Cautiously, and Intelligently in This Bear Market By Stephen T. McClellan This is a perilous period in the stock market; a deceptive bear market that disguises its downward drift. Beware of misleading Wall Street doubletalk, as it tempts investors into this dangerous bear market.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Blueprint to a Billion Revised
By Porchlight
It is rare that a management book is revised. David Thomson's Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth is an exception. Thomson's original work, which achieved top 10 positions on our 2006 and 2007 Best Seller list, presented a case that teams can learn from best practices.
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Living the writing life...in Iowa
By Sally Haldorson
A lot of books come and go through our doors, and we spend a lot of time discussing the various merits of these books, but rarely do we talk about what is in between the covers. And I'm not talking about the idea. Because, yes, the idea is king; but an idea will only get you so far if the actual writing is unreadable.
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Blog / News & Opinion
BusinessWeek's Summer Reading '09
By Porchlight
We know summer is already starting to wane, but we haven't linked to Business Week's recommending reading for the season. Having recommended quite of few of these, we think this is a great list. Rubies in the Orchard by Lynda Resnick with Francis Wilkinson Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging and Outmarketing Your Competition by Guy Kawasaki Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: Managing in a Downturn by Ram Charan The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.
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Blog / News & Opinion
100 Best Bonus Industry Chapter on Scribd.com
By Porchlight
Today, I posted the Industry Books Bonus Chapter on Scribd. com. This is long overdue, but combination of Chris Anderson's Free promotions and a BEA podcast I listened to on the way into work convinced me it was time to stop dragging me feet.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
Business Book Reviews From Indonesia
By Porchlight
I love running across other passionate business book readers. Riri Satria has some great reviews on his site rirsatria. com (here is the Google-translated link from Riri's native Indonesian to English).
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Blog / News & Opinion
Being Strategic on CBS Early Morning
By Porchlight
This morning, our good friend Erika Andersen on was CBS Early Morning talking about her new book Being Strategic. Watch CBS Videos Online CBS also has a transcript-ish article based on the interview with Erika.
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