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What Arrived In My Mailbox Today
By Porchlight
I just received The Essential Bennis in the mail and the book is incredible. The collection displays the breadth and depth of Warren Bennis' work. Just to give you a flavor here is one of the closing paragraphs from an essay titled "Winning and Losing," where Bennis explains why business as sport is a poor metaphor.
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Why do you read business books?
By Porchlight
"Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective.
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Working for Yourself
By Porchlight
Whether you freelance, work your hobby at night, are an artist, or found yourself out of a job and are thinking hard about taking your career in your own direction, your excitement might be outweighed by trepidation. As the economy continues to rumble, many people have found themselves struggling in one of the above scenarios, and are looking for answers. For those who have tried working for themselves as designers, writers, consultants, and other independents, it can be difficult to manage both the work itself, and the work to make the work happen.
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Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year - The Longlist
By Porchlight
The longlist for the 2009 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award has been announced. The press release states that "The award is designed to highlight the book that provides the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues, including management, finance, and economics. " The books on the longlist are: Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism by George A Akerlof, Robert J Shiller Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People by Rob Goffee, Gareth Jones Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson Good Value: Reflections on Money, Morality and an Uncertain World by Stephen Green House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street By William D Cohan (Cohan won the award two years ago for his first book, The Last Tycoons.
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ChangeThis : Issue 61
By Porchlight
ChangeThis turns five years old this month. Started by Seth Godin and his merry band of interns (most famously Amit Gupta) back in August of 2004, we took over in May of 2005 and have been caring for it ever since. If you'd like to see the most popular manifestos of the last five years, you can find them here.
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New Feature: Books To Watch
By Porchlight
We have added a new feature to the site called "Books To Watch. " These are a set of lists categorized by month of books we think are cool. We see so many books that we want to tell you about but often run out of time getting to them all.
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Your Summer Reading
By Porchlight
We have added Disqus, a new commenting system to the blog and it needs some love. Tell us: What have you been reading this summer? Was it worth your time or should you have left it on the bookstore shelf?
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My Favorite Business Book by You
By Porchlight
Earlier this year, we released The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. In making such a bold statement, we received both congratulatory notes and outright condemnation of our selections. As you can imagine, hard decisions had to be made.
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Another Take on The Wisdom of Peter Drucker
By Porchlight
Since his death in November 2005, a number of people have written about their experiences with the late Peter Drucker. William Cohen wrote his book A Class with Drucker about his experience as the first graduate of the doctoral program at Claremont under Drucker's watch. Jeffrey Krames wrote his ode Inside Drucker's Brain last year and shared the experience of a day-long interview with the management guru.
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Peter Schwartz on 5-Step Scenario Planning
By Porchlight
Wired Magazine has a great feature in the August 2009 issue they put together with Peter Schwartz, cofounder of the Global Business Network. Schwartz has written some classics on looking ahead like The Art of The Long View, The Long Boom and Inevitable Surprises. The magazine's designers deliver a great set of graphic layouts to help people understanding scenario planning in five simple steps.
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