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links for 2007-07-10
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Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism >> The Economist | "America still wears the crown" The possibility of change is at the heart of "Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism" . . .
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links for 2007-07-07
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More Sex Is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics >> New York Times Book Review | Possible Side Effects They say they’re better with numbers than most other researchers and have a richer understanding of how people respond to incentives [book link].
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Project Cartoon
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Welcome to a humorous (and often true, if not sadly so) look at projects. The Project Cartoon is based on the original cartoon found below. At the site, you can create your own project cartoon, print it out, put it up in the cube or project manager's office or buy it framed or plastered on a t-shirt.
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Excerpt from Why Johnny Can't Brand
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The following excerpt is taken from the introduction to Why Johnny Can't Brand: Rediscovering the Lost Art of the Big Idea by Bill Schley and Carl Nichols, Jr. The authors show that successful branding is not charisma or warfare, or millions spent on entertaining ads starring dancing chimpanzees or cowboys herding cats, but the ability to differentiate a product and give consumers a real reason to pay attention. It's about making the product the star.
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links for 2007-07-06
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The Obvious >> Financial Times | All you need to know about the perils of management fads. Period.
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links for 2007-07-04
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Smart World >> BusinessWeek | The Science Of "Aha! " "Spinning a wide variety of tales, with characters ranging from Gutenberg, Steve Jobs, and Watson and Crick to the Barbie doll and Pablo Picasso, Ogle arrives at nine laws that 'crack the code of creativity. '" (tags: businessbooks innovation creativity) The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List | May 2006 "BusinessWeek's Best-Seller List is based on a survey of chain and independent booksellers that carry a broad selection of books on economics, management, sales and marketing, small business, investing, personal finance, and careers.
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Excerpt from Fired Up or Burned Out
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This excerpt is taken from the introduction of Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team's Passion, Creativity, and Productivity by Michael Lee Stallard. The author presents three keys that can empower a leader to transform even a lethargic, disconnected organization into an impassioned, innovative, and thriving workplace Introduction What fires up people and helps them and the organizations they work in thrive? I'm not talking about motivational speeches and incentives that produce a short-term burst of enthusiasm.
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Movies as a replacement for books.
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Four Italian consultants, Francesco Bogliari, Sergio Di Giorgi, Marco Lombardi and Piero Trupia, concluded "executives learn little from books. " So they wrote a book* to recommend movies "they say showcase good business practice and highlight major issues. " "High-quality films, though, can offer lessons about problem-solving and teamwork as well as focusing on issues such as globalisation and diversity, Mr Bogliari said.
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Definition of Management and Leadership
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John Kotter in his book Leading Change defines management and leadership thusly: Management is a set of processes that can keep a complicated system of people and technology running smoothly. The most important aspects of management include planning, budgeting, organizing, staffing, controlling, and problem solving. Leadership is a set of processes that creates organizations in the first place or adapts them to significantly changing circumstances.
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links for 2007-06-28
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New Ideas from Dead CEOs>>The Wall Street Journal | Their View From the Top The remarkable lives in "New Ideas From Dead CEOs" are more than enough to carry a reader along.
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