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ChangeThis: Issue 50
By Porchlight
That's right folks, Issue number 50. For this landmark issue, we brought ChangeThis founder Seth Godin back to discuss Tribes, the opportunities now available to lead a tribe of one's own, and what the Grateful Dead has to do with any of it. Next up, we have John Kotter, providing us with A Sense of Urgency while writing about its fundamental importance to organizational change programs.
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** Contest Alert ** Bob Schieffer's America
By Porchlight
ATTENTION - THE CONTEST IS OVER - CONGRATS ROGER S. FROM INDIANA! !
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The Tao of Sustainability
By Porchlight
We've seen a large increase in the number of books on sustainability and "greening" this year, including this new one from Yale University Press: Sustainability by Design: A Subversive Strategy for Transforming Our Consumer Culture by John R. Ehrenfeld. You'll read more about these books in our forthcoming 2008 annual review, In the Books (links to inaugural 2007 edition), but here's a look at this book, which is based on the premise that "sustainability is the possibility that humans and other life will flourish on Earth forever.
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The World is Curved (and Excerpted)
By Porchlight
The following excerpt is the prologue of David M. Snick's The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy, which is being released today. The book has received praise from some heavy hitters in the world of politics and global economics, such as Alan Greenspan, George Soros, James Schlesinger and Bill Bradley.
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Remembering Michael Hammer
By Porchlight
If the book of the 80's was In Search of Excellence by Peters and Waterman, then book of the 90's was Reengineering the Corporation by Michael Hammer and Jim Champy. We were saddened to hear Michael Hammer died this week at age 60. The best way we can think of to acknowledge his impact is by announcing the inclusion of Reengineering The Corporation in our upcoming book.
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Writing About Numbers
By Porchlight
In watching the del. icio. us feed for the business+book this week, there have been a number of webizens that are paying attention to Stephen Baker's The Numerati.
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Business Books Recommended by and for The Business Journalist
By Porchlight
I posted last week on the amazing number of blog posts that have been appearing lately with lists of business books. The latest comes from BusinessJournalism. org, a site that is a part of National Center For Business Journalism at Arizona State University.
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InBubbleWrap Returns
By Porchlight
You may have missed the news we buried inside the Kotter post from yesterday. InBubbleWrap is back. If you are new to us, we have a sister site that gives away free books.
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The power of crowdsourcing.
By Porchlight
Jeff Howe's Crowdsourcing is now out. I planned on starting this post with an F. A.
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Crowdsourcing Interview with Jeff Howe
By Porchlight
Jeff Howe, author of Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business, and I talked about the phenomenon of using crowds to do work. In this 33-minute podcast, you'll hear about Jimmy Wales and the founding of Wikipedia, Procter & Gamble using crowds for innovation, and the British Crown -- one of the first examples of crowdsourcing (around the 11. 45 minute mark).
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