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A True (North) Debate
By Porchlight
Yesterday morning, our del. icio. us links featured The New York Times' review of True North.
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Blog / News & Opinion
links for 2007-04-03
By Porchlight
The No Asshole Rule >> Miami Herald | Book stresses curbing vile workplace behavior Sutton provides a very solid and honest examination of the phenomenon but is not above recounting his own behavior when it veered near the precipice of iniquity. (tags: businessbooks organizational_development) CrazyBusy >> New York Times | Too Busy to Notice You’re Too Busy Although those who are overworked and overwhelmed complain ceaselessly, it is often with an undertone of boastfulness; the hidden message is that I’m so busy because I’m so important.
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Blog / News & Opinion
On Writing...
By Porchlight
Awhile ago Tom recommended Stephen King's On Writing for current or aspiring writers. I ran across an interesting summary/excerpt and thought I'd point you to it. Takeaway formula: 2nd Draft = 1st Draft – 10%.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Carnival of The Capitalists
By Porchlight
I like periodically pointing people to Carnival of The Capitalists. It is a round-up of the best business blogging from around the net. It is hosted by a different blogger each week and you will find it at Business Pundit today.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
links for 2007-03-30
By Porchlight
LibraryThing | Catalog your books online Share and connect via book recommendations. (tags: books library catalog) Let My People Go Surfing >> Fortune | Patagonia: Blueprint for green business The story of how Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard [author of Let My People Go Surfing] took his passion for the outdoors and turned it into an amazing business.
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Blog / News & Opinion
You're Already a Citizen Marketer
By Porchlight
The second event in our LeaveSmarter Series took place last Thursday afternoon. We're crazy busy around here (just ask inBubbleGuy) so we haven't had a chance to blog about it, but we'd be remiss not to mention how enjoyable Ben McConnell's presentation was. He even took a few technical glitches in stride, showing off his shiny red sneakers to keep the momentum going.
Categories: news-opinion, the-company
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Blog / News & Opinion
links for 2007-03-29
By Porchlight
Go Put Your Strengths To Work >>WSJ. com | Doing More of What You're Good at Doing The strength of Mr. Buckingham's book is its philosophical base in the late Peter Drucker's classic admonition: "The effective executive makes strength productive.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Shout out from Seth
By Porchlight
ChangeThis got a nice mention on Seth Godin's blog today. He has a really great entry up about how you can benefit from publishing an e-book. Here's a direct link to the post: http://sethgodin.
Categories: news-opinion, the-company
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Blog / Staff Picks
Hot Spots spark innovation
Book Review by Porchlight
A few days ago we posted an excerpt from the book Ignited. Here's an excerpt from a February Financial Times article that reviewed Lynda Gratton's new book, Hot Spots: Why Some Teams, Workplaces, And Organizations Buzz With Energy - And Others Don't, another "hot" title this spring: But, if you are lucky, you may also spot the occasional flash of orange or red. These are "hot spots" - "a moment when people are working together in exceptionally creative and collaborative ways .
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Blog / News & Opinion
2006 Bestsellers (a little late)
By Porchlight
Some folks started asking us for the 2006 bestsellers. Some how we forgot to do this right after the New Year, and I know many of you are dying to hear the results. One note on methodology: We award points to a book's position on our monthly list, as well as the number of months it appears on our lists.
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