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The Milwaukee Leatherworker
By Porchlight
I don't have a book for you today, but a video. From Milwaukee filmmaker Brian Artka, it profiles David Mitchell, the owner of the Mitchell Leather Factory and retail shop on Water Street here in the Third Ward of Milwaukee—just a few blocks away from us. A part of downtown once known for its factories (the building we're in was once a hosiery manufacturer), David is the last representative of the neighborhood's manufacturing culture.
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Net Smart
By Porchlight
Regular readers of this blog know that we're very interested (or at least I'm very interested) in how the internet is changing not only how we socialize, shop, and work, but how we think and function as human beings—individually, culturally, and as a society. Going back to 2007 when Andrew Keen's Cult of the Amateur went up against David Weinberger's Everything Is Miscellaneous, and continuing through last year when Nicholas Carr's The Shallows was released around the time of Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus, we've been fortunate that publishers have put out books by great thinkers that take opposing sides of the issue that we can compare and contrast. It always sparks a lively conversation.
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Practice Makes Perfect Practice
By Sally Haldorson
Listen to just about any interview with top-flight athletes, and you'll hear them say, regarding the motivation it takes to stay so focused, so intensely committed to their daily training, some version of: "It's not the results; it's the process. " Loving the process gets the figure skater to the cold rink at 5am before she has to get to school by 8am. Loving the process gets the star baseball player through his rehab assignment back down at Triple-A.
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ChangeThis: Issue 92
By Porchlight
How Habits Work (and How They Change) by Charles Duhigg “Most of the choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but they’re not. They’re habits. Habits are subtle.
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Inc. Leadership Forum (and Special Offer!)
By Sally Haldorson
On June 6-8 2012, Inc. Magazine will be hosting its Inc. Leadership Forum in Miami, Fl.
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The Innovative Team
By Porchlight
To some degree, we're all creative, and can all become better at what we do and how we do it. But think about a time you were in a group of people where you maybe felt like withdrawing and not speaking up because you felt intimidated that you might say the wrong thing. In fact, what you might have said, right or wrong, may have lead the discussion into a different direction; a direction that lead to an innovative result.
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The Art of Engagement
By Porchlight
Another highlight from the recent B2B Summit in Miami was meeting Jim Haudan, who's company Root Learning helps align companies on strategy by bridging the gaps between doers, managers, and leaders. Jim was the keynote at the event, and highlighted some great examples from his book about how to create engagement between people for successful results. His book is called The Art of Engagement: Bridging the Gap Between People and Possibilities.
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LeaveSmarter with Christopher J Frank and Paul Magnone
By Porchlight
We were very excited to have Christopher Frank and Paul Magnone in town last week for our ongoing LeaveSmarter series. And, apparently, we weren't the only ones, as it was our most well attended event yet. The coauthors of Drinking from the Fire Hose: Making Smarter Decisions Without Drowning in Information, they know that we're all overwhelmed with a deluge of data and information overload—and they know that when it's not filtered properly, it makes us less productive instead of more efficient.
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10 Truths About Leadership
By Porchlight
This past week, I attended an excellent conference put on by the Geehan Group. I met many fascinating people and was inspired by the discussions that came out of panels and presentations. One of the people I met was Pete Luongo, whom I sat next to at dinner one night.
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Being Wrong Can Be So Right
By Sally Haldorson
One of my favorite books from last year was Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz. We gave away 20 copies of the book to share the wealth, and about it I wrote: Can a doggedly-researched book that relays the historical lineage of error, attempts to uncover the truth beneath truth, and even discusses something as impenetrable as "The Optimistic Meta-Induction from the History of Everything," be charming, accessible and eminently readable? Apparently so because Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz is just that.
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