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Ahead of the Curve
By Porchlight
Both The Economist and BusinessWeek have reviews of Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School in their latest issues. Auspiciously published on Harvard Business School's 100th anniversary, Ahead of the Curve is Philip Delves Broughton's insider account of life at HBS. Broughton is not your typical business student, however.
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8crTV
By Porchlight
We've been posting a bunch over at the 8cr YouTube site, featuring excerpts from our LeaveSmarter event series, Pecha Kucha Night Milwaukee, and interviews with folks who stop by our office. Tune in and watch vids from Mike Kanazawa, Charles Fishman, Doug Tatum, Leslie Crutchfield, Bill George, Faythe Levine, Tom Crawford, Corey Canfield, and many more. Heat up that tv dinner, settle in your office chair, and check out some live business thought.
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Big Boys of Business Have Books This Fall
By Porchlight
Hardy Green at BusinessWeek has a quick piece on their website about big names with business books in the fall. Call Me Ted by Ted Turner was the splash at BEA in June, which included a party hosted by Larry King. Richard Branson follows Losing My Virginity and Screw It, Let's Do It with Business Stripped Bare.
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Part III of Blog Hosted by: Tim Hiltabiddle, The Nice Guy Bill of Rights
By Porchlight
Welcome to blog post number three from Tim Hiltabiddle, co-author of Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office. You can find the first post here and the second here. : : : : : : : The Nice Guy Bill of Rights It was a blustery day in November of 2004 when my friend Russ Edelman first came to me with the 'nice guy' idea.
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Part II of Blog Hosted by: Tim Hiltabiddle, What About Nice Gals?
By Porchlight
Welcome to blog post number two from Tim Hiltabiddle, co-author of Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office. You can find the first post here. : : : : : : : What about Nice Gals?
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ChangeThis: Issue 49
By Porchlight
The August issue of ChangeThis has been posted. This month, we have the author of business classic The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge, with an environmental treatise on sustainability and business. Manifesto coauthor Bryan Smith was one of four authors who worked with Senge on the book the manifesto was modeled after, The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World, released earlier this year by Doubleday.
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July's International Best Sellers
By Porchlight
The world is getting smaller and smaller and more businesses are going to other countries. Different ideas are being talked about via conference calls, cell phones, emails and yes, books. Here are what people across the time zones of the world were reading from 800-CEO-READ last month: Canada Strengths Finder 2.
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Blog Hosted by: Tim Hiltabiddle, co-author of Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office
By Porchlight
For the next few days, Tim Hiltabiddle, co-author of Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office will be hosting our blog. Questions or comments? Put 'em in the comments section and Tim will respond.
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Sway Interview with Ori and Rom Brafman
By Porchlight
This week, Ori and Rom Brafman joined us to talk about their book Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior. The two are brothers; Ori adds the business perspective and Rom, the psychologist perspective. Together they sought to answer the question, why do rational people act irrationally?
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Sway: The Irresistable Pull of Irrational Behavior
By Porchlight
The other day I had an interesting conversation with the two Brafman brothers -- Ori and Rom -- who wrote Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior. Turns out we shouldn't always trust our gut instinct. I just posted the podcast if you'd like to learn why that's true.
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