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Tell the Whole Truth
By Porchlight
"How can you tap the transformational power of the truth? How can you use it to turn ordinary relationships into extraordinary ones? The answer is to grasp the truth in its fullest sense, and then practice using it skillfully, with discretion and wisdom. [...] Before developing our truth telling skills, we must first explore why we lie. Understanding the causes of our temptations will help us overcome them."
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Chindia Rising: Why the Rise of China and India is Inevitable
By Jagdish N. Sheth
"Rudyard Kipling, who proclaimed that 'East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet' has already been proven wrong with respect to Westernization of heritage-rich and tradition-based China and India. He will be proven wrong again as we witness what I refer to as the Easternization of the world. [...] In short, it will be less a clash of cultures and more a fusion of cultures across arts, architecture, science, law, engineering, medicine and management traditions and perspectives. [...] The rise of Chindia is not only inevitable, but it will be beneficial to the world economy. It will be, of course, beneficial to businesses and entrepreneurs, but also to the masses at the bottom of the pyramid (people who earn less than two dollars a day)."
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The Design Funnel: A Manifesto for Meaningful Design
By Porchlight
"Are you a professional designer? Would you like a process to create more consistently creative work which distinguishes itself from the work of your peers? Would you like a process which would help translate the often vague, unclear wishes of your clients (and yourself, for that matter) into a clear and solid basis for your design? This manifesto will show you how."
Categories: changethis
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Success-Driven Philosophy: Finding Clarity of Purpose and Achieving Arete Through Philosophical Examination
By Porchlight
"This manifesto will facilitate your philosophical examination as you iron out what you believe and why you believe it. We do this by providing a philosophical toolkit, as well as a framework for considering the principal areas of philosophy. Ancient Greek philosophers had a concept they called 'arete'. It is often translated as 'excellence' or 'virtue', but Brian Johnson of ThinkArete says it's better defined as 'constantly striving to reach your highest potential.' This manifesto will bring you closer to arete."
Categories: changethis
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Globalization Becomes Truly Global: Lessons Learned at Lenovo
By Porchlight
"Lenovo, one of the world's largest manufacturers of personal computers, is a prime example of [an] 'emerging-market' multinational ... With its 2005 acquisition of IBM's personal computer division, it is arguably the first multinational with its roots in an emerging market to reverse the traditional direction of globalization. Over two decades, the company has developed a unique global structure and business strategy that has its products, people, and facilities in 160 countries. Here are four lessons that we've learned along the way that can help other global companies—and those with global ambitions—derive economic and social value from globalization."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / News & Opinion
ChangeThis: Issue 48
By Porchlight
People Don't Hate Change, They Hate How You're Trying to Change Them by Michael T. Kanazawa "According to a summary of over 40 research studies on change, the success rate of strategy execution and corporate change programs is 33%. At the same time, a Conference Board survey of over 600 global CEOs revealed that the top two challenges they see are: 1) generating consistent revenue growth and 2) strategy execution.
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The No Complaining Rule
By Porchlight
When I first saw the title "The No Complaining Rule" I had flashbacks to family road trips to "up north" Wisconsin, full of truly Ollie Hopnoodle-esque moments. But the title refers to a new business book about positivity: The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work by Jon Gordon, who also wrote The Energy Bus. The No Complaining Rule is constructed like a parable, with anecdotes that build to a point at which the fictional workplace develops "an actionable plan to win the battle against individual and organizational negativity.
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GLOBALITY Blog #2: The New Competitors Come from Everywhere
By Porchlight
Welcome to day two of the GLOBALITY blog hosting. Yesterday Hal Sirkin introduced us to the who side of globality. And today, Arindam Bhattacharya, partner of The Boston Consulting Group's New Delhi office, joins us to discuss the where of globality.
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GLOBALITY Blog #1: Your Competitors May Not Be Who You Think They Are
By Porchlight
As I mentioned yesterday, for the next three days the three co-authors of GLOBALITY: Competing with Everyone From Everywhere for Everything will be hosting our blog and taking your questions. Today, we welcome Hal Sirkin, a senior partner at The Boston Consulting Group's Chicago office and co-author of PAYBACK: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation. - - - - - - - Your Competitors May Not Be Who You Think They Are The subtitle of our new book GLOBALITY: Competing with Everyone From Everywhere for Everything pretty succinctly describes what this new business era is going to be like.
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Guest Bloggers This Week: Authors of Globality
By Porchlight
This week we welcome the three authors of Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything to our blog to talk about the ideas in their book and what it takes to compete in a world where globalization is common. What is globality? Here's how the authors define it.
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