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Invaluable
By Porchlight
Feeling under utilized and appreciated? We've got a few boxes of a book that can help you manage your time and prove to your teammates that you have skills that can make their lives easier. It's a great story called Invaluable: The Secret to Becoming Irreplaceable, and we're selling these remaining copies at a huge discount.
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The Keen Thinker (Vol. 7)
By Sally Haldorson
Our new mid-summer edition of The Keen Thinker is now available. Want to enter your book(s) into our Annual Business Book Awards contest? Want to win a copy of marketing guru, John Moore's, business book in screenplay form?
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The Big Brain Business Book Club
By Porchlight
We're nearing the first anniversary of our Big Brain Business Book Club. For the past four quarters, we've sent out the best picks from the newest books. There have been books from a well-known Fortune 500 CEO, a man you know by name, an urban studies theorist who focuses on creativity in cities, a jack of all trades who speaks to innovation, and a few more.
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Being Strategic on Public Television
By Porchlight
We loved Erika Andersen's book Being Strategic: Plan for Success; Out-think Your Competitors; Stay Ahead of Change when it was released last year and are now excited to learn that she'll be extending the ideas in the book to a Public Television Special that begins airing in August, 2010. The topic is for everyone, whether you're trying to find a new job, juggling the monthly budget, trying to reinvigorate your 401(k) or dealing with a series of crises at work, strategy is crucial. Andersen has advised companies such as GE, Pepsico, MTVN, and now it's your turn.
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Friday Links - The Flood Edition
By Porchlight
➻ Inc. has posted your business horoscope for August. I am apparently "going to experience a jolt in the coming week when a valued worker takes a sudden leave.
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Win some free Tough Love
By Sally Haldorson
We've got a SPECIAL OFFER this week on inBubbleWrap! Free TOUGH LOVE! John Moore is a man who knows his stuff.
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Culture Building
By Porchlight
Vineet Nayar's Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down, and Ed Muzio's Make Work Great: Supercharge Your Team, Reinvent the Culture, and Gain Influence - One Person at a Time, are two recent books for managers about making a difference through culture change. Why is culture change the solution? Both authors stress that creating stronger teams is the best way to adapt to changes in industry, and being prepared for future changes.
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International Best Selling Books: June 2010
By Porchlight
Summer may be the time for hitting the beach, visiting those in-laws or just plain relaxing in the shade, but that doesn't keep our customers from opening up a good book while doing so! Here's what people everywhere were reading this past June from 8CR's International Best Selling Book Listing! FRANCE: Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently by Gregory Berns BELGUIM: Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality by Scott Belsky The NETHERLANDS: Strengths Finder 2.
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Creativity and Education
By Porchlight
There's an interesting article by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman over at Newsweek that talks about the decline of creativity in America. Titled, The Creativity Crisis, it focuses on how the lack of creative exercise in education is resulting in young adults who stop asking, "why? ," eventually turning in to adults who make decisions without pursuing all creative angles to solve problems and create positive change.
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PechaKucha: For GOOD
By Porchlight
Milwaukee will see it's 8th PechaKucha Night on Tuesday, August 17th as we present PechaKucha: For GOOD. This special event, arranged in conjunction with BeGoodGoLocal will feature presentations by people truly making a difference in our community, and the world: Howard Hinterhuer, Gigi Pomerantz, Jennifer Dellegrazio, Teig Whaley-Smith, Mario Hall, Kate Lundeen, Jay Salinas, Ron Doetch, Julie Courtright, and more. More info can be found at the PKN site.
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