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The Bottom Billion
By Porchlight
Over at WorldChanging is Ethan Zuckerman's review of Paul Collier's book The Bottom Billion. Collier points out that in much of the world poverty is decreasing. It's but a few states (maybe 50) which account for the poorest people in the world that are not seeing any improvement.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Fishman was in town.
By Porchlight
Yesterday Charles Fishman, The Wal-Mart Effect joined us for the first of our spring events. He's an incredible storyteller; if you ever have a chance, go see him live. I'm guessing he'll be on tour with his next book on the subject of bottled water.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Megacommunity: Where Governments, Organizations and People Work Together to Take on Issues
By Porchlight
Four senior managers at Booz Allen Hamilton have a new book out this coming Tuesday (the 18th). Megacommunities is the book. This book landed on my desk a few months back and I remember being attracted to the idea.
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The Back of the Napkin, Out Now!
By Porchlight
That's right folks, it's the official release date of The Back of the Napkin. As you can see in Dan's picture below (click to enlarge), it took a lot to get to this point. We here at 8cr are big fans of Dan Roam and his book (see the previous post for more on that).
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Excerpt from The Back of the Napkin
By Porchlight
The excerpt below is from the introduction to The excerpt below is from The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures, by Dan Roam. The story begins when a coworker asked Dan to cover for him as a presenter at a conference in England. After an overnight flight, Dan was asked en route to the conference to run his PowerPoint by the British team leader.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - The Back of the Napkin
By Porchlight
The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam, Portfolio, 288 pages, $24. 95, Hardcover, March 2008, ISBN 9781591841999 When one thinks of the skills needed to thrive in today's business environment, the ability to draw isn't usually high on the list. But, as Dan Roam persuasively suggests, visual thinking through the use of drawing is one of the most powerful tools for solving problems and selling ideas we have available to us.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - Hug Your People
By Porchlight
Hug Your People: The Proven Way to Hire, Inspire and Recognize Your Employees and Achieve Remarkable Results, by Jack Mitchell, Hyperion, 288 pages, $19. 95, Hardcover, March 2008, ISBN 9781401322373 Some of you may recall Jack Mitchell's last book, Hug Your Customers. In it he discussed how to nurture and maintain customer relationships using his "hug" method.
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links for 2008-03-12
By Porchlight
Predictably Irrational >> BusinessWeek | "Why You Do the Crazy Things You Do" "Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, by Dan Ariely, is an entertaining tour of the many ways people act against their best interests, drawing on Ariely's own ingeniously designed experiments.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - The Go-Giver
By Porchlight
The Go-Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea, by Bob Burg and John David Mann, Portfolio, 112 pages, $19. 95, Hardcover, December 2007, ISBN 9781591842002 Bob Burg and John David Mann have written an interesting parable around the life of "Joe," a highly ambitious guy who comes to a dead end when he can't create the two things he needs to succeed: clout and leverage. In his pursuit of obtaining these things, he meets "Pindar," a smart, kind, and extremely wealthy man who seems to have everything Joe wants.
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Blog / Staff Picks
New book out: Crucibles of Leadership
Book Review by Porchlight
Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader, by Robert J. Thomas, is out from Harvard Business School Press this month. Thomas's premise is that what matters most is what one makes of experience--particularly, the traumatic and often unplanned crucible events that challenge one's identity as a leader.
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