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New Excerpt - The Granularity of Growth
By Porchlight
We have posted Chapter 1 of The Granularity of Growth on the excerpts blog. Written by two partners from McKinsey along with the coauthor of The Alchemy of Growth, the book looks at business growth in a "fine-grained" way, zooming in on its different "granularity levels"--from the overall world economy, down through industries and sub-industries, all the way to the individual. Here's an excerpt of the excerpt: A company formulating its growth strategy needs to develop insights into trends, future growth rates, and market structures at much greater depth than the aggregate industry level.
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Excerpt from The Granularity of Growth
By Porchlight
The following excerpt is Chapter 1 from The Granularity of Growth: How to Identify the Sources of Growth and Drive Enduring Company Performance by Patrick Viguerie, Sven Smit, and Mehrdad A. Baghai. Patrick and Sven are both Directors at McKinsey & Company, and Mehrdad also has a history at the company, but is now Managing Director of Alchemy Growth Partners and coauthor of The Alchemy of Growth.
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Ram Charan and A.G. Lafley take on a $4 million business
By Porchlight
This month Inc. magazine challenged A. G.
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Magazine Reviews and News
By Porchlight
I spent a lot of time this weekend relaxing with business magazines and came across quite a few good book recommendations and reviews. In the latest issue of Wired, Jeff Howe reviews Julia Keller's Mr Gatling's Terrible Marvel, while Jason Tanz reviews Buying In by Rob Walker. Speaking of Buying In, the June issue of Fast Company has an excerpt from the book itself.
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New Excerpt - from Executive Stamina
By Porchlight
There's a new excerpt up on our Excerpts blog, taken from Chapter 11 of Executive Stamina: How to Optimize Time, Energy, and Productivity to Achieve Peak Performance by Marty Seldman and Joshua Seldman. Here is the publisher's description of the book: "Executive Stamina combines the wisdom and methodology of the very best executive coaching with the cutting-edge training techniques of world-class endurance athletes. This holistic approach uses practical tips and tools to help executives maximize their career potential, maintain their physical health, and stay aligned with their personal values.
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Warren Buffett Picks
By Porchlight
Ryan over at Business Pundit posted on 10 investing titles that Warren Buffett recommends. Details over here. The list of the 10: Take on the Street The Little Book of Common Sense Investing Benjamin Graham on Value Investing The Theory on Investment Value Where are the Customers' Yachts?
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Excerpt from Executive Stamina
By Porchlight
The following excerpt is taken from Chapter 11 of Executive Stamina: How to Optimize Time, Energy, and Productivity to Achieve Peak Performance by Marty Seldman and Joshua Seldman. From the publisher: "Executive Stamina combines the wisdom and methodology of the very best executive coaching with the cutting-edge training techniques of world-class endurance athletes. This holistic approach uses practical tips and tools to help executives maximize their career potential, maintain their physical health, and stay aligned with their personal values.
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Big IDEAS to Big RESULTS
By Porchlight
Last week Mike Kanazawa, co-author of Big Ideas to Big Results, joined our 8cr family for two days and keynoted for two events in Wisconsin. One of the stories Mike shared is that of touring an office building. The woman giving him the tour boasted having the longest group of cubicles west of the Pentagon!
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Cinderella or Cyberella
By Porchlight
Two leading scholars in the gender and information technology field have put together essays that bridge women in age, culture and educational backgrounds. These writings are found within the book Cinderella or Cyberella? and they provide women with the information to be more empowered in finance, work and families.
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Finding new books to read.
By Porchlight
Ben Casnocha (My Start-Up Life) blogged about and added to Tyler Cohen's (Discover Your Inner Economist) post on how to find new book recommendations. Both have good recommendations on where to start. Ben mentioned us as the spot to find out about business books (thanks, Ben!
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